Espanola Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies, State Police and Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police officers responded to the following calls:
Thief Can’t Outrun Cops
Monday, Nov. 23
• 7:46 a.m. – Wal-Mart security said a man asking people to buy gloves in the parking lot headed off toward Wendy’s.
• 9:14 a.m.– A Las Lomas Apartment resident said an overnight visitor “went crazy,” threw his phone at her and left her with a swollen knuckle and a bump on her head.
• 12:54 p.m. – A Shoe Depot employee reported that a male wearing a big shirt and a poncho pushed the manager out of the way and ran out wearing a new pair of black Nikes. Police found the suspect at Wal-Mart.
• 9:21 p.m. – A Sandia Court man reported his neighbor was making loud furniture noises in her apartment. Police advised him to complain to his landlord instead.
Septic Tank Stinks
Tuesday, Nov. 24
• 9:14 a.m. – A McDonald’s employee said she and her co-workers were afraid of two men who keep coming by about 7 every morning to ask for free food and yell at the employees.
• 4:20 p.m. – An Ohkay Ownigeh Pueblo woman said she wanted police to document that her neighbors’ children were throwing glass bottles on the road and refusing to pick them up.
• 6:34 p.m. – A caller told police a man at his neighbor’s house was emptying his septic tank and “it smells.” The caller said he wanted an officer to document that the man was doing this “so the EPA can take action.” Deputies found the ground wet and a garden hose emerging from the septic tank, but said they would return later for the suspect.
• 10:14 p.m. – A Calle Quintana woman said someone is using her account online and purchasing cosmetics from Mary Kay using her credit card. The caller said the person using her card probably lives in Santa Fe.
Girlfriend Throws Food, Leaves
Wednesday, Nov. 25
• 12:13 a.m. – An Alcalde caller reported a possibly intoxicated woman was walking in the middle of the roadway wearing a poncho. Police learned the woman had run out of gas and gave her a ride to the gas station to buy a can of fuel.
• 8:18 p.m. – An Ojo Caliente man said his girlfriend left in a silver truck after throwing food at him.
• 10:03 p.m. – A female caller asked police to pick up her intoxicated boyfriend before he tries to “get physical.”
Gas Skip Fails
Thursday, Nov. 26
• 11:16 a.m. – A Chama caller said a neighbor was teaching his children how to shoot a shotgun. The caller was worried the family was discharging the weapon very close to the roadway.
• 1:06 p.m. – A Roy Honstein Oil Company customer reported one man was beating up another behind the convenience store. Police determined the men were just hanging out.
• 4:17 p.m. – A Sandy Lane caller was concerned he had a male passed out in his yard. The unconscious man was going around asking for food and passed out after the caller fed him.
• 5:46 p.m. – Ohkay Owingeh Mini Mart staff said a man in a brown Ford Bronco tried to drive off without paying for his gas. The would-be thief was foiled when he left behind his credit card and license.
• 10:50 – A caller said her daughter was outside her house sitting in a male friend’s vehicle and didn’t want to come back inside.
Flaky Tipster
Friday, Nov. 27
• 7:22 a.m. – A man called to report he had seen someone get shot at from a blue trailer on Simmons Lane. The caller said he had run to safety and called police from a neighbor’s house. He hung up when police asked why he was calling from a pay phone outside Wal-Mart.
• 8:52 a.m. – A caller reported that children were shooting at dogs from a house next to the Ohkay Owingeh Community School. The caller said one dog had already been shot dead, and the children were still shooting at passing dogs. Police took a report after finding shell casings and a pool of blood, but no dog corpses or children near the house.
• 1:04 p.m. – A Lowe’s Home Improvement shopper reported a man in a black leather jacket just took his hubcaps.
• 2:51 p.m. – A woman said she had just given her friend a ride, and he stole the medication she had left on the back seat.
• 7:33 p.m. — A female caller said another woman had her purse at her residence, and she wanted police to help her retrieve it.
• 8:32 p.m. — A loud banging was reported at Mesa Vista High School.
Extremely Drunk Woman
Saturday, Nov. 28
• 7:04 a.m. — A man wearing a dark beanie hat was seen looking inside peoples’ mailboxes near the San Pedro Sonic.
• 9:34 a.m. — A caller advised that a 2-year-old child was locked in by himself at a Calle Duran home. Police were debating whether to knock down the door or wait for a resident to return with the key when the child unlocked the door and came outside.
• 3:13 p.m. — An extremely drunk woman in Chamita found leaning on a barbed wire fence was detoxed.
• 8:24 p.m. — A caller reported a large group of people running toward the roadway from behind a large house, and said it may have been a fight. Deputies could not find evidence of a large fight.
• 11:39 p.m. — A Rent-A-Center employee reported a black Nissan Sentra had circled the business five times, driving from McDonald’s to Las Lomas Apartments and back.
Cockfight Draws Crowd
Sunday, Nov. 29
• 4:45 a.m. — A woman calling from the Cottonwood RV Park said she woke up with her friend’s hand down her pants and requested an officer to file a report. She warned 911 dispatchers that she and her friend were both still intoxicated. Officers could not find a trailer matching the description of her home.
• 4:01 p.m. — A Medanales caller reported a group of 80 people were watching 25 roosters fighting.
• 9:51 p.m. — An Allsup’s convenience store customer called to report panhandlers in front of the convenience store, but declined to describe them because they were standing right in front of her.
• 10:52 p.m. — A male caller reported that a Mexican immigrant had battered him in the Wal-Mart parking lot and knocked out his teeth. Police ascertained that the alleged victim had a full set of teeth and no signs of battery. The man told police the suspect had already been jailed in Albuquerque.