The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.
Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies or State Police responded to the following calls:
Don’t mess
with mama
April 3
12:36 a.m. A Jackrabbit Trail caller said someone is messing with a vehicle they have outside.
4:57 a.m. A very drunk Jicarilla caller reported someone is hurting his mother.
6:58 a.m. A BOLO was issued on State Road 4 and State Road 502 for a dually truck with a damaged front bumper because the people inside were attempting to siphon gas from a construction site.
8:02 a.m. An Española Valley High School student refused to submit to a search and was suspected of having contraband on them.
8:37 a.m. A customer at the Ohkay Casino had their wallet stolen and wants to file a police report.
8:37 a.m. A caller said her daughter was shot with a BB gun by someone in a car yesterday, as she was walking home from Española Valley High School.
8:43 a.m. An officer was flagged down by someone at Circle C regarding a robbery.
11:26 a.m. An overdose was reported at Española Pathways Shelter. Two doses of Narcan were administered.
12:47 p.m. An El Vado Road in Tierra Amarilla caller said the neighbors are harassing her.
3:47 p.m. A student at Española Middle School had a THC cartridge.
5:34 p.m. A Calle Duran caller reported two juveniles have been vandalizing her trash can.
7:47 p.m. A Walmart caller said a woman is following him and he wants to speak with an officer.
Stealing poles
April 4
7:59 a.m. A Medanales caller reported a dog keeps going into his yard and killing his chickens.
8:13 a.m. A caller requested an officer to stand by as they clean out the homeless camp in the fields near Food King.
8:49 a.m. A Velarde caller said his mother told him that his truck is missing from her house.
8:54 a.m. An Indian Way caller reported his neighbors came over and said, “Call 911, someone is dead in the house.”
10:42 a.m. A Calle del Sol caller said their granddaughter got up this morning to find the screen door broken.
11:13 a.m. A woman was in the drive-thru window at Starbucks and refused to leave.
12:54 p.m. A student at Española Valley High School said they do not feel safe going home.
4:08 p.m. A single ATV rollover was reported on Green Meadows Drive and County Road 142 in Medanales.
6:30 p.m. A non-Native man violated a restraining order in Santa Clara.
7:47 p.m. A man was banging on the doors and windows at Dairy Queen and refusing to use the drive-thru.
9:49 p.m. A single shot was heard near the Las Lomas Apartments.
10:05 p.m. A Santo Niño Lane caller heard a loud boom and wanted an officer to check it out.
10:54 p.m. A caller saw someone trying to steal the poles outside the barbershop across from the Bubble Zone on La Joya Street.
Underage
drinking
April 5
1:20 a.m. A woman was in the mens bathroom at the Ohkay Casino and was getting combative.
7:56 a.m. An open door was discovered on a house on Paseo de Paulina.
1:13 p.m. An unattended fire was reported in Medanales.
2:28 p.m. A Velarde caller said a woman who’s not in her right mind is in his yard.
2:53 p.m. A Chimayó caller reported there’s a vehicle with busted windows and no tires in the road near the Apple Shed.
4:53 p.m. A Hernandez caller said her daughter’s boyfriend was at the house, throwing things and pushing and punching her daughter.
5:13 p.m. A CYFD caller reported the parents of six children were smoking crack and marijuana and there was a rat infestation in the house. The parents told the children they are going to beat and kill them.
7:27 p.m. A man was behind the church on Po Pay Avenue, saying he was having suicidal thoughts and wanted to take others with him.
9:50 p.m. A caller said his father was trying to fight people before he left on foot.
10:04 p.m. A caller was trying to get an Ohkay Owingeh man home because he was drunk but they didn’t know his address.
10:23 p.m. A caller said several people were underage drinking at Tacos y Salsas.
11:47 p.m. An overdose was reported in Alcalde. Two doses of Narcan were administered.
Throwing
dirt clods
April 6
12:27 a.m. A caller said five men in a truck, one of which is his girlfriend’s ex, jumped him at the Rio Chama Chevron.
2:04 a.m. A Ziegler Street caller reported people are throwing dirt clods at her windows.
9:30 a.m. A Paseo de Paulina caller said someone just shot at the house.
12:16 p.m. A 15-year-old Chimayó caller reported getting hit by her grandmother after she went outside to get her dog.
4:05 p.m. A Chamita caller said they went outside to cut a tree branch and their brother was irate and attacked her son and husband.
4:51 p.m. A Camino Miramontes caller wanted to speak with an officer because she doesn’t feel safe with all the homeless people around.
5:25 p.m. A Giant caller thinks she mixed bleach and ammonia and is feeling dizzy. Everyone was evacuated from the store.
5:54 p.m. A caller said there was a recliner in the middle of El Llano Road.
7:01 p.m. A tree was on fire near the Dollar General in Hernandez.
8:15 p.m. An employee at Foster’s Bar said people were fighting.
8:17 p.m. A Hernandez caller reported there’s a garage fire at an abandoned house next door.
10:40 p.m. A 420 Emporia caller said there’s a man under a blanket on the side of the property who’s refusing to leave.
BBQ wars
April 7
5:45 a.m. There was a vehicle fire on Fairview Lane.
8:06 a.m. An Española Valley High School student went to the office, yelling and cussing.
8:29 a.m. Two horses were reportedly in the road in Lybrook.
8:58 a.m. A Smoky Shack BBQ caller said an ex-employee is no longer allowed on the property and the locks have been changed.
9:17 a.m. A Cook’s Mobile Home Park caller reported two women from Santa Fe are texting his wife, saying they’re on their way to hurt her.
10:26 a.m. A vehicle was parked in front of Dairy Queen for a long time and a homeless person kept walking up to it.
11:59 a.m. A West Granada Street caller said her trash was never picked up because a truck is blocking the roadway.
Noon A Po Pay Avenue caller reported her roommate stole her work badge and keys.
12:07 p.m. A van fire was reported in Hernandez.
12:12 p.m. An Alcalde caller said a man was walking up and down the county road, jumped his fence and threatened to kill him.
12:29 p.m. A caller reported a truck had long boards sticking out of the back and one of the boards hit the caller’s vehicle, damaging the mirror.
2:31 p.m. A caller said one of the counselors in an assisted living program was sending him inappropriate pictures and text messages and when he spoke with the director, he was kicked out of the program.
2:56 p.m. A caller at Walmart reported her son recently had surgery and pulled off a bag for fluids, then lost consciousness.
3:44 p.m. A caller said an older Jeep was driving in the median and passing other vehicles near Socorro’s.
4:53 p.m. A Little Caesar’s caller reported a man keeps opening the door for customers and yelling at them.
5:01 p.m. A Little Caesar’s caller said a woman was using drugs with a child in the vehicle.
5:49 p.m. A Walgreens caller reported a person in a truck in the parking lot is smoking off a foil and they have a child in the backseat.
6:09 p.m. A caller said a man in a Subaru is parked in the middle of the gas pumps and is passed out but the vehicle is in reverse.
7:52 p.m. An East Jiron Street caller reported people were at her sister’s house, shaking the gate.
9:07 p.m. A County Road 13 caller said her sister stole items from the house.
Smelly hotel
April 8
1:23 a.m. An Ohkay Casino caller said the hotel smells of fentanyl. The manager asked the people responsible to leave, but they refuse.
1:33 a.m. Three gunshots were heard near the State Road 76 and North Riverside Drive intersection.
1:46 a.m. A La Mesilla caller reported a man passed out drunk in a greenhouse.
8:41 a.m. A woman went to EPD to file a report for property damage.
9:06 a.m. A Velarde caller said her mother was hitting her and when she hit her back, she didn’t like it.
9:11 a.m. A walk-in report was taken at EPD for harassment.
9:32 a.m. A Hernandez caller said the batteries were stolen from their street sweeper.
10:21 a.m. A substitute teacher at Fairview Elementary grabbed a student by the arm and shook them.
10:55 a.m. A man was lying on the side of the road near Goodwill.
11:54 a.m. A car was left on the side of the road for three or four days with the trunk open in Hernandez.
12:03 p.m. A Hernandez caller said the neighbor has been taking photos of the outside of the caller’s house.
1:05 p.m. A Camino Rafael caller reported his neighbor is driving a tractor and pushing weeds into his yard.
2:55 p.m. An Old School Road caller said someone took her money and wouldn’t give it back.
4:35 p.m. A North McCurdy Road caller reported homeless people are setting up camp across the street.
4:45 p.m. A 420 Emporia caller said a man is doing graffiti on signs.
5:37 p.m. A Peace Keepers caller reported homeless people are walking around the building, trying to get in.
6:07 p.m. Close police patrols were requested for the city council meeting.
8:33 p.m. An Akin Lane caller reported a man was sleeping in an RV outside of their house.
9:06 p.m. A woman went to the Española Hospital with a gunshot wound she sustained at Allsups.
9:23 p.m. An Alcalde caller said a man is at her house and has been harassing her.
9:27 p.m. A man pulled a gun on a Burger King employee.
9:38 p.m. A man was harassing employees at Allsups.
Chased with
a rock
April 9
7:58 a.m. An officer stopped to check on a woman at the Veterans Memorial Wall. She said she was in an argument with her sister and didn’t want to be there. The officer told her to pick up her trash and leave.
10:05 a.m. A Hernandez Agua Sana Water Association call said the building was broken into and all the brass fittings were stolen.
10:31 a.m. A caller reported a column of white smoke on the east side of Abiquiú Lake.
11:35 a.m. A Walmart caller said an older woman appeared to be selling fentanyl. She saw people counting money before going up to the vehicle.
11:45 a.m. The FBI requested a welfare check on a suicidal scam victim.
11:55 p.m. A caller said she was almost hit by people who drug deal at Walmart at night.
1:10 p.m. Someone started a fire south of El Parasol.
1:17 p.m. A kindergarten student at Alcalde Elementary was in the principal’s office getting help with school work when he picked up a door stop and threatened her with it.
1:18 p.m. A drunk man went to the Española Animal Shelter, walked back to his vehicle and almost hit another car in the parking lot.
3:30 p.m. A caller said a man was chasing another man at Walmart with a large rock or piece of concrete.
3:52 p.m. A caller reported a man on a tractor put sand in the public access area, blocking the way.
4:51 p.m. A man in Harley-Davidson-type clothing was lying near a motorcycle in Medanales. He refused medical attention and said he was tired and resting.
5:17 p.m. An infant was left alone in a vehicle at Walgreens.
5:19 p.m. A man was scaring customers near Wendy’s and a caller thought he was on something.
6:31 p.m. A Hernandez caller said a handgun was taken from her house.
8:21 p.m. A man in a car on El Llano Road pulled a gun on a caller.
8:54 p.m. Six homeless people refused to leave the Little Caesar’s parking lot.
9:01 p.m. A Coyote caller thought someone might be shooting at him.