Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Mortuary Egged
Monday, July 20
• 8:25 a.m. — A Block Salazar mortuary employee reported someone had egged the building. Police took no report because the egg had been cleaned up.
• 12:30 p.m. — A woman reported her son was fighting with his girlfriend while wearing yellow pajama pants.
• 6:07 p.m. — A Calle del Sol caller said a man was shooting up by the side of his building, and there were lots of children around. Police could not find the drug user.
• 8:01 p.m. — A Ricardo Lane woman said a man was walking around peoples’ yard and lying down. She said she wanted to go to bed, not argue with the man.
Threatening Grandmother
Tuesday, July 21
• 12:54 a.m. — Police responded to a call from a man claiming several individuals wanted to kill him. The man’s mother explained he was very drunk and would be going to bed soon.
• 7:22 a.m. — A Buena Vista Drive caller reported a man and a woman were arguing next door. The woman told police she was angry because her husband arrived very late the night before. The couple was in a hurry to get to work, and declined to file reports.
• 11:50 a.m. — Police checked up on a man passed out under a tree on Pueblo Street. The man said he was on his way to Durango and had stopped to take a nap.
• 7:45 p.m. — A man reported a baby’s grandmother threatened him outside the Española Hospital emergency room.
‘Not ok to throw rocks’
Wednesday, July 22
• 12:58 a.m. — An Alcalde man advised his brother had just beaten him up. He declined to file a report.
• 2:35 a.m. — A woman reported she was giving a man a ride and he threw a rock at her window. She told dispatchers not to send an officer because she could take care of herself.
• 8:15 p.m. — Police checked up on reports of either a cat or a child crying hysterically on Santo Niño Lane.
• 10:23 p.m. — A caller said an elderly woman was throwing rocks at her car. She asked police to tell the woman “it’s not ok to throw rocks.” The caller was concerned the woman would throw rocks at the wrong person and get in trouble.
Woman Not Growing Pot
Thursday, July 23
• 6:59 a.m. — A La Joya woman asked police to check on her flower bed because she had been accused of growing marijuana. She insisted she only grew flowers.
• 9:10 p.m. — A female caller reported her best friend’s boyfriend was harassing her by phone. Police advised her to get a restraining order.
• 10:47 p.m. — A Canada Court woman advised 10 people were walking toward the trailer park to start a fight. Police found no armed suspects.
Man Spots Plane
Friday, July 24
• 4:51 a.m. — A female caller reported a man was knocking on doors at the Santa Clara Apartments. Police could not locate the man.
• 10:30 a.m. — A woman told dispatchers her daughter tried to jump out of the car in front of McDonald’s and took off running near the Park and Ride lot. She declined to file a report, saying she had to go pick up her mother.
• 9:33 p.m. — A man asked to speak to an officer, but would not say why. He eventually told police he had spotted a plane flying toward Santa Fe.
Smoke Shop Threatened
Saturday, July 25
• 11:01 a.m. — Three juveniles were spotted in a white Ford throwing beer bottles at the road near the Rio Grande Café.
• 12:50 p.m. — A Mar Iguana smoke shop employee reported a motorcycle gang named Los Traviesos threatened to chop off his employee’s head, and said he had 12 hours to straighten something out before they killed him. No report was taken.
• 6:58 p.m. — A Hindi Shell employee reported four little boys were throwing water balloons at oncoming traffic.
• 10:05 p.m. — A State Road 76 caller reported a little silver car was chasing a motorcycle near El Paragua. Police could not find either vehicle.
Cashier Dodges Coke
Sunday, July 26
• 3:09 a.m. — A caller reported the driver of a red Ford Bronco with three men passed out in the back had just thrown a Coke at the McDonald’s drive-through cashier and “barely missed her.”
• 7:41 p.m. – An Okhay Owingeh caller reported a woman went gambling and left her children in a room. Police verified the childrens’ grandmother was watching them.
• 9:35 p.m. — A Sandy Lane caller said men at a party were encouraging others to fight. Dispatchers overheard voices chanting in Spanish, “Da-le, Da-le.” Police found no evidence of assault.
• 9:53 p.m. — A man was reported walking near the Big Rock Casino holding a white bucket. Police found the bucket was full of beer cans and made the man empty them out.