FRIDAY, DEC. 30
An officer patrolling observed a male wearing a shirt with the hood pulled up outside of a Giant gas station at Main and Mildred. The subject was peeking around the propane tanks into the store, and it appeared that he did not want to be seen. When the subject saw the officer, he stood up and went into the store. When the officer entered the store, the subject exited the store, though his friend was still inside. The officer went out to speak with him, and noticed that he smelled of alcohol, and his pants pockets had so much stuff in them that they were bulging. He told the officer that it was just some candy, and began pulling it from his pockets. The officer asked him if he had stolen it, and he became very nervous and said that he had bought it at the Giant station by Dennys. He began to drop candy, and continued pulling numerous packages of candy out, dropping it on the ground. The subject was very nervous and started talking about how he had did my time and he wasnt doing anything wrong. He said he was just trying to live the good life. The subject was asked to stand inside the store where it was warmer, but tried to stay close to the door. The officer had the other Giant station called to see if the subject had bought a large amount of candy, which the other store denied, and the subject suddenly ran out the door and fled south on Mildred Rd. He was captured and handcuffed. The officer found 40 packages of various types of candy on him. The Giant store showed surveillance video of the subject, who was previously an employee, stuffing candy in his sleeves, and provided a receipt for the items stolen totalling $56.40. The subject was arrested for shoplifting and resisting arrest. While at the jail, he told the officer that times are tough and people are hungry, so you do what you have to do.
SATURDAY, DEC. 31
Two officers were dispatched to a parking lot along North Dolores Road in reference to a disturbance. Dispatch advised that a female caller had stated that her husband was heavily intoxicated and trying to drive. The woman told officers that her husband had been drinking all day and was driving around town. She had pulled into the parking lot where he was parked and sitting in the drivers seat, and she parked her car directly behind the car he was in to prevent him from driving. An officer spoke with the husband who was walking through the parking lot. He said that he had the keys to the car but was not driving it. The officer could tell that he was intoxicated, and when asked how much he had had to drink, he said A lot, Im drunk. He denied driving the car. Dispatch advised that his license was suspended. He was told not to drive, and said he had no intentions of doing so. The wife stated her belief that her husband always got away with everything and that he would be driving again today. Officers told the wife they would watch the vehicle to make sure he didnt drive it, and she left the scene. Shortly after leaving themselves, officers observed the husbands vehicle back out of its space, and while they were traveling to catch up, it pulled out and began heading towards Cortez. Another officer pulled the car over into a parking lot on Main Street, and the initial two officers arrived to find the husband standing outside of his vehicle. He didnt want to perform roadside maneuvers or take a breath test, saying that he just wanted to go home. He was arrested for DUI.
SUNDAY, JAN. 1
An officer was contacted by another who informed him that he had a car stopped and advised of a possible DUI. He arrived on the scene where a car was parked with a male sitting on the curb next to it. The vehicle had been weaving, along with other violations. He exhibited many signs of intoxication. During questioning, when asked by the officer several times as to what he was doing and where he was going, the man replied Being an idiot and said he had been drinking. He did not want to perform roadside maneuvers, and also refused both blood and breath alcohol testing. While being medically cleared for booking the man told the officer that he had been drinking tonight and should not have been driving. He also said that he messed up and this was his fourth DUI. The driver was issued a felony hold as a habitual traffic offender.
MONDAY, JAN. 2
Two officers responded to a location in response to a report of a disturbance. A caller had advised dispatch that they could hear people yelling loudly. Officers exited the patrol car to look around, and heard a female screaming loudly Help, Please, Help! They found a man with his arms around a female in an alley. An officer drew his Taser and pointed it at the male and ordered him to let go of the female. He was identified as someone the officer knew from previous contacts, and he complied when ordered to the ground. He said that he did not do anything wrong in a slurred voice. The female, who also had slurred speech, said that she was just messing around when she was screaming, and that the man did not do anything to her. She said that he was her boyfriend and they were just out walking. Another officer took the male into custody. Both the male and the female were bleeding from small lacerations on their faces, and they told officers that they had fallen earlier in the evening. Both were arrested and charged with intoxicated pedestrian in the roadway, and the female was charged with underage consumption of alcohol; they were left in the care and custody of jail staff.
TUESDAY, JAN. 3
An officer pulled over a car on N. Broadway traveling southbound at a high rate of speed, and was clocked going about 12 MPH over the speed limit. The officer followed the car into the parking lot of Sonic Drive-In, and observed that it had New Mexico plates with tags that had expired in June. The driver was not able to provide any of the documentation to the officer, saying that he didnt have a drivers license, and that the car did not have insurance. He also explained that the car did not have registration because it had come from a tow service yard owned by his grandfather in Shiprock, and that he was in the process of trying to get the title from the original owners who had abandoned it at the tow yard. He stated that he knew about the issues and was cited previously in Farmington for the same offenses. The driver was issued a summons for the above-listed offenses and the car was towed due to the numerous violations.