PASSING OUT IN STARBUCKS
Gallup, April 5
A man was caught with meth after he passed out at a local Starbucks.
On April 9, around 4:45 pm, Public Service Officers were dispatched to the Starbucks at 840 U.S. Hwy. 491 after a man, who was later identified as Warshaw Suazo, passed out in the store’s lobby.
When officers arrived at the scene, Starbucks employees told him that Suazo, 45, was becoming disorderly. Suazo was handcuffed and paced in the backseat of a public safety officer’s van, and the officers requested that a Gallup Police Officer meet them at NCI at 2201 Boyd Ave. because Suazo had a hypodermic syringe.
GPD Officer Gilbert Gonzales arrived at the detox center around 5 pm. According to his report, he took Suazo’s hat and jacket and found another syringe besides the one already found in his jacket pocket. A small plastic baggie that reportedly had 1.1 grams of meth in it was also found in one of the jacket pockets.
After a medical clearance from a local hospital, Suazo was transported to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, where he was booked for possession of a controlled substance. His preliminary examination was scheduled for April 24.
GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL
Gallup, Oct. 12
A woman is facing charges of shoplifting after she tried to steal some Pokémon cards for her kids.
On Oct. 12, around 10:30 pm, New Mexico State Police Officer Paulena Houston was dispatched to the Walmart at1650 W. Maloney Ave. after a woman named Deandrea Garcia was found trespassing at the store.
When Houston arrived at the store she met up with NMSP Sgt. Christian Roman, who said Garcia, 34, was in the store with her two kids, and she had reportedly opened a box of Pokémon cards and given them to her kids.
The kids allegedly hid the cards in their pockets, and Garcia did not pay for them. In total, Garcia reportedly stole almost $130 worth of Pokémon cards.
According to Houston’s report, Garcia was served a trespass order from Walmart Stores Inc. on Jan. 29, 2022. Walmart said that Garcia had violated the criminal trespass order three times. She was given the trespass order, but she allegedly refused to sign it.
This time around, she signed the trespass order receipt.
Garcia was arrested for violating the trespass order and was transported to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center. She was charged with shoplifting and trespassing. The kids’ grandmother came and picked them up.
Garcia’s first arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 24, but after she failed to show up to multiple court dates, a judge signed a bench warrant for Garcia on Feb. 2. The warrant was served on April 10, and a pretrial hearing was scheduled for April 25.
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