Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Purloined Coins
Monday, Aug. 10
• 1:19 p.m. — A North Railroad Avenue caller said someone had been harassing him in reference to his horses.
• 4:17 p.m. — A Greenfield Road caller said his grandson stole his coin collection, which was valued at $280 and contained uncirculated coins from every state.
• 9:12 p.m. — A caller said she found a bag with a white powdery substance in it. The substance turned out to be flour.
Irate Gang-Banger
Tuesday, Aug. 11
• 12:20 a.m. — A Rio Arriba County Road 189 caller said a knife was thrown at his head. The call was referred to State Police, who said they would send an officer to the scene.
• 10:14 a.m. — A caller said her chihuahua got loose at a gas station, and someone stole it. Police found the alleged dognappers, who said they would return the pet.
• 3:49 p.m. — A caller said a man was standing on the side of State Road 30 next to his truck with his pants down trying to flag down the caller. The call was transferred to Santa Clara Tribal Police.
• 4:31 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said a man told her to meet him at Lowe’s Super Save so they could fight. The man had previously broken the windows on the vehicle of the caller’s mother. She said the man was hitting himself on the chest and yelling, “18!” She said she couldn’t wait for police because she needed to go home and pay bills and would make a report later.
• 8:32 p.m. — A Wal-Mart employee said a man, who had attempted to pay his bill with checks, had fled the store after she asked for his identification.
Chile Dispute
Wednesday, Aug. 12
• 12:37 a.m. — A caller said four men were standing around a black car that belonged to his friend at the RHOC Express. Then the caller said it was his car, though it was registered to his father, and his friend borrowed it and parked it at the RHOC Express where the four men were breaking into it. He was advised to get his story straight.
• 11:25 a.m. — A County Road 84 caller said a woman had a restraining order on a man, and after he stayed the night at her house, the spigot to the well was found inside the well. No report was wanted.
• 12:29 p.m. — A caller said two men and two woman were fighting in front of El Duende Bar. Police determined the dispute was over chile.
• 7:43 p.m. — A caller asked Española Police to help her retrieve a missing chihuahua from Lower San Pedro Road. She said she was afraid to contact Santa Clara Pueblo Tribal Police because she believed they assisted the suspect in obtaining her dog.
• 11:06 p.m. — There was a bear cub in a barrel and a mother bear in a dumpster at the Rio Chama RV Park, and people were possibly trapped in a bathroom and unable to get out because of the danger the bears posed, a caller reported. “(No contact) with the bears at this time,” an officer recorded in 911 dispatch logs.
‘Big Fat Guy’
Not Found
Thursday, Aug. 13
• 12:10 p.m. — An Española Public Library caller said she found a straw sealed at both ends with some kind of liquid inside. It was a honey stick.
• 3:44 p.m. — A County Road 175 caller said a sign posted outside his house had been damaged. “The sign turned out to be a cardboard paper poster valued at 25 cents,” an officer noted in dispatch logs, and did not take a report.
• 11:27 p.m. — A Hindi Lane caller said a “big fat guy” was trying to fight some people. Police couldn’t find anything on Hindi Lane based on that description.
Prank Caller
Couldn’t Care Less
Friday, Aug. 14
• 12:38 a.m. — A drunk man continually called State Police 911 dispatch, saying he was tired of Española 911 dispatch. He was told he needed to stop calling or an officer would be sent to his house. “He advised he does not give a (expletive)!” a dispatcher recorded in the 911 logs. The caller was told if he called 911 again he would be arrested.
• 5:09 a.m. — A County Road 7 caller said a man came to her house and threw firecrackers in an effort to harass her husband.
Drunk Mom Upset With Gay Daughter
Saturday, Aug. 15
• 2:35 a.m. — A Fairview Lane caller who sounded very drunk said she wanted her daughter removed because her daughter was drunk. She then fell on the floor and the daughter, who sounded sober, picked up and said she had been asleep when her mother got back from the bar. She said her mother was upset because she was involved in an alternative lifestyle.
• 3:33 a.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said if police didn’t remove a woman from his house, he would hit her.
• 11:23 p.m. — A Boneyard Road caller said his son was bothering him for money. Police advised him that is not a crime.
Truck’s a Rockin’
Sunday, Aug. 16
• 3:26 a.m. — A Comfort Inn guest said her ex-boyfriend broke her taillights and flattened her tires, then sent her a text message admitting it.
• 8:23 a.m. — A caller said he passes a pickup on State Road 68 most mornings and its occupants appear to be having sex inside. He said they were usually in a white pickup truck, but that morning they were in a red one. The truck’s allegedly amorous occupants couldn’t be found.
• 11:51 p.m. — An Española Car Wash employee said a man was trying to buy snacks but the vending machine only sells car products. He was told to go home.