The following incidents were among the 260 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Aug. 26 – Sept. 1. 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 10:17 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were each issued a juvenile referral for disorderly conduct after an employee of Walmart, located at 715 N. Main St. in Taylor reported kids on the roof of the store.
At 6:59 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, a person reported the windshield of a vehicle parked on West Center Street in Taylor was shot with a BB gun.
At 10:16 p.m. on Friday, a person reported that a boy was playing sports at Snowflake High School, located at 190 S. 2nd W. St. in Snowflake when he was threatened with a knife by another boy who was upset that he scored a point in a football game.
At 12:26 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, Haylie Van Tent, 24, of Snowflake, was arrested for assault/domestic violence and aggravated assault after an officer responded to a report of domestic violence at an apartment on South Main Street in Snowflake. Van Tent was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 1:01 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, Moncesco Nez, 28, of Pinon, was arrested for driving with a suspended license, an open container violation and failure to comply with a court order after an officer responded to the Ranch House Saloon, located at 691 W. Snowflake Blvd. in Snowflake for a report of a man sleeping in a vehicle in the parking lot.
At 7:07 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, a 13-year-old boy was cited for driving an off-highway vehicle without a license and for not having mandatory insurance after the boy was pulled over for riding a dirt bike on 700 Street East in Taylor with no front or rear lights on the dirt bike, no license plate and no driver’s license.
