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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Vanessa Arviso, 42

Nov. 17, 5:40 am

1st DWI, Aggravated

McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Johnson Lee was dispatched to Carbon Coal Road nearby the shooting range after receiving information about a drunk driver on the road nearby. Lee arrived on the scene early in the morning at roughly 5:40  am, when he saw a vehicle with the engine still running stuck on the side of the roadway. Lee then saw Arviso, 42, exit the vehicle. Arviso appeared to have red watery eyes, and allegedly to have urinated herself, according to the police report.

Lee conducted two field sobriety tests on Arviso, and she showed signs of intoxication on both. Lee then arrested Arviso for DWI. She refused to take a breath test.

Carlos Jim

Nov. 16, 7:03 pm

1st DWI, Aggravated

MCSO Dep. Frank Villa Jr. got word from Metro Dispatch of a vehicle traveling eastbound in a westbound lane on Interstate 40. After a frustrating search for the car, MCSO Lt. Eric Jim called Metro Dispatch and notified them that he had found the vehicle parked and unoccupied.As Villa was en route to the location where Carlos Jim found the abandoned car, Villa spotted Carlos Jim, 28, “stumbling across the roadway,” according to the police report.

When Villa approached him, Carlos Jim confirmed that his car was parked at the location where Eric Jim had found the empty vehicle. Villa smelled alcohol on Carlos Jim, according to the police report. Carlos Jim “had no idea where he was and did not know what he had hit a semi [truck]” prior to his being found by the police, according to the report. Carlos Jim did agree to take a breath test, and blew a 0.19 and a 0.20.

Ronison Hosteen

Nov. 15, 8:13 pm

1st DWI, Aggravated

Sgt. Lasheena Johnson placed a call to MCSO Dep. Frank Villa Jr., after she attempted to pull over a vehicle at the intersection of Kachina Street and Maloney Avenue, and the car refused to stop. Villa placed “stop sticks” on U.S. Highway 491. The escaping vehicle suffered four punctured tires, but still refused to stop or slow down and continued northbound on 491. After this dramatic chase, the vehicle eventually drew to a stop on State Highway 264, where Villa encountered Hosteen, 30. Hosteen appeared intoxicated, according to the police report, and Villa performed two field sobriety tests on Hosteen, who failed both. Hosteen later blew a .20 on his breath test on two samples, before he was booked.

Robert R. Jensurd

Nov. 14, 6:18 pm

1st DWI

Gallup Police Department Officer Nicole Diswood was dispatched to Panz Alegra at 1201 Historic Highway 66 after learning of a drunk driver from Metro Dispatch. Upon arriving at the scene, Diswood found a truck parked in the middle of the roadway, according to the police report. Diswood found Jensurd, 68, in the truck, and he would not answer her questions when she spoke to him, according to the report. Diswood also spotted a gun laying on the floor of his truck. Diswood patted Jensurd down to be sure he did not have any additional weapons on him.

Jensurd failed to keep his balance, and appeared intoxicated, according to the report. Jensurd refused to take standard field sobriety tests, but later blew a 0.15 and a 0.14 for his breath test.

Janelle Rose Francis

Nov. 14, 2:25 pm

1st DWI, Aggravated

MCSO Sgt. Tammy S. Houghtaling arrived at the Tse Bonito Mobile Home Park in the early afternoon and encountered Francis, 34, passed out in the driver’s seat in a vehicle that was not running, according to the police report. Houghtaling smelled alcohol on Francis, and noticed that she had watery eyes and slurred speech. Francis showed signs of intoxication on three field sobriety tests, leading Houghtaling to place her under arrest. Francis refused to take a breath test.

Vincent T. Tsosie, 22

Nov. 12, 1:05 am

1st DWI

Tsosie was swerving on East Highway 66 when GPD Officer Andrew Thayer stopped him, after receiving a call from Metro Dispatch about a drunk driver at a McDonalds drive-thru. Thayer noticed Tsosie to have bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, according to the police report. Tsosie told Thayer that he had had a single Coors Light to drink, but performed poorly on three field sobriety tests.

Thayer then found a 6-pack of Coors Light in the car, with three open containers. Tsosie blew a .13 and a .12 on his breath tests before being booked.