The following incidents were among the 230 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Dec. 6-12. 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 11:57 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, a resident reported that a residence on West 6th South Street in Snowflake was egged. At 1:47 p.m. on Wednesday, a resident reported a street light on West Country Club Drive in Snowflake was broken. At 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Michael Juarez, 27, of Snowflake, was arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after a resident reported a suspicious person trying to get into a fifth-wheel trailer while the resident was inside. When officers attempted to contact Juarez, he ran. He was apprehended by a Navajo County Sheriff’s Deputy. At 11:39 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 8, a summons was issued to Courtney Rutherford, 40, of Snowflake for shoplifting after an employee of Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor, reported seven instances of shoplifting with a woman resembling Rutherford viewed on security cameras. At 6:31 p.m. on Friday, Joshua Denetso, 31, of Taylor, was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault after deputies responded to South Highland Drive in Taylor for a domestic violence incident. Denetso was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 9:57 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, Joshua Lewis, 41, of Cibeque, was issued a summons for shoplifting after a man resembling Lewis was seen on video taking a bottle of whiskey and putting it down his pants and leaving the store without paying. At 12:09 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, Sheila Caballero, 55, of Taylor, was cited and released for shoplifting after an employee of Walmart reported the theft of items.
