The following incidents were among the 259 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Sept. 29-15. 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 4:48 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, two 12-year-old boys were cited for operating an off-highway vehicle without a driver’s license on Ranch Road and Indian Village Road in Taylor. Deann Palmer, 74, of Taylor, was cited for authorizing a minor to operate a motor-vehicle.
At 9:44 p.m. on Wednesday, Jerry Benally, 44, of Chinle was arrested for obstructing a public thoroughfare and disobeying a lawful order at Schoens Dam Road and Highway 77 after receiving a report of a man in the middle of the road. Benally was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 8:48 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, George Lomawaima, 55, of Show Low was arrested for driving on a revoked license and three warrants, and Derek Lomawaima, 49, of Lakeside, was cited and released for an open container violation following a traffic stop on South Main Street in Snowflake. George was booked into the county jail.
At 9:11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, a person reported the theft of items including a step ladder and a few chain saws from a shed on Powerline Road in Taylor.
