Española Police, Santa Clara Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies and State Police responded to the following calls:
Unwelcome Squirrel
Monday, Jan. 18
• 12:23 a.m. — An Española man called to report that his stepsister and her husband were being threatened at their house by a man who was armed and was breaking their windows.
• 10:44 a.m. — A woman on Chacoma Vista said she needed help getting a squirrel out of her house.
• 2:49 p.m. — A man reported that another man got out of his car at the Chevron on Highway 64/84 and hit him in the face.
• 4:24 p.m. — Española firefighters were dispatched to South McCurdy Road after smoke was seen coming from a vehicle. Responding police officers discovered the smoke was coming from oil leaking onto the exhaust manifold of a red Oldsmobile.
• 5:55 p.m. — A man reported his truck was shot at three times while he was visiting his friends at Fairview Trailer Park. He said the shots came from an Impala.
Poor Friend
Tuesday, Jan. 19
• 2:27 a.m. — An Española man called police to report that $1,000 was missing from his house. When he came home, he said he found the door open to his room which he always leaves closed.
• 10:52 a.m. — A Rio Arriba County Road 42 resident reported that his neighbor’s dog killed some of his chickens.
• 12:15 p.m. — After two male students got into a fight, officials at Española Valley High School requested an officer for an altercation they described as “gang-related.”
• 4:53 p.m. — A woman reported that while driving in Velarde, her friend got irate after she refused to lend her money. The woman then said her friend tried to steal her purse, took her cell phone and ran off up a dirt road.
• 10:05 p.m. — A mother told police her son was very drunk and passed out in his car. She wanted officers to pick him up and take him to detox.
Off-Duty Cop Makes Timely Arrest
Wednesday, Jan. 20
• 9:26 a.m. — Police arrested a man at Center Market who shoplifted a $10 bottle of Tums by putting it in his pocket, logs stated.
• 12:44 p.m. — A Meals on Wheels volunteer said he was dropping off meals at a residence on County Road 41 when he smelled a gas leak. Medics and gas company employees were dispatched to the scene.
• 2:31 p.m. — An off-duty Santa Clara tribal officer held down a man at the Española Post Office after he tried to steal a postal scale, logs state.
• 3:14 p.m. — A Chimayó woman reported that six men with bats were fighting in front of her house. According to the woman, one of the men was yelling, “They hit my mom. Call the cops.”
Golden Bluff
Thursday, Jan. 21
• 7:02 a.m. — An Española woman reported waking up to find her gold Harley and gold wedding rings were missing. When responding police gave her an affidavit to sign and explained the consequences of filing a false police report she changed her mind and decided she may have misplaced the items, logs state.
• 9:33 a.m. — A Calle Rosario resident said he saw two dogs tied up and hanging off the wall of an adobe house. He told police the dogs’ chains might have got caught up, and the dogs were unable to move, logs state.
• 12:34 p.m. — An Española Hospital employee told dispatchers that a drunk woman was passed out in the main lobby. Before police could arrive, the woman’s father picked her up, logs state.
• 3:55 p.m. — An Española man ran out of Walgreens with two bottles of liquor, logs state. According to police, the man was caught nearby at the Fairview Sonic.
• 5:11 p.m. — A Walgreens employee reported a man down in front of the store. Responding police officers woke up the man who explained he was having lunch and fell asleep, logs state.
• 6:07 p.m. — An Española Family Dollar employee called to report that another employee left for lunch and never returned. Her drawer was counted and over $1,000 was missing, logs state.
Drunk Visits Library
Friday, Jan. 22
• 8:24 a.m. — An Española woman reported a dog tied up in a lake of water at a house on Fairview Lane. The woman also said the dog house was too small for the dog.
• 3:42 p.m. — A security officer at Northern New Mexico Community College reported that a man was drunk and stumbling around the college library and may have been driving a car he left parked by the gym.
• 4:05 p.m. — A Walgreens employee reported a man was lying down on the parking lot. According to logs, the man told responding paramedics that he was just sleeping when paramedics realized it was the same man they discovered sleeping on the same parking lot the previous day.
Drinking in Lot
Saturday, Jan. 23
• 12:14 a.m. — Paramedics responded to a suicidal subject on County Road 273, according to dispatch logs. The man told dispatchers he had drank a 12-pack of beer and did not want to be here anymore and asked if it was better to cut his wrist up or down. According to logs, dispatchers made contact with the man’s mother who said she had taken her son’s knife away and said he had never tried anything like this before.
• 10:46 a.m. — An Española woman called police to say that two women were banging on her house door, yelling and revving a car engine.
• 4:35 p.m. — A Starlighter Loop resident reported that she saw three young males running with VCRs and video tapes. She believed they may have broken into a nearby house.
• 4:44 p.m. — A caller reported that two men were drinking in their car in the Española Family Dollar parking lot. Before police could arrive, the men’s brother came and drove them away.
• 6:33 p.m. — A Center Market employee called to report that the store had apprehended a shoplifter who was getting violent with the store manager.
Reckless Driving
Sunday, Jan. 24
• 1:12 a.m. — Police observed the driver of a white Lexus with a broken back window swerve all over the road and almost hit the median four times at a speed of 15 miles per hour. Police pulled over the car in front of Española City Hall, logs state.
• 1:25 p.m. — A Highway 64 resident reported that a drunk man would not leave her property. She told dispatchers her husband was going to beat the man, and her dog would bite him if he did not leave her property.
• 5:50 p.m. — An Auto Zone employee reported that a man with a dirty blond ponytail set off the metal detectors and ran off. The employees did not know what the man had stolen, logs state.
• 8:39 p.m. — A caller reported that a white car was parked in the southbound lane of Riverside Drive near Family Dollar. The caller said the car went off the road and almost hit a car.