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ANONYMOUS ASSAULT

McGaffey, May 4

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an attack on an Iyanbito man on May 4.

The man, Kyle Francisco, 25, told deputies that he had gone to McGaffey with friends earlier that day. He said during the trip, he was attacked by men he did not know. MedStar personnel said he had numerous scratches and bruises, as well as a possible broken nose.

According to the incident report, he refused to tell deputies who he was with. Later, his mother was interviewed and she confirmed that he had gone to McGaffey with friends, but said she did not know their names.

 

TRAILER PARK TROUBLE

Gallup, May 3

About 9 pm on May 3, Gallup police responded to a call from a man at a trailer park on west Highway 66 involving an assault.

The man told police he was in his trailer when he heard a woman scream for help. He went to his door and found the woman just outside. She asked for help.

At the same time, he saw a man on the ground. He was being beaten up by three other males. He said he went back inside and got his handgun and then went back out to tell the three men to stop.

The man said he did not know where the three other males fled to after they let the victim go.

 

DRUGS AND BURGLARY

Gallup, May 3

A Gallup man and woman were charged with aggravated burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia after police responded to a complaint from management at the Desert Skies Hotel about 9 pm on May 3.

When Gallup Patrolman Thomas House got to the hotel, located at 1703 West Highway 66, he was waved down by employees of the hotel who told him him they were chasing a woman down. House said he detained the woman, who was identified as Tanisha Jones, 23.

At the same time, other officers had taken into custody Shawn Aaron Bryant, 25, who was seen running with Jones.

The manager of the hotel, Dinesh Platel, told House the couple was found in a room at the hotel that had not been rented. The maid said she also found the room to be dirty. The manager said he went to the room, confronted the man and woman only to be pushed back by the woman.

Platel said he then walked back to his office and called police. The maid told him, he said, that the man and woman then locked themselves in the room and got out by by breaking one of the  windows in the back.

When they were arrested, both were found in possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

INTOXICATED HUSBAND

Thoreau, May 3

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Clayton Ersitty said he was dispatched to a residence in Thoreau about 7:30 pm on May 3 after a woman reported that her husband was intoxicated and disorderly.

When he got to the residence and went into the bedroom, he found Clint Ramone, 51, on his back in the bed with his wife, Leita Ramone, pinning him down so he couldn’t move. Clint Ramone was taken into custody and placed in handcuffs.

His wife said that when he came home earlier that evening he was intoxicated and disorderly. She said that he began threatening to stab her with a pair of scissors he had picked up, but her son intervened and kept him from injuring her.

Leita Ramone said she had been cut by the scissors during the altercation. Her son also reported being slightly injured as well. Both declined being transported to the hospital.

Both also stated that this was not the first time that an altercation had occurred at the residence.

 

DOMESTIC TROUBLE

Gallup, May 1

Craig Chavez, 34, of Gallup, was charged by deputies for the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated battery on a household member after his wife called in a domestic violence complaint.

Deputy Paul Davis Jr said he was dispatched to the Whitecliff’s Mobile Home Park, located at #2 Bishop Drive, about 9:30 pm on May 1. He met Michelle Chavez, who told him that her husband had been drinking since 5 pm.

She said that as he got drunker, he began yelling at her and threatening her. She said he then pushed her on the bed and began hitting his head and body against the wall. He told her, she said, that he planned to tell police when they came, that she caused his injuries.

Davis said he then went to the bedroom and talked to her husband, who admitted he had been drinking, but said nothing had happened. Davis said he pointed to a bruise on his face and he said that was caused by their cat.

Believing his wife’s version, Craig Chavez was taken into custody.