Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Ventilating Someone; BRB
Monday, Dec. 13
• 2:37 a.m. — A Camino de Roberto caller said a drunk man was fighting with his mother, throwing things in the house and taking pills.
• 8:42 a.m. — A Highway 84 caller said his wife was on the ground bleeding from the face and it was because of his neighbors. He said he was going next door to shoot someone. No one was shot.
• 10:24 a.m. — A State Road 68 caller said someone shot four of his windows the night before.
• 11:57 a.m. — A Las Lomas Apartments caller wanted her boyfriend removed from the apartment because he said he had bombs and was going to put one in her car.
• 12:37 p.m. — An Española officer said he went to pick up a drunk man at Española Hospital and had to stun him twice in the stomach.
• 5:58 p.m. — A South McCurdy Road caller said he was being harassed by someone who wanted $40 he loaned the caller. The caller said he did not think he owed the man any money because he and the man who was harassing him spent the money on alcohol. “So what’s the difference?” he asked dispatch.
• 7:54 p.m. — A caller reported a man standing in the corner at the front of the Rio Grande SUN’s office. The man said he wasn’t “scoping out” the building but was waiting for his grandfather to pick him up.
Racist Gets His
Tuesday, Dec. 14
• 12:35 a.m. — A woman called from Club Lumina and was thrown out. She said there was drug use going on there and said, “No, come now,” when she was given the State Police non-emergency telephone number.
• 11:57 a.m. — An Española Valley High School caller said a student made a baseball bat in wood shop and was going to use it in a fight.
• 2:48 p.m. — A North Yucca Street caller said he received some threatening phone calls. The caller said he did not want to deal with tribal police. He said if someone stepped over his fence he would shoot them.
• 3:12 p.m. — An Española Valley High School caller said there was a fight between rival gangs that was sparked by racial remarks. The caller said a Mexican national walked up to another person and punched him in the face.
• 3:51 p.m. — A Calle Serrano caller said someone broke into her residence and stole $4,000 worth of items.
• 6:41 p.m. — A Starlighter Loop caller said men in a vehicle were selling drugs. The caller said one of the men had a handgun and the other had an assault rifle.
Next Time, Mini-Mart. Next Time.
Wednesday, Dec. 15
• 12:27 a.m. — A Shadowwood Lane caller said her brother and nephew were fighting and one of the men had a busted nose.
• 6:52 a.m. — A County Road 41 caller said someone stole her 2007 Kia Optima the night before.
• 11:19 a.m. — A Cedar Ridge Loop caller said he saw two men in the area. The caller said there were many break-ins there and he thought the two men were casing the area to commit more.
• 11:33 a.m. — A woman said her husband was floating in the river the day before and left a note stating he was going to the woods with a gun. She feared he was suicidal. The man was OK and booked at the Española Jail for detoxification.
• 1:44 p.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said her ex-boyfriend punched her in the breast and was going to flush the title to her car down the toilet.
• 5:56 p.m. — A Mike’s Mini-Mart caller said someone was in front of the business spinning his tires and yelling, “I’m going to get you!”
• 10:06 p.m. — A County Road 41 caller said he took some wood home, then someone started throwing vacuum cleaners at him.
Hustlin’ Baby
Thursday, Dec. 16
• 7:56 a.m. — A Tsigo Bugeh Village caller said her dog was eaten last week and the pit bull responsible was back.
• 10:29 a.m. — A Vista de Corral caller said a white Acura with tinted windows was driving up and down the street. The caller said that car followed her home the night before and she thought they were casing the neighborhood for burglaries.
• 2:43 p.m. — A Walgreen’s caller saw a black Nissan Altima with an infant inside. She said she saw people in the car selling drugs.
• 4:21 p.m. — A Walgreens caller said he saw a man in a green Ford pull a gun and show it to him.
• 7:48 p.m. — A Calle Duran woman said some men were throwing snowballs with paintballs inside them.
Have You Tried the Ouija Board?
Friday, Dec. 17
• 12:18 p.m. — An Esparza Lane caller said he just noticed that three of his rifles and a handgun were missing from his mobile home.
• 12:29 a.m. — A man at the Ohkay Casino was escorted off the property with his mother and given a citation after people complained that he was intoxicated and spitting on people.
• 9:49 a.m. — An East Shadowwood Lane caller said she came home to find an unwanted drunk woman in her residence.
• 10:19 a.m. — A Private Drive 1412 caller said someone keeps calling the house and asking to speak to her husband, who has been dead for five years. She said the caller insisted on talking to him.
• 2:26 p.m. — A Lowe’s SuperSave caller said someone was in the parking lot trying to sell $60 of food stamps for $30.
• 3:25 p.m. — A County Road 56A caller said her boyfriend threw a hammer through her window.
• 10:34 p.m. — An Old Hospital Road caller complained someone was knocking on her windows.
• 10:39 p.m. — A County Road 6 caller said her son was asking her for money to buy drugs and threatened to shoot himself if he did not get the money. The caller said children were in the house. The caller said the man was shooting himself up at the door. The man was lost in a foot pursuit with police.
• 11:53 p.m. — A Camino Del Sol caller accused a family member of taking $46 from his wallet. The man canceled the report later, stating he has Alzheimer’s and misplaces a lot of things.
Party Hard! Party Hard! Party Hard!
Saturday, Dec. 18
• 12:45 a.m. — A County Road 56A caller said a drunk man was jumping fences and throwing rocks at passing cars.
• 6:05 a.m. — A South Riverside Drive caller said she was having trouble breathing. She thought it was because she smoked four packs of cigarettes a day.
• 11:28 a.m. — A man said some weapons were stolen from his vehicle while he was parked at the Santa Claran Casino.
• 11:58 a.m. — A man said he had been drinking for the last three days and was feeling sick. He didn’t want to see an officer because he thought it would scare his grandmother.
• 1:59 p.m. — A Private Drive 1612 caller said her son was shot in the back with a BB gun. She said the neighbor kids were responsible.
• 8:07 p.m. — An Ohkay Casino security guard reported that he was stuck with a needle.
• 9:06 p.m. — A County Road 38 caller said her niece was throwing a party at her residence all week.
Not What “On the Rocks” Means
Sunday, Dec. 19
• 3:32 a.m. — An Española Hospital caller said someone threatened a doctor.
• 4:44 a.m. — A Vista Del Rio Apartments caller said there were about seven men fighting in the parking lot who were now just standing there.
• 9:50 a.m. — A Highway 285 caller said he saw someone in a white truck who looked like he was going to shoot something from the truck.
• 3:45 p.m. — A Dan’s Liquors caller said someone was throwing rocks at the building and at her car.