Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Night of the Living Pillheads
Monday, Nov. 22
• 1:25 a.m. — A State Road 399 caller said her husband came home drunk and she wanted someone to come take him away.
• 3:39 a.m. — A Calle Don Eduardo caller said her brother was drunk and hitting her mother. The brother ran away from the house while she was on the phone with Dispatch.
• 12:57 p.m. — The president of the Eagle’s Club called and said he got inside to find the safe was empty.
• 3:51 p.m. — A Water Store caller complained about people in a vehicle with a plastic bag over one of the windows. She said the people inside the vehicle were doing drugs.
• 5:46 p.m. — A County Road 1 caller complained about men who try to rape her every day they see her. She said if she kills someone it won’t be her fault. State Police were going to meet her but a family member said the original caller left because she did not want to talk to the police.
• 6:23 p.m. — A State Road 76 caller said she was getting harassing phone calls from another parent over an argument their children had.
• 9:56 p.m. — A Thistle Loop caller said her son took ten expired Respiridal pills because he was trying to get high.
• 11:17 p.m. — A County Road 83 caller said a man took a pill and was acting strange. She said he was walking around “like a zombie” and could barely move his feet.
Breakfast Whiskey To-Go
Tuesday, Nov. 23
• 9:26 a.m. — A Sacred Heart Church caller reported seeing a truck with a camping shell parked in the lot for a while. The caller thought there could be a drug deal going on.
• 9:30 a.m. — A Hindi Shell Station caller reported a white Ford Escort that was swerving all over the road. The caller said there were people inside passing around a bottle of whiskey. Police pulled the vehicle over and the man refused a blood-alcohol test, so the police got a warrant to do the test.
• 10:55 a.m. — A North Riverside Drive caller said a man who goes by “Worm” stole a detox kit.
• 2:27 p.m. — A North Orchard Lane caller reported a 35-year-old man was on a narcotic and getting violent. The caller said the son “went at” his father but the father retreated.
• 4:22 p.m. — A West Bond Street caller said a black dog was chasing children around in the area. A pit bull was with it.
• 8:55 p.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said she was robbed by a man she knew who took $240 from her wallet.
A “No-No?”
Wednesday, Nov. 24
• 3:27 a.m. — A Camino Cielo Grande caller said his girlfriend pulled a knife on him, but he broke it. She said he was not hurt but he had a small cut and was punched on the lip.
• 8:37 a.m. — A Hunter Street caller said his friend was hitting him the day before. He said this started out as messing around but it turned into a physical fight.
• 3:27 p.m. — A State Road 76 caller complained about people selling newspapers at the intersection, saying this was a “no no,” that it will “change once the new governor comes into office” and he would “contact the mayor if he has to.” Police checked on the salesman and said everything was fine.
• 3:41 p.m. — A Highway 64/84 caller said her boyfriend broke her computer. She called back later and said she was going to give him a chance to fix it and she apologized for dialing 911.
• 5:48 p.m. — An Allsup’s caller said a customer was heating a sandwich in the microwave and reached over the counter and stole a $130 from the clerk’s purse.
Pit bull Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 25
• 12:51 a.m. — An Ohkay Casino caller reported a fight in the casino lounge involving four people. One woman was beaten, but she turned down an ambulance.
• 6:03 a.m. — A City Hall caller said someone was trying to get into a storage bin and then a light went out. The suspicious person took off running.
• 1:33 p.m. — A Calle Adrian caller said a tan pit bull was chasing the children in the neighborhood.
• 7:07 p.m. — A County Road 40 caller said an intoxicated man was laying down on the side of the road. She said the man had been yelling and chasing her car a few moments before.
• 8:44 p.m. — A Private Drive 1610 caller said her brother and his girlfriend are drunk and were trying to take the children. She said the girlfriend dropped a 2-year-old girl on her head. Police called for an ambulance after a woman who was drunk said she felt like harming herself. Two people were taken to the hospital.
• 9:26 p.m. — A State Road 519 caller said she saw someone in her yard with a gun. The man was looking for someone to kill, the caller said.
• 10:49 p.m. — A Club Lumina caller reported a man with a gun in his pants. The caller said a woman had been hit in the head with a pistol. Sheriff’s Deputies made contact with the man, who did not have a gun, and deputies reported they had nothing to hold him on.
Love Me or I’ll Hit You
Friday, Nov. 26
• 10:38 a.m. — A Keith Street caller said she suspected neighborhood children were responsible for egging her two vehicles.
• 10:47 a.m. — A Calle Vigil man tried to report an intoxicated family member at his house. Dispatch workers could hear a man in the background telling him not to call the cops and that he loves him. Dispatch could hear the drunk man trying to “get violent” with the caller.
• 2:17 p.m. — A Walgreen’s caller complained about two panhandlers standing beside the door to the business. One of the panhandlers was trying to sell her a newspaper.
• 2:25 p.m. — A Comfort Inn caller reported a pending drug deal his family member heard people negotiating. Police could not locate the brown Astro Van the caller described.
• 6:59 p.m. — A State Road 74 caller said someone broke into his home and stole his stereo and big screen television.
• 10:19 p.m. — An Allsup’s caller complained about a woman in her 30s trying to sell men sexual favors.
Pre-paid Phone Complaints Department
Saturday, Nov. 27
• 12:52 a.m. — A San Juan caller said a man was at his sister’s home in Pojoaque. He said the man usually goes over and messes up his sister’s room.
• 2:41 a.m. — A County Road 69 caller said her brother beat her up. She said they were drinking and her brother heard a song that reminded him of his wife and he hit her and pulled out a gun. She said he was banging on the door.
• 9:23 a.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said someone left with a stolen 42-inch television.
• 4:02 p.m. — A Cricket cell phone store caller said he was being yelled at by a man he did not know. The man then started yelling at another employee there.
• 4:27 p.m. — A Lowe’s Supersave caller reported a drunk man holding a bottle of vodka, who fell asleep while standing up.
Rio Arribans Practice Phasing Through Walls
Sunday, Nov. 28
• 3:22 a.m. — A County Road 548 caller reported a girl who walked into a wall and passed out. The girl was conscious and given some ice water.
• 9:53 a.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said a shoplifter was in custody and fighting with employees. The caller said they thought the man was about to run. As an officer arrived on the scene, the man left Wal-Mart and started running to the north wall, which he jumped over.
• 2:12 p.m. — An Upper San Pedro Road caller said his home was broken into and someone stole a portable saw and a jar of loose change.
• 3:16 p.m. — A Valley National Bank caller reported a man who was walking in the middle of the road. The man would not respond to police and he tried walking into a wall. The man was taken to the hospital.
• 4:54 p.m. — A Las Lomas Apartments caller said someone broke into his apartment and stole his television.
• 5:15 p.m. — A Wal-Mart caller said someone was in the cosmetics department opening perfume boxes with a knife.
• 6:26 p.m. — An Enchanted Mesa caller said a woman was over at his home threatening to slash his tires.
• 8:53 p.m. — A County Road 130 A caller said a woman attempted to hit him with a car, but instead ran over a dog.