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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Nora Bahe
Oct. 12, 11:36 pm
Aggravated DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Johnson Lee was dispatch to a residence in Yah-ta-hey in connection with a report of a woman yelling.

When he arrived at the location, he met with a woman who said the yeller was her sister-in-law, Nora Bahe, 33, of Yah-ta-hey, who she said had left in her car while intoxicated.

The woman described the car Bahe was driving and Lee said he met up with another deputy to make plans to look for her. But as they were talking, Lee said he saw a car approaching that matched the description of the one Bahe was driving.

The car reportedly parked behind the police unit and the driver admitted she was Bahe. She also admitted she had been drinking, but when Lee asked her to step out if her vehicle, she refused. Lee said he had to ask her several times, and when she continued to refuse, he and the other deputy took her by the arm to get her out of the car.

Once out of the vehicle, Bahe agreed to take a field sobriety test, which she failed. She was then arrested. She later agreed to take a breath alcohol test and posted samples of .18 and .17.

She was also charged with having an open liquor container in her vehicle.

 

William Draper Jr.
Sept. 29, 1:47 am
Aggravated DWI  (2nd offense)

Gallup Police Department Patrolman Patrick Largo said he was dispatched to the area of U.S. Highway 491 and Maloney Avenue because of a suspected drunk driver who reportedly almost ran head-on into another vehicle.

When Largo arrived at the area, he noticed the vehicle and saw a Ramah Navajo Police Department unit following it. The vehicles reportedly entered the American Plaza parking lot.

Largo drove up to the vehicle, and while the Ramah officer approached the car from the passenger side, he did so from the driver’s side. There, he saw Draper, 59, of Page, Ariz., who reportedly showed signs of intoxication.

It turned out the vehicle he almost hit head-on was the Ramah police unit, which turned around and began to follow him.

Draper agreed to take a field sobriety test and failed. He was arrested for DWI and entering the wrong lane. Later, he agreed to take a breath alcohol test and blew samples of .17 and .16.