Kamra Frank
April 10, 4:30 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Paul Davis said he was dispatched to the intersection of state roads 400 and 118 in reference to a car parked in the middle of the road with the driver inside asleep.
When he got to the site, he found the driver, Frank, 32, of Iyanbito asleep at the wheel with the engine running. He said he reached inside and turned off the engine and had to make several attempts to wake up the driver.
When he finally got her awake, he said she appeared to be disoriented. He said he could also smell the alcohol in the vehicle. He asked her for her driver’s license and she shook her head.
When she got out of the vehicle, Davis asked if she would be willing to take field sobriety tests and she said no. She was arrested at that point. Davis said she also refused to take a breath alcohol test, so she was transported to the county jail and booked.
Barnard Martinez-Gomez
March 29, 1:30 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Martinez-Gomez, 44, of Gallup faced numerous charges after fleeing from police and resisting arrest after getting involved in an accident.
Gallup Police Officer Domenic Molina said he was responding to a report of an accident near Goodfellas Bar on U.S. Highway 66 when he was told the vehicle involved in the crash had left the area with a truck full of wood.
Molina said he was able to find the vehicle on Aztec Avenue at a stoplight. When he tried to conduct a traffic stop, however, the vehicle sped off at a high rate of speed westbound on Aztec Avenue, not stopping at stop signs.
Going at speeds of up to 70 mph, the vehicle went off the road into a dirt field near the intersection of New Mexico Highway 602 and came to a stop when the tires started throwing up dirt.
Molina said he saw the driver get out and start running away from the vehicle. Molina gave chase and caught up with him, taking him to the ground. The man immediately got up and began running away again and Molina said he took him to the ground again.
The man got up again and began running toward Molina so Molina said he had to deploy his taser, causing the man to fall to the ground. Molina said he had to apply a drive stun to the man when he tried to get up again.
By this time, back up arrived and the two officers managed to get the man handcuffed, although he continued to resist.
The man identified himself as Bennie Martinez but Molina said he later discovered his name was Bernard Martinez-Gomez. Because he continued to resist, no field sobriety test was performed and Martinez-Gomez refused to take a breath alcohol test.
Besides aggravated DWI, he was also charged with aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest, failure to stop at an intersection, having an open container in his vehicle, involved in an accident involving injuries and driving on a suspended or revoked license.
Derrick Jameson
Feb. 25, 1:50 am
Aggravated DWI
Gallup Police Officer Justin Benally said he was dispatched about to the area of South Second and Nizhoni Boulevard where he found Jameson asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle with the engine running.
Benally said he woke Jameson, 22, of Gamerco up and noticed he had blood shot eyes. He said he also noticed a bottle of beer in the Center cup holder.
He asked Jameson to exit the vehicle and when he did, Jameson agreed to take field sobriety tests, which he failed. He was arrested at that point.
Jameson agreed to take breath alcohol tests and posted two samples of .22 each. He was also charged with having no driver’s license.