The following incidents were among the 278 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Nov. 16-22. 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 12:03 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, a 13-year-old boy was arrested for assault and attempted manslaughter after officers responded to a residence in the 900 block of West Papermill Road in Taylor after receiving a call that a boy had come to a residence to discuss repairing a vehicle then choked and assaulted Jackson Kittila, 33, of Taylor. The boy had fled the scene and was not located as of press time. At 6:34 p.m. on Wednesday, Darrel Stock, 40, of Taylor was cited and released for trespassing after an officer located Stock at Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor after he had been trespassed from the store. At 7:41 p.m. on Wednesday, Steven Wilson, 57, of Snowflake was cited for disorderly conduct, and threatening and intimidating after allegedly throwing pots and pans and threatening the life of his 15-year-old step-son for not doing dishes at a residence on North Snowflake Heights Blvd. in Snowflake. At 4:18 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, Roger Lutz, 19, of Concho was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and three counts of disorderly conduct involving a firearm, and a 15-year-old boy was issued a juvenile referral for disorderly conduct involving a firearm after officers responded to Fredrickson Park, located on West 9th South Street in Snowflake for a report of someone brandishing a 9mm handgun and shotgun at a group of juveniles that were at the park. Lutze was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 7:53 p.m. on Friday, Reginald Tso, 53, of Snowflake was arrested for assault/domestic violence and a warrant after officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of West 3rd South Street in Snowflake following a report of a woman screaming. Tso allegedly got into a physical altercation with his wife and when his 16-year-old son tried to break it up he was assaulted by Tso. At 5:34 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, Aaron McCabe, 41, of Taylor was issued a summons for attempted aggravated harassment and attempted failure to comply with a court order after officers responded to the 100 block of South Plaza Drive in Snowflake for reports of harassment. Stephanie Purcell, 37, of Snowflake reported McCabe was harassing her at work and via text message. Reviewing the text messages from McCabe sent to Purcell, McCabe stated he meant the messages for Chelsie Adair, 33, of Snowflake who has an active order of protection against McCabe. At 8:07 p.m. on Monday, Trey Hoyungowa, 25, of Holbrook was arrested for shoplifting and resisting arrested after officers responded to Walmart regarding the theft of alcohol.
