Desert Messenger

April 19, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 19 All persons included in this report submitted by QPD are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. QPD Arrest /Activity Report Provided by Quartzsite Police Department APRIL 1 - APRIL 16, 2017 During this reporting period, the Quartzsite Police Department com- pleted twenty-nine (29) departmental reports, thirteen (13) criminal and/or civil citations, and forty-four (44) warnings for civil traffi c violations. 04/02 QPD investigated a report of criminal damage to a vacant model home in the 900 block of North Cen- tral Blvd. 04/02 QPD conducted a traffi c stop on Interstate 10 leading to the recov- ery of a semi trailer that had been reported stolen out of the Riverside County Sheriff's Offi ce. 04/03 QPD investigated a residen- tial burglary in the 500 block of West Main Street. 04/04 QPD investigated a report of criminal damage in the 500 block of North Joshua Avenue. 04/04 Daniel Gallardo (31) of Quartzsite, AZ and New Mexico was arrested for an outstanding misde- meanor arrest warrant for Failure to Appear issued by the Quartzsite Mag- istrate Court on an original charge of Driving While Suspended. Gallardo was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. 04/04 QPD arrested a juvenile fe- male (17) of San Clemente, CA for Disorderly Conduct after she caused a disturbance with her mother and other passengers in a vehicle while traveling from their home in Califor- nia to Tempe, AZ. The juvenile female was processed and later released to back to her mother. 04/06 QPD investigated a report of a theft from a vendor in the 200 block of West Main Street. 04/06 QPD investigated a single ve- hicle traffi c collision involving a mo- torcycle at Main Street and Central Boulevard. 04/07 QPD investigated a report of a theft of a license plate from a vehi- cle in the 700 block of North Central Boulevard. 04/07 QPD arrested James Sny- der (70) of Quartzsite, AZ for Failure to Comply, Operating in Violation of Restriction and Driving Under the Infl uence of Alcohol (Second Of- fense) in the 200 block of West Main Street. Snyder was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. 04/07 QPD investigated a report of a bomb threat at a local gas station. 04/09 QPD assisted the Prescott Valley Police Department with a Do- mestic Violence Investigation origi- nating in Prescott Valley, AZ. 04/09 Blanca Venegas (34) of Parker, AZ was stopped for a registra- tion violation in the 700 block of East Main Street where she was found to be driving on a suspended license. Venegas was cited and her vehicle was towed to 30-day impound per ARS 28-3511. 04/10 QPD investigated a report of theft near Tyson Street and Desert Avenue. 04/10 QPD investigated a report of an assault in the 800 block of East Rodgers Place. 04/11 QPD investigated a report of fraudulent schemes and theft after an unidentifi ed suspect(s) hacked into the victim's account and purchased a cellular telephone. 04/11 Jennifer Doud (31) of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Ag- gravated Assault per Domestic Vio- lence after she got into a drunken argument with her boyfriend and cut him several times with a knife while baking a cake. The victim received minor injuries, but the cake did not survive. Doud was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. 04/11 QPD investigated a burglary at a local storage unit rental busi- ness. 04/13 QPD investigated a burglary at a local vendor area in the 100 block of West Cowell Street. 04/14 Rogelio Robles (44) of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Disor- derly Conduct per Domestic Violence after he got into a physical disturbance with his live-in girlfriend at their resi- dence. Robles was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. 04/14 Walter Shipley (57) of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for two counts of Aggravated Assault per Do- mestic Violence, two counts of En- dangerment per Domestic Violence and two counts of Disorderly Conduct with a Firearm per Domestic Violence after he got into an argument with his wife and discharged a fi rearm in the vicinity of his wife and child at their residence. Shipley was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. 04/16 Fredrick West (49) of Sa- lome, AZ was arrested by the QPD K- 9 Team for driving while suspended in the 300 block of South Scott Lane and found in possession of metham- phetamine. West's passenger Carl Satterwhite Jr. (52) of Wenden, AZ was also found in possession of methamphetamine. Both suspects were booked into the La Paz County Detention Center for Possession of Dangerous Drugs and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 04/16 Gary Coen (57) of Congress, AZ was arrested for Disorderly Con- duct per Domestic Violence after he got into an argument with his es- tranged wife over the custody of a dog and threw an energy drink at his wife in the presence of police offi cers who were there to mediate the civil mat- ter. Coen was booked into the La Paz County Detention Center. Unrecognized Gifts I raise my arm and give it three quick kisses to honor and thank myself BECAUSE of the poem I just wrote, of the life I've lived and continue to live, for the contentment I feel, and for all those years of doing what I had to do so I could do what I want to do NOW. I have already outlived a father I hardly knew BECAUSE he died when I was seven and a mother who I both loved and hated and didn't appreciate until long after she was gone BECAUSE she was an alcoholic, a chain smoker, a medicine-cabinet junkie. And I realize, to my surprise, I am grateful BECAUSE these unsolicited, unwanted, and unrecognized gifts at the time, today seem like presents BECAUSE they made me what I am today: a strong, sensitive, independent woman. Quartzsite, Arizona 3/2/09 (Rev. 3/24/09) ****** Authors Jane Finley and Jack Wiley, both long-term RVers have teamed up to publish books from Gypsy Jane's discontinued website: WANDERINGS: Living the Ordinary Extraordinarily (Stories from the Road). To order: amazon.com. Poems from the Road

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