Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Classy Drive-by
Monday, Sept. 20
• 12:14 a.m. — A Calle Milagro caller said someone was growing narcotic plants on top of his house and next to a Camaro.
• 8:06 a.m. — A Paseo de Paulina caller said she left for Texas over the weekend and her car was gone when she came back.
• 11:45 a.m. — A North McCurdy Road caller said two of his employees found a safe somewhere on the road.
• 1:43 p.m. — A Lowe’s Home Improvement caller said someone broke into his truck and stole a $250 drill.
• 2:36 p.m. — A Santa Cruz Country Store caller saw three males in the parking lot. The driver of a beige older-model car appeared to be trying to run one of the men over.
• 3:33 p.m. — A State Road 76 and County Road 56 caller said a white Mustang was doing donuts in the intersection and nearly hitting cars.
• 4:18 p.m. — A Wise Lane caller said about three or four men were punching another man. The man was taken to the emergency room, complaining of rib pain.
• 6:14 p.m. — A Las Lomas Apartments caller said someone in a silver Jaguar was going to shoot someone there.
• 8:54 p.m. — A Giant Gas Station caller said her ex-boyfriend came up to her and her current boyfriend wanting to fight them with a knife.
Banged-up after Break-in
Tuesday, Sept. 21
• 9:01 a.m. — A Private Drive 1687 caller said he got a call from Veteran’s Affairs who said a man on that street called them saying he wasn’t a vet but was feeling suicidal.
• 12:26 p.m. — A Yungue caller said two men in a Jeep Cherokee were stealing items from his house.
• 2:45 p.m. — An Ohkay Travel Center caller said there was a man passed out inside his car in the car wash. Police could not find the vehicle.
• 3:35 p.m. — A County Road 402 caller said she had a shed north of Lindrith that someone broke into and stole all of the woodworking equipment out of.
• 3:57 p.m. — An Orchard Lane caller said her son broke the window to her house trying to get in. Police had a man in custody who was bleeding from his cheek and had a swollen right hand.
• 5:02 p.m. — A Pheasant Lane caller said a black dog was on his property trying to eat his koi fish.
• 5:35 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said a car of five men pulled a U-turn and followed him into a parking lot. They told him he needed to watch himself in the streets. The caller said he had a confrontation with the men about two years ago in which one of the sides pulled a gun on the other.
• 6:44 p.m. — A County Road 92 caller said people broke into his house and he thought he was missing a rifle and some money.
Unsanitary Eyeliner
Wednesday, Sept. 22
• 6:32 a.m. — A Simmons Lane man wanted help in getting a woman to leave his house. He said he could not tell her on his own because she would start a fight and take their one-month-old child.
• 7:13 a.m. — A State Road 74 caller said some pit bulls were attacking her husband and trying to attack her cats.
• 8:31 a.m. — A Rhoc gas station caller said two men were outside the store. One was drinking and the other was selling carne seca. They ran off when a deputy came to put gas in his car.
• 11:34 p.m. — A Walmart caller said some men stole makeup from the store by stuffing it down their pants. He asked for police to patrol the parking lot in case they tried running from the store.
• 4:33 p.m. — A Paseo de Oñate caller said her grandson was disrespecting her and pushing her around. The police told the grandson to leave and ordered him not to return.
• 7:57 p.m. — People on County Road 142 got their vehicle stuck in a arroyo, which was flowing with two feet of water.
Rumble in Rio Arriba
Thursday, Sept. 23
• 11:41 p.m. — A La Joya Street caller said a woman was standing outside her apartment and screaming swear words. The caller was not sure who she was screaming at because no one was there.
• 1:55 p.m. — A driver was pulling a wood splitter over the Santa Clara Bridge and it was falling apart all over the road. It was moved off the road to Dandy Burger.
• 2:11 p.m. — Five men were fighting in front of Chama City Hall, but Sheriff’s deputies were at a court hearing. They left before the deputies arrived.
• 4:30 p.m. — A U.S. Cable caller said panhandlers were threatening and abusing his customers.
• 6:27 p.m. — A Red’s Steak House caller said a man with a lot of tattoos on his arms was trying to fight with the cashier.
• 9 p.m. — A Private Drive 1508 caller heard four-to-five gunshots that sounded like they were being fired from a semi-automatic.
• 11:04 p.m. — A Bee Street caller said someone was trying to beat him with a shovel and then he hung up the line.
Thou Shalt Not Loiter
Friday, Sept. 24
• 8:16 a.m. — A North Central Solid Waste caller said a customer was threatening the manager.
• 8:56 a.m. — A Godfrey Lane caller said two German shepherds were running loose on her property and killed a chicken.
• 11:01 a.m. — A Rock Christian Fellowship caller said a man and a woman were loitering next to the “no loitering” sign.
• 12:59 p.m. — A Community Bank caller said his mother showed up to bring him food and then his ex-mother in-law showed up. The two mothers started fighting and he was hit when he got in the middle of it.
• 3:30 p.m. — A Speedy Loans caller said an intoxicated man came into the business, was acting strangely and started cursing at the employees. The man left on a peddle bike.
• 5:08 p.m. — A McDonald’s caller said there was a man in the parking lot wearing a Burger King crown. He was acting strangely, showing people his teeth and falling down on cars.
• 9:42 p.m. — A Dreamcatcher Theater caller said kids were standing by the side of the road egging cars.
Fast Food Coma
Saturday, Sept. 25
• 2:05 a.m. — People were shooting fireworks by Valdez Park, which neighbors thought were gunshots.
• 11:11 a.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said a contractor was at his house harassing him.
• 12:50 p.m. — A Mountain Gate Church caller said someone broke into and vandalized the church. The door was open, things were overturned and they found a rock that was used to break a window.
• 3:01 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said someone stole the purse out of her car. A caller from Red’s Steak House found the purse lying near the business.
• 4:03 p.m. — A West Bond Street caller said there were two pit bulls in the area that were chasing people. They requested traps because the dogs were really aggressive.
• 8:03 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said someone was passed out behind the dumpsters at Wendy’s. Emergency dispatch logs state someone was taken to the hospital.
• 10:19 p.m. — A Lucero Center caller asked police to check on a couple of 12-year-old girls who left a dance with three or four older boys and left in the direction of the baseball fields.
Tree Falls in Forest; Man Hears It
Sunday, Sept. 26
• 1:22 a.m. — A Birch Lane caller complained that her neighbors were having a loud party and standing outside yelling so that she couldn’t sleep.
• 2:05 p.m. — A Walmart caller said a woman stole $33 of infant clothing and socks.
• 2:51 p.m. — A Pizza Hut caller said people were sitting in the parking lot in a car, possibly doing drugs and yelling at customers.
• 3:28 p.m. — A Santa Cruz Lake caller said he was with his wife near the overlook and they could hear someone screaming for help below them. They heard someone yelling about not being able to swim for 10 minutes and they could see a little boat in the middle of the lake.
• 5:05 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said she was being followed by a red Nissan towing a camping shell.
• 5:11 p.m. — A helicopter transported a man near Forest Road 639 to the hospital after a tree fell on him. He had facial injuries and a broken shoulder.
• 8:26 p.m. — A County Road 136 caller said he left his father in-law’s home after he pulled out a knife and pointed a gun at him.
• 10:43 p.m. — A Calle Duran caller said his neighbor came over and stole several pills of Oxycodone and Lortabs and ran out of the house.