Española Police officers, Rio Arriba Sheriff’s deputies, State Police and Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police responded to the following calls:
Stolen Car Wrecked
Monday, Nov. 10
• 1:59 a.m. — A Calle Don Leandro caller said a man had been staying at her house for a few weeks even though she asked him numerous times to leave. Police stood by while he gathered his belongings.
• 7:53 a.m. — A Rio Arriba County Road 91 caller said his Nissan Sentra was stolen during the night, and he just got a call that someone wrecked the car and ran from the accident. He said it was wrecked by a man who possibly used a screwdriver to start the car, accompanied by a woman wearing a Betty Boop sweater. Police took a report.
• 8:49 a.m. — A caller said a man with a 12-pack of beer was pacing back and forth by Holy Cross Catholic Church on State Road 76 in Santa Cruz. He could not be found.
• 11:51 a.m. — A Calle Buena Vista caller said some people were after him. He said he had been drinking but didn’t want to go to detox and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Van Buyer
Too Drunk To Drive
Tuesday, Nov. 11
• 1:25 a.m. — A Tsigo Bugeh Road caller said someone broke into his house. Police determined the man is mentally unstable and sees things that do not exist. “Made contact with person involved, he is having moments of illusions, talked to him everything okay,” the officer reported.
• 10:25 a.m. — A Camino Los Ranchos caller said some people in a pickup truck were stealing old refrigerators to sell at Gallegos Scrap Metal. Police talked to the landlady of the location things were being taken from, and she said “if they need it that bad let them take it,” according to dispatch logs.
• 11:14 a.m. — A Highway 285 caller said her neighbor was shooting at her dogs, and her neighbor’s son was shooting her children with a BB gun. Police determined it was just a misunderstanding.
• 5:14 p.m. — A Hernandez caller said her three children, who are between the ages of 15 to 26, abuse her, and her two daughters are selling drugs. Since the caller was extremely intoxicated, dispatchers advised her to get a restraining order. She called again saying her son was breaking some windows. Police visited the house and talked to the caller’s husband, who said his wife was intoxicated and they didn’t want any action taken.
• 10:13 p.m. — A La Joya Street caller said a chubby man who was wearing a Wendy’s uniform owed her $50 for a van she was selling him, and she didn’t want to let him take the van because he was drunk and “she doesn’t believe in that.” She said she was just trying to save a life and shouldn’t have given him the keys, because he had a couple of beers and just went crazy. He was found and detoxed.
Man Helps Himself
To Propane
Thursday, Nov. 13
• 3:53 p.m. — A Center Market employee said a shoplifter attempted to take four sirloin steaks and was being combative. He was cited for shoplifting.
• 4:10 p.m. — A Rio Chama Chevron employee said a man took it upon himself to fill a propane bottle and was refusing to pay the cashier. They were advised it was a civil matter.
• 11:07 p.m. — A Harley Lane caller said she could hear noise all over the roof. Police found some cats in the field and advised the caller that was probably what they heard.
Fries Used
In Pigeon Game
Friday, Nov. 14
• 10:52 a.m. — A County Road 101 caller reported that his wood splitter had been stolen.
• 1:02 p.m. — A caller said someone in a silver Chevy Impala near Blake’s Lotaburger was throwing fries out the window and trying to run over pigeons. Police couldn’t find them.
• 1:37 p.m. — A Highway 84/285 caller said land markers on his property were damaged. He said his uncle brought livestock onto the property and the animals trampled the markers. He was referred to the courts.
Locos Acting Stupid
Saturday, Nov. 15
• 1:20 a.m. — A Calle Redondo caller said a man and woman were selling cocaine and crack rocks. They couldn’t be located.
• 11:33 a.m. — A Fish Pond Lane caller said her son-in-law would not leave. When she woke up that morning the window had been smashed and he had urinated outside her window. Police assisted.
• 7:14 p.m. — An East Buena Vista Street caller said two drunk men were walking around yelling “West Side Locos.” She said they came to her house and were acting stupid and were now walking up and down the street. Officers were advised.
• 9:32 p.m. — A Santo Niño Lane caller said something was going on at her neighbor’s residence. “She advised they do it all the time and you never know,” dispatchers recorded in logs. The caller said the neighbors were slamming doors, stepping on glass and disturbing her. Police assisted the caller.
• 9:28 p.m. — A caller said there was a 4-foot-tall marijuana plant outside a pink house on South Prince Drive. Officers were advised.
• 9:50 p.m. — A Las Lomas Apartments caller said she wanted her cousin’s boyfriend removed from her house because he was high on cocaine. When police arrived, a woman said he was gone and denied police entry into the home.
• 10:31 p.m. — The Las Lomas Apartments woman called again, saying her cousin told the boyfriend the cops were called and he was “wigging out” and threatened to kill her. She said her cousin would probably “hate her guts.” No report was taken.
Cadillac
Impersonates Cops
Sunday, Nov. 16
• 12:17 p.m. — A Highway 84 caller said her ex-boyfriend’s wife threatened to kill her. The caller added that “the Mexicans know how to kill and cover it up.” She was advised to get a restraining order.
• 3:09 p.m. — A South Prince Drive caller said there was a heavy marijuana smell and a large marijuana plant behind a pink house. Police couldn’t locate either.
• 4:11 p.m. — A South Coronado Avenue caller requested police stand by while she removed some things from her house because her boyfriend threatened her and might have come home any minute. Police assisted but used caution because the man is known to be mentally unstable and “likes to drink and get rowdy,” according to dispatch logs.
• 9:50 p.m. — A caller said a white Cadillac parked at Giant gas station seemed to be impersonating police with lights on the car and almost struck the caller from behind. Police couldn’t find the alleged imposter.
• 9:53 p.m. — A caller said a man at Fairview Sonic was always harassing her and said he would have someone beat her up. He left before police arrived.