The following incidents were among the 353 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Oct. 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. At 11:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, Gabriel Merino, 19, of Snowflake was arrested on two warrants following a traffic stop on a white Chevy truck with a brake light out at West 19th Street South and Centennial Blvd. in Snowflake. Merino was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 11:25 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, an employee of Snowflake Public Library, located at 418 West 4th St. S. in Snowflake, reported that a dead rabbit was found in the book drop box. At 6:43 p.m. on Friday, Matthew Robert Nuttall, 36, of Taylor was cited and released for DUI following a traffic stop on Willow Lane and Highland Blvd., in Taylor for speeding. At 6:32 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, a 17-year-old boy was cited and released for speeding and underage possession of marijuana following a traffic stop on South Main Street in Snowflake on a 2006 White Chrysler Town and County for speeding. At 7:29 p.m. on Saturday, Shawnee George, 36, of Show Low was arrested on a warrant at Cedar Motel on S. Main St. in Snowflake. At 1:47 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, Dawnya L. Curley, 25 of Ganado was arrested for disorderly conduct at a residence in the 800 block of East Cattle Lane in Taylor after officers responded to a disturbance. At 6:19 p.m. on Sunday, David Harmon, 42, was arrested for failure to appear on North Main Street in Taylor. Harmon was booked into the county jail. At 10:53 p.m. on Sunday, Randall Joe, 45, of Fort Defiance was cited and released for criminal speeding on 6th South and Main Street in Snowflake after being stopped for reportedly traveling 68 mph in a 35 mph zone. At 8:39 p.m. on Sunday, Daniel Gonsalves, 48, of Snowflake was arrested for extreme DUI with a blood alcohol content of .15 or more, criminal speeding and an open container violation following a traffic stop on a 1999 Isuzu Trooper on Main Street in Taylor for reportedly driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. Gonsalves was booked into the county jail. At 9:17 p.m. on Sunday, an employee of Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor reported the theft of groceries. At 8:55 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, Robert Walker, 69, of Taylor was arrested for driving on a suspended/canceled or revoked license and driving a vehicle in violation of an ignition interlock device following a traffic stop at Bellybutton Lane and South Main Street in Snowflake. Walker was booked into the county jail. At 4:33 p.m. on Monday, Lisa Scott, 26, of Snowflake was cited and released for violation of a court order when she called her husband Caleb Scott, 28, of Snowflake shortly after being served with an order of protection ordering her not to have contact with him. At 6:13 p.m. on Monday, Peter Yazzie, 30, of Keams Canyon was arrested for disorderly conduct after officers responded to a residence in the 700 block of West Willow Lane in Taylor for a report of a disturbance. Yazzie was booked into the county jail. At 9:25 p.m. on Monday, Ashante Holman, 27, of Snowflake was arrested for assault/domestic violence after officers responded to a residence on West Ridge Road in Snowflake for a report of domestic violence. Holman was booked into the county jail.
