The following incidents were among the 593 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Oct. 9-22. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by STPD officers are accused of committing a civil violation or of criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt.
At 7:32 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, the owner of Blue Pond Boutique, located at 101 N. Main St., in Taylor, reported the theft of two turquoise rings.
At 11:52 p.m. on Wednesday, Aaron Sanchez, 34, of Peoria, was arrested for DUI, DUI with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more, and extreme DUI with a blood alcohol content of .20% or more following a traffic stop on a white Ford F150 truck swerving between lanes at Cattle Lane and Main Street in Taylor. Sanchez was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 4:31 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, Shane Jackson, 30, of Snowflake, was arrested for driving on suspended plates, driving with a suspended driver’s license and an open container violation following a traffic on 1st East Street and Cooper Lane in Snowflake. Jackson was booked into the county jail.
At 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, an employee of Circle K, located at 110 S. Main St., in Snowflake, reported the theft of alcohol by two juveniles.
A 10:53 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, a 12-year-old boy was issued a juvenile referral for theft and theft of a credit card, following a reported theft of a credit card from a residence on East 1/2 Street in Snowflake.
At 11:21 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, a 17-year-old girl was arrested on a warrant and Drayke Carey, 20, of Taylor, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia following a
stop on a white truck for driving with no head light or taillights. The driver agreed to a consent search of the vehicle and four pipes were located. Carey was booked into the county jail.
At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a resident reported graffiti on a street sign on West Snowflake Blvd. and Freeman Hollow Road in Snowflake.
At 5:52 p.m. on Wednesday, Mark Meachen, 78, of Taylor, was arrested for assault/domestic violence after an officer responded to a residence on West Sierra Drive in Snowflake for a domestic incident. Meachen was booked into the county jail.
At 8:22 p.m. on Wednesday, Jonathan Vega Talamantes, 34, of Show Low, was arrested for criminal damage/domestic violence and assault/domestic violence after an officer responded to a report of a man striking a woman/girl on North 1000th Street West in Taylor. Talamantes was booked into the county jail.
At 1:14 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, Louis Belden, 45, of Show Low and Patricia Haskins, 33, of Pinetop-Lakeside, were both arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of dangerous drugs following a traffic stop on a white truck on Main Steet and 9th Street in Snowflake. Both Belden and Haskins were booked into the county jail.
At 7:23 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Quinten Hansen, 21, of Show Low, was cited and released for threatening and intimidating after an officer responded to Fairway Manor Apartments, located at 2225 Lyoncrest Road in Snowflake for a report of a man threatening to harm children.
