WEEKLY DWI REPORT Staff Reports Legal limit is .08 Jonathan Bitsilly Oct. 2, 4 pm Aggravated DWI McKinley C o u n t y Sher i f f ’s O f f i c e Deputy Ivan Tsethlikai Jr. was dispatched to 131 Dee Ann Ave. in Gallup in reference to a traffic stop involving a possible drunk driver. At the scene, Tsethlikai met with Deputy Merlin Benally, who had pulled the driver over. The car had run other vehicles off the roadway. Bitsilly, 55, smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech. He failed field sobriety tests. There were empty alcohol containers in his car. He blew. 17 and .16 during breath testing and was charged with and booked for DWI. Eloise Clement Oct. 1, 7:21 pm DWI MCSO Deputy A nthony
Ashley was working the DWI Task Force when he was called to the area of Hassler Valley Road and Superman Canyon Road in Gallup in reference to a possible drunk driver and a possible domestic dispute. Clement, 48, the driver, smelled of alcohol and had urinated on herself. She failed field sobriety tests and blew .15 twice during breath testing. She was booked for DWI and “stop, standing, parking” under tribal code by the NPD, as the incident occurred on tribal land. Rufus McCabe Sept. 30, 6:37 pm 2nd DWI, Aggravated M C S O D e p u t y M o n t y Yazzie was d ispatched to N.M. 599 near Dead Horse Mustang in Church Rock in reference to a drunk driver. At the scene, Yazzie met with Navajo Police Department Officer Patrick Yazzie, who said he’d seen the
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suspect vehicle pull out of a business at 409 N.M. 566 and had pulled the car over. The driver, McCabe, 34, smelled of alcohol and swayed when he walked. There was an open container in his car. McCabe failed field sobriety tests and said, “You ain’t touching my breath b***h,” when asked to perform a breath test. He was arrested and booked for his second DWI. Jason Teller Sept. 28, 7:15 pm 3rd DWI, Aggravated M C S O D e p u t y Lorenzo A. Guerrero was on patrol in the area of Speedy’s Gas Station in Black Cat on U.S. 264 when he noticed a vehicle stop at the north side of the business. It looked to Guerrero like the driver was trying but unable to get onto 264. The driver got out of the vehicle and opened the hood. Tel ler, 32 , t he d r iver, smelled of alcohol and had blood around his lips and on his face. He failed field sobriety tests and refused breath testing. On the way to the Sheriff’s Office, Teller told Guerrero he was going to kill him, his wife, and his kids. He was booked on charges that included his third
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box, where he rolled down his window to place his order. He smelled of alcohol and refused field sobriety tests because “he knew he would fail the tests because he was pretty out of it,” Peshlakai wrote in his report. Benally blew .10 twice during breath testing and was booked for his first DWI. Christopher Etsitty Sept. 23, 11:01 pm DWI, Aggravated M C S O D e p u t y Lorenzo A. Guerrero was dispatched to the area of N.M. 118 at the 29.5-mile marker in Church Rock in reference to a possibly drunk driver. Guerrero found Etsitty, 33, parked on the shoulder with his vehicle running. Etsitty smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. He didn’t have his license with him and could not keep his balance. He refused field sobriety tests because he knew he’d fail them. He refused breath test i ng a nd wa s cha rged with aggravated DWI for the refusal.
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DWI and assault on a peace officer. Ivan McKinley Sept. 26, 4:50 pm 3rd DWI, Aggravated Gallup P o l i c e Department O f f ic e r J e r e m y Shirley was c a l le d fo r a s s i s t a nce regarding a vehicle at 2654 E. Hwy. 66, the Conoco Giant, where the caller had seen a driver “slamming a bottle of vodka in the parking lot,” according to the report. At the scene, the driver, McKinley, 38, smelled of alcohol but denied drinking before admitting he’d had “one shot” of vodka. He failed field sobriety tests and blew .13 and .14 during breath testing. He was arrested and booked for his third DWI. McKinley also had a revoked/ suspended license. Brian Benally Sept. 24, 2:15 am DWI G P D O f f ic e r S t e v e n Pesh la ka i was alerted to a vehicle pa rked i n t he d r i ve through of McDonald’s at 2300 E. Hwy. 66 with a driver passed out inside. At the scene, Benally, 39, was awoken and asked to open his door. He seemed confused and drove forward to the order
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RANTS – At around 7 pm on Oct. 11, New Mexico State Police investigated a double-fatality crash on Interstate 40 at mile-marker 84 in Grants. The initial investigation indicated an Infinity passenger car traveling eastbound on I-40 was driving erratically and lost control. The vehicle entered the median, rolled, and entered
the westbound lanes, colliding into a Toyota vehicle traveling westbound. The driver and passenger in the Toyota vehicle sustained fatal injuries in the crash and were pronounced decea sed on scene. Their identities are being withheld until the next of kin has been notified. The driver of the Infinity passenger car, Aaron Hazard, 35, of Alta Loma, Calif., sust a i ned i nju r ie s a nd wa s
transported to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he remains in stable condition. Officers are conducting a DWI investigation and are investigating evidence that Hazard may have been under the inf luence of dr ugs at the time of the crash. State Police are seeking to pursue charges upon completion of the investigation. This crash remains under investigation. NEWS