A Church Rock woman is facing battery charges after she reportedly became disorderly at her family’s home and attacked family members.
Sanjuanita Burbank, 29, was also charged with assault on a household member.
Her problems with the Gallup Police began about 11 am on July 12 when police were dispatched to the family residence on Rylandon Road because of a domestic dispute.
Dora Dixon told police that Burbank was at the house and was intoxicated and getting disorderly. She added that her daughter got in a fight with her brother.
Gallup Patrolman Joe Roanhorse said he went to talk to Burbank and found her bleeding from the facial area. He was told that Burbank was claiming she had been assaulted by her brother and had a bloody nose and a small scratch below her left eye.
Roanhorse said he also found Burbank to be intoxicated and was the primary aggressor.
Dixon told police that Burbank started the problem by becoming very belligerent to the point where her daughter threw a plastic broom at her. This led her son, Tyshawn Anderson, to get involved by throwing a small ice cream tube at his sister.
This caused Burbank to rush at her brother and grab him by the hair. Anderson admitted to police he punched his sister in the face one time, but it was in self-defense as they fell to the floor because she would not let go of his hair.
Burbank denied throwing anything at her mother and attacking her brother. Dixon said there had been other times when police were called when Burbank was intoxicated and became disorderly but they would never remove her because she lived at the residence.
This time, however, Burbank was placed under arrest for assault and battery.
