The following incidents were among the 171 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of April 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 1:36 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, Christopher Leap, 58, of Glendale, was cited and released for driving on a suspended license and Ronald Adler, 71, of Payson, was arrested on a warrant following a traffic stop on Snowflake Blvd. and 1st West in Snowflake. Adler was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 10:13 a.m. on Wednesday, Skyler Montgomery, 21, of Show Low, was arrested for DUI and an open container violation following a traffic stop on Main Street and Snowflake Blvd. in Snowflake following reports of a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, passing other vehicles in a no passing zone, forcing other vehicles off the road and driving off the road. The vehicle was towed, and Montgomery was booked into the county jail.
At 12:02 p.m. on Wednesday, Jason James, 38, of Round Rock, was arrested for aggravated DUI, extreme DUI, DUI with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more and DUI with a blood alcohol content of .20% or more after officers responded to Walmart, located at 705 N. Main St. in Taylor after reports of a vehicle striking several parked cars and the driver being slumped over the steering wheel. James was booked into the county jail.
At 12:51 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were each arrested for underage DUI and underage drinking after officers responded to a residents on Graveyard Road after a man that wanted to report that his son had his truck and had not returned home when he was supposed to.
At 1:56 p.m. on Thursday, William Bush, 47, of Snowflake, was arrested on two warrants after Bush went to the Snowflake Police Department to turn himself in on the warrants. Bush was booked into the county jail.
At 6:33 p.m. on Friday, April 18, Tyson Thomas, 47, of Indian Wells, was arrested and booked into jail for DUI, unlawful flight from a law enforcement officer, an open container violation and aggravated DUI, following a traffic stop on Main Street in Taylor. Thomas was booked into the county jail.
At 12:11 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, Bronson Begay, 36, of Taylor, was cited and released for disorderly conduct and trespassing after an officer responded to a residence on West Valley View Drive in Taylor for a report of a man who walked into the resident’s home and threatened him.
At 5:36 p.m. on Sunday, damage was reported at the old Family Dollar building on Main Street in Taylor.
