The following incidents were among the 418 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of June 1-14. 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. A 9:04 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, Racquel Foster, 21, of Show Low was arrested for aggravated harassment/domestic violence, violation of an order of protection/domestic violence and attempted criminal damage/domestic violence after officers responded to Taco Bell, located at 716 N. Main St., in Taylor for a report of a woman trying to break the window of the reporting party’s vehicle. Foster was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, an officer reported graffiti at Fredrickson Park, located on West 9th South Street in Snowflake. At 1:29 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, Tran Thuy, 32, of Taylor was arrested for assault/domestic violence after officers responded to Alibertos Mexican Food, located at 620 N. Main St. in Taylor for a physical fight between a man and a woman in the parking lot. Thuy was booked into the county jail. At 8:57 p.m. on Thursday, Matthew Hunt, 36, of Snowflake was arrested for aggravated DUI while driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop on South Main Street in Snowflake for a speeding vehicle. Hunt was booked into the county jail. At 1:03 p.m. on Friday, June 3, Edward Joseph Sousa, 78, of Snowflake was cited and released for disorderly conduct after officers responded to the Walmart parking lot, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor, after Jones reportedly drove his pickup into a cart being used by Josephine Sherman, 68, of Snowflake at her vehicle after they exchanged words. At 8:43 p.m. on Friday, Jerry Nord, 74, of Salome was cited and released for DUI and Terry Cooper, 60, of Snowflake was cited and released for DUI and extreme DUI after officers responded to a report of a woman thrown from a golf cart due to a sharp turn. There was a total of two golf carts. Cooper’s golf cart was towed and impounded for 20 days. At 10:55 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, a resident reported the theft of a tow hitch valued at $1,000 from a vehicle. At 5:37 p.m. on Saturday, Silas Burton, 39, of Show Low was arrested for DUI, an open container violation and disorderly conduct involving a weapon after officers responded to a reported road rage incident that happened in the Bashas’ parking lot, located at 650 N. Main St. in Taylor. Jerry Adams, 42, of Show Low stated that he was in the passenger seat of his sister’s truck when Burton pulled up behind them and began to yell at them and pulled out a rifle before putting it back in his car and driving off. Adams followed Burton to Show Low while on the phone with 911. Burton was then stopped by Show Low police officers. Burton was booked into the county jail. At 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, Joshua Lewis, 23, of Winslow was arrested on a warrant after he went into the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department for court appointed fingerprints. Lewis was booked into the county jail. At 6:49 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, Adrian Burnside, 35, of Snowflake was arrested for criminal damage, theft, assault/domestic violence, driving on a suspended license and leaving the scene of a collision after officers responded to Heritage Manor Apartments on 160 N. Main St. regarding a domestic violence incident. Burnside was booked into the county jail. At 5:29 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, a resident reported that a fence and fence post were damaged on Freeman Hollow Road in Snowflake.
