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:
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March 7
7:54 a.m. A caller said their father was drinking and left, possibly to go to the liquor store.
7:55 a.m. A caller reported her daughter has been dealing with a bully at school and the teachers and principal know what is going on. The bully told the child that her older sister had a knife in her backpack yesterday at school.
8:25 a.m. A welfare check was conducted with New Mexico State Police and the Española Fire Department at the Española Pathways Shelter.
8:38 a.m. People were taking copper from a house that burned in Hernandez.
11:17 a.m. Homeless people were smoking drugs by the McDonald’s dumpster.
12:28 p.m. A caller said a homeless person is living down the road from St. Anne’s Church in Alcalde.
1:29 p.m. An officer went to Walmart to assist with an employee termination.
1:31 p.m. A caller reported a man who was possibly drunk was trying to road rage with them.
1:37 p.m. A caller said a man stole his uncle’s debit card.
2:51 p.m. A Hernandez caller saw three people in hoodies going into her neighbor’s house and taking things. She called the neighbor, who said no one is supposed to be home.
3:01 p.m. A caller said an ex-employee took the keys for the forest station and they need help retrieving them.
3:22 p.m. An Española Middle School caller reported a photo of an underage person who’s exposed is being circulated.
4:47 p.m. Two men were fighting at the Santa Cruz Country Store.
5:24 p.m. A caller said a man came back to the Santa Cruz Country Store to fight some more and they closed the store because of it.
7:52 p.m. A caller reported seeing a group of men fighting at the Ohkay Travel Center.
Car vs. tree
March 8
6:45 a.m. An Allsups caller said a man pulled a knife on him and took several items from the store.
7:43 a.m. A caller reported a truck rolled a couple of times in Lybrook.
11:23 a.m. A fully engulfed structure fire was reported in Chimayó.
11:57 a.m. An overdose was reported in Chimayó.
12:55 p.m. An Española Hospital caller said his wallet went missing or was stolen and he wants to file a report.
4:29 p.m. A Calle del Sol caller found a bullet hole in her daughter’s room. She said the neighbors heard a loud pop earlier but didn’t know what it was.
6:12 p.m. A caller said her son has hit her four times in the last seven weeks and he won’t let her go back to her house.
7:15 p.m. A Calle Aguilar caller reported a black Cadillac SUV drove into her back yard and took something.
7:44 p.m. An elderly man was beat by his son in Chimayó and was having difficulty breathing.
7:48 p.m. A car hit a tree on State Road 581 and State Road 369.
8:02 p.m. Someone was shining a green laser at an aircraft headed north on Los Lujans Road and El Llano Road.
9 p.m. An overdose was reported on Private Drive 1034. Two doses of Narcan were administered but the man died.
9:57 p.m. An overdose was reported at 420 Emporia. Three doses of Narcan were administered and the woman regained consciousness.
Bothersome 4-wheelers
March 9
10:30 a.m. A man got beat up at Valdez Park and went home, but he was bleeding a lot from his head because he was hit with brass knuckles.
11:24 a.m. A caller said a man is sitting near her landlord’s shed and she wants him removed.
11:51 a.m. A Calle Aguilar caller reported two homeless men were trying to steal things from the property.
11:58 a.m. A man called from the Santa Fe Ski Basin. He said he was snowboarding and couldn’t feel his legs.
1:14 p.m. A Walmart caller reported someone took his bike.
2:48 p.m. A County Road 140 caller said a guy and girl have been driving 4-wheelers for the past three hours and they’re bothering the caller.
4:37 p.m. A Lowe’s Home Improvement caller reported a person in a car was threatening another person and said he was going to handle him later.
4:39 p.m. A La Loma Lane caller said a man might be on something because he’s unbalanced while standing.
4:57 p.m. A Lyden caller reported she was scooting over for another vehicle but scooted over a little too much and now her vehicle is on its side.
7:27 p.m. A Calle Duran caller said six cars pulled up the past couple of hours and someone handed a bag of something to the people in the vehicles.
7:35 p.m. A man was arrested after he hit an officer’s patrol vehicle at Speedway.
11:49 p.m. A caller requested a welfare check on a pickup truck with a shattered back window that’s hanging off the cliff on Forest Road 144.
Tranquilizers
for horses
March 10
5:14 a.m. A man who was pulled over by the Española convento was arrested but not medically cleared for jail because he was on a horse tranquilizer.
6:38 a.m. A caller requested a welfare check on a man dancing in the road at State Road 76 and North Riverside Drive.
7:41 a.m. A Hernandez caller said there’s a dog stuck in his chicken coop.
9:26 a.m. A Hernandez caller reported she tried using her remote start to start her car this morning, but when it failed, she went outside and found her car was gone.
9:47 a.m. A woman at Española Pathways Shelter was reportedly unconscious. Narcan was administered and the woman left.
10:47 a.m. A Truchas caller reported a running vehicle has been parked there since the sun came up. Someone was in the vehicle but they weren’t moving.
11:13 a.m. A Wells Fargo caller said a man was acting out of place and speaking nonsense. He was saying “(expletive) Wells Fargo” and he could hold them up if he wanted.
11:55 a.m. An El Guique caller reported a man living in his house is walking around with a gun in his hand, saying he’s going to kill himself.
12:21 p.m. A man was upset because he was denied a liquor purchase at Murphy’s Express and got aggressive with customers.
12:23 p.m. A caller said they got a W2 in the mail for his wife and it was from a place she never worked.
2:16 p.m. An Alcalde caller reported there’s a barrel fire smoldering and his wife can’t hang the laundry outside because of the smoke smell. The person burning trash was issued a warning.
2:23 p.m. A caller said she left her vehicle in the Ohkay Owingeh laundry parking lot because it broke down and now it’s gone.
2:26 p.m. A caller requested that two homeless camps on Fairview Lane be cleaned up and dispersed.
2:41 p.m. An overdose was reported on Sandoval Street in Chama.
3:13 p.m. A caller requested a welfare check on a woman who was pulled out of a truck at the Ohkay Express Mart and had water poured on her.
3:18 p.m. A man got aggressive with a person at Speedway after he asked them for money and they called him a scammer.
4:24 p.m. A Coyote caller saw a brush fire that spread to the trees and caught a vehicle on fire.
6:26 p.m. A Chimayó caller reported a man has a handgun with him and is driving up and down the county road and he’s threatened the caller before.
7:18 p.m. A death was reported on Pumpkin Gathering Place.
10:49 p.m. A caller said he was beat by people near Allsups.
Get a room
March 11
6:20 a.m. A man was trying to get a girl to leave with him from the Rodeway Inn but she didn’t want to go.
8:53 a.m. A caller wanted to speak with a deputy about some unexplained property damage.
9:32 a.m. A man was violating a restraining order by being outside a West Bond Street house.
10:05 a.m. A N.M. Treatment Center caller wanted to file a report because she was told a client was in his vehicle and pointed a gun at the building.
11:29 a.m. A single shot was heard on County Road 142.
11:35 a.m. A Zia Credit Union caller said she went to her car for lunch and noticed it had been hit.
12:45 p.m. An El Guique caller reported a man was at his house but left when things got heated and the man had a gun.
2:22 p.m. A caller said his car was stolen from the Santa Claran Casino Hotel and his debit card was used at McDonald’s.
2:36 p.m. An overdose was reported behind the Dollar Tree on Carr Lane.
2:52 p.m. A Walmart caller said a man called a woman to his vehicle and spoke to her, then she got in the vehicle and they were groping each other.
3:09 p.m. Three people were breaking bottles by the fountain on the plaza.
3:48 p.m. A Hernandez caller said she lost her wallet.
4:25 p.m. A caller reported his medication was stolen.
5:01 p.m. A Walmart caller said his prescriptions were stolen while he was inside the store.
5:14 p.m. A Hernandez caller reported someone keeps throwing glass onto her property.
5:38 p.m. A caller said two men were smoking off foil behind the old Rio Grande SUN building.
6:49 p.m. A Camino de Quintana caller reported people seem to be in the Boys and Girls Club and it sounds like they’re breaking things.
6:51 p.m. A Burger King caller said a man is trying to fight employees.
7:10 p.m. A County Road 140 caller reported tools are missing from his garage.
9:05 p.m. A caller said there are three people setting up camp at the intersection of Calle Ramon Espinosa and North McCurdy Road.
9:23 p.m. A brush fire was reported in Medanales.
10:23 p.m. There was a cow in the road on State Road 30.
11:13 p.m. A Chimayó caller said someone in the backyard took items and is walking away with them.
Grumpy old man
March 12
6:58 a.m. A fully engulfed structure was on fire in Medanales.
7:47 a.m. An employee at El Parasol had a knife pulled on him by two men who tried to rob him.
9:21 a.m. A Kentucky Fried Chicken employee said they got to the building and noticed the lock was broken.
10:44 a.m. A Hernandez caller reported her water equipment was damaged by the Agua Sana water company that did work on her property with a jackhammer.
11:13 a.m. A man said he was assaulted on Upper San Pedro Road and County Road 22. He was watching a person and that person walked toward him with a hammer.
12:22 p.m. A caller reported money is being moved out of his bank account without his permission.
1:33 p.m. A caller said a friend went to check on a mutual friend and found her lying on the ground. There were also five malnourished dogs on the property, one of which was dead; and a dead horse.
4:29 p.m. An Española Hospital caller wanted to file a report against a doctor for child abuse and malpractice.
5:26 p.m. A truck hit two trees on North McCurdy Road and El Llano Road and one person died.
5:29 p.m. A caller mistook a man for someone else and punched him in the nose at Food King.
6:49 p.m. An elderly man was yelling at the children playing at the Arbolera Community Center park in Chimayó.
7:48 p.m. A homeless person was panhandling at Center Market and refusing to leave.
8:33 p.m. A gas leak was reported on Pacheco Lane after a line was hit.
10:04 p.m. A caller wanted to report a child abuse case but got hostile with the dispatcher when asked for her name.
11:05 p.m. About 15 shots were heard in the Santo Niño Lane/State Road 76 area.
11:19 p.m. A caller said he has cameras at the old Mountain View Elementary building and can see multiple people inside.
No crime in
hanging out
March 13
12:22 a.m. A caller said she could hear people yelling at each other and one woman is hitting someone on Calle Duran and North McCurdy Road.
12:38 a.m. A caller reported someone wrecked their vehicle on Simmons Lane. The road was closed for a while.
2:22 a.m. A Dixon caller said she was walking her dog and heard shots fired.
7:24 a.m. A caller reported a car that was being chased by RASO yesterday was at the Pojoaque apartments.
9:12 a.m. A Ninth Street caller said one of his outbuildings was vandalized.
9:15 a.m. A building at the Española Wastewater Treatment Plant was broken into.
10:17 a.m. An AutoZone caller said a man who was trying to steal was causing a scene and refusing to leave.
10:40 a.m. A caller reported two homeless people were hanging out near the fountain on the plaza.
11:55 a.m. A Dixon caller wanted to file a report because he was harassed and threatened while following his girlfriend and filming her during a psychotic episode.
12:58 p.m. A group of people were smoking on the side of the Mountain Center.
1:42 p.m. A man was tagging at the bus stop near Starbucks.
3:27 p.m. An Alcalde Transfer Station caller said a man dumped all their trash and threatened to harm the caller and his co-workers.
8:58 p.m. A Dandy’s Burgers caller reported she was on Calle del Sol when a man pointed a gun at her.
10:14 p.m. An overdose was reported on Calle Vigil. One dose of Narcan was administered and CPR was performed.
10:18 p.m. A stolen vehicle was recovered at the Dollar General in Hernandez.
11:19 p.m. A man was arrested after a traffic stop near Circle C.