Española Police, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Unjust Slap?
Monday, April 27
• 10:32 a.m. — A Canada Court caller said a 9-year-old girl called her mother names and used profanity.
• 5:36 p.m. — A caller said a Center Market employee accused her son of shoplifting, and when she tried to explain to the woman that they weren’t shoplifting, the employee hit her in the mouth. The call was canceled.
• 9:24 p.m. — A Vista del Rio Apartments caller said a car pulled into her yard, turned off its lights and threw eggs at her house. Police patrolled the area.
Ex’s Aunt
Injures Dog
Tuesday, April 28
• 1:47 a.m. — A Private Drive 1607 caller said she received harassing phone calls from her friend, who was threatening to send people to her house.
• 12:45 p.m. — A Ladd Circle caller said her ex-husband and his aunt were yelling at her. She said the aunt injured her dog. Police referred her to the courts.
• 2:28 p.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said a man, who was training him, tried to kick the caller. The caller said his trainer was looking at him and telling him things through a camera. Police were advised to be on the lookout for a white Camaro.
• 8:17 p.m. — A caller said his brother-in-law gave him a cheap-shot. No report was taken.
• 8:36 p.m. — A caller said a man, who was wearing a Halloween mask and was driving a black Grand Prix, kept passing him. The driver couldn’t be found.
Drunk Wants
To Burn Cop Car
Wednesday, April 29
• 2:56 a.m. — A Cook’s Mobile Home Park caller asked 911 dispatchers to send help because someone was being violent. An individual at the caller’s address was detoxed.
• 4:34 p.m. — An Apple Valley Housing employee said a very intoxicated male threatened to burn an Española Police officer’s car after the employee told the man to quiet down. A neighbor said he would keep an eye on the intoxicated man and contact police if he lost control.
• 9:11 p.m. — A North Coronado Avenue caller said his neighbor threatened him over a bounced check, but he had already taken care of it.
High Times
In Española
Thursday, April 30
• 2:01 p.m. — A Fairview Flowers employee said a man who looked like he was high was running around the store. He said he had to be on something because he was talking very fast, asking a lot of questions and wouldn’t stay still. He also kept walking to the back of the store where he wasn’t supposed to be. He left before police arrived.
• 4:56 p.m. — An Española Recreation Center employee said a customer was yelling and throwing money at her. Officers were advised.
• 6:16 p.m. — A Lowe’s Super Save employee said some gangster-looking boys were smoking marijuana behind Arby’s. They were gone when police arrived.
Wal-Mart’s
Watering Hole
Friday, May 1
• 12:10 p.m. — A Fairview Post Office employee said two shady characters were asking for money in the parking lot.
• 4:20 p.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said a woman and her sidekick were caught drinking vodka in the bathroom. The pair had also tried to steal some lipstick and a pair of sunglasses. One of the suspects was cited for shoplifting.
• 9:04 p.m. — A Motel 6 employee said two people, who were turned down for a room, were urinating in the parking lot. They first asked to use the bathroom and then asked for a room. They were rejected because they didn’t have any identification or credit cards.
Dead Dog
Too Close to Water
Saturday, May 2
• 9:17 a.m. — A Rio Arriba County Road 61 caller said his neighbor buried a dead dog by the irrigation ditch and wouldn’t remove it. Since the dog was not buried on the caller’s property, he was referred to animal control.
• 1:18 p.m. — A La Joya Street caller said an intoxicated man was at her door asking for his jacket. He was detoxed.
• 6:06 p.m. — A Harley Lane caller said a man wearing all black was hiding in the bushes. The caller was unsure what the man was doing.
This Call
May Be Recorded
Sunday. May 3
• 11:15 p.m. — A Tierra Azul caller said a man was beating up his wife and that 911 dispatchers were the reason why people are killed on the road. She told 911 dispatchers she was recording the call. The call was referred to State Police.
• 11:39 p.m. — A Taco Bell employee said a female panhandler was showing people a picture of a baby with tubes coming out of it and saying the baby was in Albuquerque in the hospital. She was told she needed to stop begging at that location.