Friday, July 18

Harassment
Moose Lodge
Caller advised some females were harassing her and banging on the window of her car as she was leaving. Officer had negative contact.

Domestic disturbance
Leslie Road
Caller advised she could hear a lot of yelling and arguing in a nearby apartment. Officer determined a female was talking loudly on the phone. Negative on a verbal domestic.

Welfare check
Pinos Altos Road
Caller concerned for husband's safety. He never came home from work last night. He has been using meth.

Harassment
N. Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised her ex-boyfriend keeps calling her and he is also bothering her co-workers.

Welfare check
S. Arizona Street
A caller who refused to ID herself reported at 11 a.m. that a female was at the 12th Street laundromat slapping a little girl. Officer made contact with the little girl who was with her uncle.

Harassment
N. Hudson Street
Caller advised another woman was harassing her by phone over her relationship with the father of the other woman's child. Officer advised the woman accused of harassment to stop or it could become a chargeable harassment. She agreed.

Larceny
N. Silver Street
Caller advised a money bag had been stolen.

Loud music
Swimming pool
Caller advised he could hear on 34th Street the music from the pool. Officer made contact and they will be shutting down the music in a couple of hours.

Larceny
North district
Caller advised her purse was stolen from her vehicle at a local business.

Harassment
E Street
Caller advised the father of his sister's children is harassing caller's mother via telephone and has made threats toward her.

Domestic disturbance
Silver Heights Blvd.
Officer advised while he was trying to do a follow-up, a male and female were arguing right in front of the office of the Copper Manor Motel.

Fight
Gough Park
Caller advised they were jumped by 2 people in a red pickup, and she is now on her way home. The fight is no longer in progress. Officer made contact with caller at ACE Hardware and requested EMS for 15-year-old female who was conscious and breathing with minor bumps, negative on lights and siren.

Saturday, July 19

Welfare check
Mann Drive
Call came in per Hidalgo County requesting welcheck on her husband who she believes might have been drinking. Caller doesn't want to go home if he is drunk. Officer made contact and husband was highly intoxicated but he was fine, just listening to music.

Domestic disturbance (see above)
Mann Drive
Caller advised his wife has been out all night and is now home demanding money. Officer made contact and determined it was all verbal and that the husband gave his wife $100 to stay overnight in a local motel.

Missing persons
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised she walked into the store with her 7-year-old, and let him go get a drink of water and now she cannot find him. Caller phoned back advising she found him in the toy area.

Littering
Pope Street and College Avenue
Caller advised a bronze-colored pickup has been throwing trash out the window since Walmart and is traveling west on College. Officer had negative contact.

Shoplifting
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised two males dumped the basket and took off running when she stopped them. Caller advised they got into a green pickup. Officer advised he is in foot pursuit headed toward ACE Hardware. Officer is out at ACE Hardware.

Welfare check
Virginia Street
Caller advised a baby has been crying for over 45 minutes and it hasn't stopped once. Advised she saw the parents in the pool for about 30 minutes and the baby wasn't with them. Officer advised they have a female coming downstairs at this time. A referral will be made to SCI.

Aggravated battery
Pine Street
Officers determined from mapping where the cell phone call was originating. Because of an open line a male and female could be heard yelling at each other, and the male keep saying" F. . . you, shut up, F. . . you." Caller advised her son just hit her with a pan and her head is bleeding.

Weapons fired
Georgia Street
Caller advised she heard about 2 gunshots from a .22-type of gun. Officer advised it was fireworks.

Domestic disturbance
Fowler Avenue
Caller advised her boyfriend just hit her. Officer later made contact with caller on Cottonwood and caller said her boyfriend held her arms down and it was verbal.

Domestic disturbance
Black Street
Caller advised a male just hit her in the face and beat her up, but she doesn't need an ambulance.

Sunday. July 20

Request officer (see above Aggravated Battery)
Pine Street
Caller advised her son is back sleeping in his van and she does not want him there. He is not causing problems at this time. They did get the car keys from the son and the officer was advised he is OK to sleep in the van.

Aggravated battery
N. Bullard Street
Caller advised a man at her neighbor's house pushed a female down the stairs. He had dark hair/white shirt/dark shorts/possibly black and heavy set. Caller advised that her neighbor and the male are possibly still arguing or fighting in the hallway. Female is requesting an ambulance at the corner of Broadway.

Fraud/embezzlement
Memory Lane
Caller advised his computer has been stolen.

Larceny
1120 E. Highway 180
Caller reported an employee's purse was stolen from a cleaning cart.

Criminal trespass warning
N. Bullard Street
Caller advised a male is on their property and they have asked him numerous times to leave and he won't. Advised he is also harassing employees. Officer issued indefinite CTW to the male for this business and transported him to GRMC for medical clearance.

Harassment
N. Swan Street
Caller advised the man who lives on her property in a small trailer is threatening her and she is scared. Caller advised he is there now. Caller advised he had his friends over and that one of them started calling her names because caller told them to leave. Caller was advised to go to magistrate court to evict him and to call if anyone is on her property that she needs removed.

Harassment
W. Dorothy Street
Caller advised a named female harassed her husband at a local business. Caller advised the female goes into caller's workplace and harasses her as well. Officer made contact with female.

Unwanted subject
N. Texas Street
A female was refusing to leave property.
Officer issued a CTW and the female was released on a CTA.

Intoxicated driver
W. College Avenue
Caller advised a male is passed out in a white Chevrolet pickup under a tree with the vehicle running.

Welfare check
Swan Street
Caller advised children are playing baseball in the street with no adult supervision. Officer had negative contact with anything or anyone.

Domestic disturbance
S. Highway 90
Caller advised her son is intoxicated and breaking items and yelling at her husband.

Domestic disturbance
W. Market Street
Caller advised there is a couple outside fighting. Officers made contact with both subjects. Advised it was all verbal.

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