Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Winslow, Arizona USPS 247-160 Postage Paid at Ariz. 86047 on Wednesdays and 1894 Volume 96 Number 49 August 1,1990 7 Sections 1 Copy 25 Suspects Arrested By Dies In Area Drug County Attorney Mel Bowers and Sheriff Gary Butler outside the Tracas by Francie Officer Training Academies Held In Carole regional Correctional Officer Training Academies are being held at the COTA complex in The academy being used for the was leased from St. Joseph's parish by the Department of session runs seven weeks each or 280 hours of class Forty-three cadets comprise the group that began training on July 9. There are 40 cadet who began on July 23 and 40 to 50 are expected to begin in the Aug. 6 academy is a residential that is lounges and recreation facilities are provided for the Cadets who live in the area have the option of living at the facility or at So only 10 or 11 of the 83 cadets have chosen to Kee is a cadet who lives in Winslow and has chosen to Kee was working in early childhood development at NFC prior to her acceptance at She says she doesn't find the discipline hard to adjust to but does feel by it at Asked if she felt physically able to handle the position Kee I've always been I don't think I'll have any problems once I'm Jenkins worked in the Air Force grocery complex at Davis Air Force base in Tucson prior to joining Jenkins said the discipline wasn't hard to adjust to at been an army brat all my life 90 I'm used to discipline of this said Hardest for Jenkins to learn was that and team always been kind of a loner but I'm The spirit of the class is coming together more and more each We're learning to trust each That's really important in a job like Jenkins Asked how he was adjusting to dorm Jenkins from a family of 13 it's just like vary in ages from 18 to 65. About of each class are All ethnic groups first day is probably the hardest for those without military said Lieutenant Bud Commander of The first day rules and regulations are Cadets are told that all activities are rooms are expected to be maintained in an almost military aren't quite that said Weekly tests are given every Friday on classroom subjects and On Page 8 Ordered To Halt Operations South Of formal letter was mailed to Kirk Brimhall of Snowflake on July 30, ordering him to stop his operations on a project site south of according to Frank city said copies of the letter were also sent to the Winslow city attorney and to Brimhall's earlier letter on July 27 had been mailed to Brimhall Sand Rock saying the firm was in violation of the city's zoning The signed by Bart zoning said the existing zoning did not permit the a cease order is being given on the operation until the rezone and conditional use permit request is decided by the city the letter has requested a heavy which would allow a sand and gravel operation at the That request is scheduled to be heard by the 2:oning Commission at 2 p.m. on Aug. 9. the operations continued Monday morning after the July 27 letter had been sent to a number of citizens notified the city that work was going on at the The city staff at that time decided to send the second formal with evidence of the date of its to both Brimhall and his the July 27 letter Brimhall was advised that the following citizens had complained about the sand and gravel operation at the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. George Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Linda A. Folkner and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kirby citizens allege that the blowing dust is creating a problem for nearby property It is expected that a number of them will appear at the Aug. 9 hearing to oppose the II ttt hf Francie 21-year-old Holbrook George C. died Monday morning of gunshot wounds as members of the Navajo County Task Force attempted to serve him with nine drug related Tracas was to have been charged with possession of possession of cocaine for sale and/or transfer of and three counts each of sale or transfer of marijuana and possession of shooting marred Wake the culmination of a year long investigation of illegal drugs in the Holbrook and Winslow 100 law officers from nine agencies fanned out in teams of four to eight officers each to serve 57 arrest Those involved in the operation were from the police departments of Show Low and the Navajo County Sheriffs the Arizona Department of Public Flagstaff Metro and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization the day 27 adults and two juveniles had been charged in connection with the The juveniles were reportedly charged with possession of marijuana for One man who had reportedly been on the task force's list was already in custody in other Richard Terry 34, who was wanted in is in custody in In illegal aliens found at addresses where warrants were being served were arrested in both of Monday 11 outstanding warrants remained in were out of our but we know where they said Holbrook Police Chief Lester were simply not outstanding warrants remain to be served in than 100 law officers gathered at the Navajo County Governmental Complex south of Holbrook at 5 a.m. on Monday for a briefing on Wake For the it was their introduction to the tactical the it was the end of a long hard Operation Wake Up was conducted on a budget of which paid for informants and drug the general briefing at the county nine teams met to review their suspect packets and plan their a briefing and strategy meetings were held in taken by the task force included the inclusion of two tactical teams in the as well as having emergency and fire personnel on During the task force officials described these precautions as having been taken the protection of suspects and stay in compliance with criminal daytime warrants cannot be executed before 6:30 a.m. For that Operation Wake Up was scheduled to go off at 6:40 that teams in Holbrook and Winslow struck their Only at 1669 Lizard Lane in Holbrook did they meet with the scene of the Tracas it was reported that officers were forced to use a battering ram to gain entry and that George Tracas met officers armed with a Gunshots were fired when the officers entered the but then it was reported that Tracas was in a back second 20-year-old Michael Lynn Wood left the trailer and was taken into no official confirmation was given at the those on duty at the scene relaxed their defensive posture between 8 and 9 a.m. Tracas was pronounced dead at tibe His body was 10 Tucson later In the day to Wake Up Arrests Are following is a list of those persons arrested Monday during Operation Wake Up in the Holbrook and Winslow 30, sale of a narcotic Bond was set at S. 20, two counts of sale of a narcotic three counts of sale and/or transfer of and four counts of conspiracy to sell and/or a narcotic Bond was set at 29, three counts of sale of a narcotic Bond was set at 61, two counts of sale of a narcotic Bond was set at G. 28, transportation and/or sale of a narcotic drug and transportation and/or sale of Bond was set at V. 25, three counts of sale and/or transfer of a narcotic Bond was set at Troy 25, conspiracy to sell a narcotic drug and possession of a narcotic drug for Bond was set at Viscaya was released under a third party Michael 26, trafficking in stolen property and theft He was released on his own Luiz 21, in stolen property and theft He was released on his own Owen 23, three counts of sale of Bond was set at Michelle 24, three counts of sale of a narcotic She was released on her own Catherine 43, three counts of sale of She was released on her own Franklin 22, sale of He was released on his own James 19, sale of He was released on his own Lawrence 31, conspiracy to sell He was released on his own Ramirez 37, conspiracy to possess a dangerous No bond had been set as of 5 p.m. Lisa 24, sale of She was released on her own Bernard 28, sale of marijuana and using a minor to Bond was set at Montoya 23, possession of a narcotic He was released on his own Marcelino 18, sale of He was released on his own Michael 35, sale of possession of narcotics for sale and fraudulent Bond was set at James 33, two counts of sale of a narcotic Bond was set at 41, sale of marijuana and sale of dangerous He was released on his own Eugene 34, three counts of sale of a narcotic Bond was set at 26, sale of No bond had been set as of 5 p.m. Dawn 20, sale of Bond was set at Lynn 20, sale of Bond was set at addition to the officers also arrested two whose names were not made a press officials declined to give any details on the stressing that none would be available until investigations of the incident completed by the Holbrook Police Department and the Critical Incidents Team of the Department of Public That order virtually stopped communication on the It remained unknown whether Tracas shot his weapon or by whom he was shot Members of the tactical team involved were sequestered until they could be questioned by 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 forecast by the National Weather Service is for continued sunny and warm days with afternoon There will be showers over the higher and temperatures will range from the mid 90s to the low 60s. received of an inch of rainfall last Winslow is within a few hundredths of an inch of being at normal that Navajo County Attorney Mel Bowers reminded those present that the charges against defendants in Operation Wake Up were merely accusations and each defendant would remain presumed innocent until proven the exception of the tragedy on that one tactical I would term the operation a said Chief 1988, we put these people on notice with Operation Clean and I'm sure those dealing in and using drugs haven't heard the last of the task Police Chief Mark Hathaway reinforced the past two I think we have made the point that a task force in a rural county as varied and spread out as ours is When we looked at the it seemed it would be Most of us were operating short handed and we would have to give up an preferably an experienced to the We have made but it has paid off. It's worth it. As individual we couldn't have accomplished the same Wake Up was also expected to result in the seizure of substantial property in connection with the drug On Page 8
