The following incidents were among the 240 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of Oct. 22-28. 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 10:43 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, Joseph Stradling, 42, of Taylor, was arrested for driving on a suspended license, an open container violation and a warrant following a traffic stop on North Main Street and East Center Street in Taylor. Stradling was booked into the Navajo County Jail.
At 8:43 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, a resident reported the theft of Pride flags from a residence on West 1st North Street in Snowflake.
At 9:47 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, a 16-year-old girl was issued a juvenile referral for arson of an occupied structure and criminal damage after a woman went to the Snowflake/Taylor Police Department and reported her daughter had attempted multiple times to set their house on fire.
At 11:27 p.m. on Friday, an employee of Circle K, located on 615 N. Main St. in Taylor, reported the theft of a case of beer by someone driving a black Subaru.
At 1:43 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, Ivan Avalos Aguirre, 27, of Snowflake, was arrested for criminal damage/domestic violence after an officer responded to a residence on West Snowflake Blvd. in Snowflake for a domestic dispute. Aguirre was booked into the county jail.
At 7:21 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, Shalene Church, 32, of Taylor, was arrested for assault/domestic violence and a warrant after an officer responded to a residence on South Love Lake Road for a report of a domestic dispute. Church was booked into the county jail.
