The following incidents were among the 218 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Feb. 5-11. 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.
(This incident occurred the previous week) At 6:21 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2, Russell Mercer, 28, of Snowflake, was arrested on a warrant after officers responded to a civil standby on Lyon Crest Road in Snowflake. Mercer was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 9:38 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, a resident reported that a truck and trailer parked on West Siesta Drive in Snowflake was egged.
At 12:23 p.m. on Thursday, Jerry Young, 24, of Holbrook, was cited and released for shoplifting after an employee of Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St., in Taylor reported the theft of items.
At 9:13 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, Howard Tarvin, 52, of Mesa, was arrested for an open container violation, driving on a suspended license for DUI and possession of dangerous drugs following a traffic stop on Main Street and 2nd North Street in Snowflake. Tarvin was booked into the county jail.
At 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, a resident reported a broken window at the LDS church, located at 880 N. Centennial Blvd. in Snowflake.
At 11:21 p.m. on Saturday, Joseph Stradling, 42, of Snowflake, was arrested for trespassing, criminal damage and burglary after officers responded to a report of a break-in at a residence in the 800 block of East Street in Snowflake. Stradling was booked into the county jail.
At 3:57 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, Anthony Ferguson, 50, of Show Low, was cited and released for driving with a revoked license and Michael Whipple, 40, of Concho, was arrested on a warrant, following a traffic stop on Highway 77. Whipple was booked into the county jail.
At 8:35 p.m. on Monday, Markus Perrino, 20, of Snowflake, was arrested for aggravated assault-gang related, and aggravated threatening and intimidating with gang enhancements after officers responded to Heritage Manor Apartments, locate at 160 N. Main St. in Snowflake, for a report of three to four people in a physical altercation. Perrino was booked into the county jail.
At 10:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, Amber Garcia, 47, of Snowflake, was cited and released for driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop on west Snowflake Blvd., in Snowflake.
