Friday, July 25

Request officer
Harris Road
Caller advised her 17-year-old daughter left again and she sent her some disturbing text messages.

Shoplifting
1956 E. Highway 180
Caller advised a female was stealing but he did get the items back but they are still in the parking lot.

Suspicious vehicle
Sunrise Espresso
Caller advised a van occupied by an elderly female and elderly male with no pants or underwear on went through drive-through about 20 minutes ago.

Welfare check
E. Highway 180 and Rosedale Road.
A male driver was reported hitting a child sitting in the back seat.

Welfare check
Swan Street
Caller advised a male driver was hitting someone in the passenger seat and was swerving all over the roadway and almost hit caller. Officer had negative contact.

Unwanted subject
Bremen Street
Caller advised his 42-year-old son is causing problems verbally and caller wants him to leave. Son left at officer's request.

Unwanted subject
1300 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised a car club that meets in their parking lot at night is leaving a lot of debris.

Shoplifting
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised a female stole Drain-O and is in the back not causing problems.

Larceny
Superior Street
Caller advised a guest is reporting some money was stolen from his room, but did not want to press charges.

Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle
711 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised someone is damaging her vehicle at night.

Reckless driver
Gough Park
Caller advised a vehicle cut her off and is driving recklessly around the park. Officer made contact.

Unwanted subject
W. 8th Street
Caller advised the front door was ajar when the owner got there. Owner is pretty sure who it was.

Larceny
Valley Vista
A 14-carat gold ring was taken.

Welfare check
Little Walnut Road
Caller is concerned about a screaming 2- to 3-year-old child. Officers had negative contact. They also spoke to neighbors who stated they did not hear anything.

Accident – property damage
No address
Caller advised he was rear-ended at the four-way stop. No injuries.

Larceny
N. Silver Street
Caller reports a stolen bike and also graffiti.

Assault
Artcher Road
Caller advised her three children and her nieces were threatened by a named male.

Harassment
E. 32nd Street
Caller advised receiving harassing email by a named male. Officer made contact with male and advised him to leave the caller alone or further action would be taken. Officer set up frequent patrol for 30 days.

Reckless driver
E. 32nd and N. Silver streets
Caller advised dark colored vehicle was swerving into oncoming traffic. Officer made contact. Negative on intoxication. He had just got out of the gym.

Welfare check
Pine Street
Caller advised his 2-month-old child is with the mother who is possibly intoxicated. Officer found the lights are turned off within the house and no one is coming to the door.

Welfare check
N. Gold Street
Caller advised she has not been able to get ahold of her parents and her mother has a heart condition. Officer made contact and they will be calling their daughter.

Suspicious vehicle
Little Walnut Road
Caller believes people in a vehicle parked in front of her apartment are doing drugs. Caller phoned back advising they left already and that they were smoking a lot of cocaine.

Saturday, July 26

NM Game and Fish
32nd Street and Highway 180
Caller advised there is a dead deer in the middle of the road.

Welfare check
Kimberly Drive
Caller who lives in Arizona advised when her father picked up the phone caller heard a female in the background saying, "Help me, Bob – Help me, Bob." Officer made contact with female who advised her stepdaughter had withdrawn $1400 from their account and stated it was for Bob's well-being, and she was upset about the money being gone.

NM Game and Fish
W. 8th Street
Deer and baby. NMG&F in Santa Fe was notified.

Burglary
Canal Street
Caller advised her house was broken into last night.

Vehicle burglary
W. Daniel Street
Caller advised he just realized someone stole the steering wheel out of his vehicle.

Unwanted subject
3514 Fowler Avenue
Caller advised a drunk family member, who is being very aggressive, needs to be escorted out.

Panhandler
316 N. Bullard Street
Caller advised a man in red shirt and red shorts across the street is begging for money and harassing people if they don't give him any. Officer had negative contact right now.

Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle
N. Combs Street
Caller advised a window was damaged on her vehicle and she believes it was the person she saw cutting weeds at the abandoned house nearby.

Welfare check
Mountain View Road
Caller advised that on the trails behind his house he can see a male sitting in the sun and getting up from time to time and stumbling around. Officer advised he has a visual of the male and will be on foot away from his unit.

Shoplifting
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised they have a female who was taking a basket full of groceries in custody in the back office, negative on causing problems. Female was issued a CTW and released on a CTA.

Unwanted subject
619 N. Bullard Street
Caller advised a male walking south on Bullard was harassing several of his customers. Officer had negative contact.

Criminal damage to property
315 N. Texas Street
Caller advised a male tried to steal a statue from in front and he damaged it. Officer made contact.

Loud party
W. 13th and Louisiana streets
Caller advised a loud party with loud music and a lot of vibrations was going on. Officer took a case number for narcotics. Second caller advised the party is still on and they are still being loud. Second officer advised he has been up and down and had negative contact with the party.

NM Game and Fish
32nd Street
Caller advised a fawn is laying down in the roadway and will not move for traffic.

Battery
Harris Road
Caller from Hurley advised a female was hit with a wooden paddle over and over, which left a mark on her left hip from where her mother hit her. Officer made contact and she is OK at this time. Another officer was enroute to the address.

Weapons fired
17th Street
Caller advised she heard a really loud gun shot, but couldn't say where from. Officer advised he was in the area when the shot went off and saw a very large aerial firework go in the air and explode.

NM Game and Fish
1313 E. 32nd Street
A baby deer that keeps following the family and they advised they keep putting the deer on the mountain but it comes back down and follows them and cries. On NMG&F's advice, officer advised nothing could be done with the deer and advised they needed to leave the animal alone.

Unwanted subject
Pine Street
Caller advised his wife is drunk, and he is on probation and cannot have any one there drinking.

Intoxicated persons
Downtown
Caller advised his 18-year-old brother is walking north on Bullard trying to find someone to fight. Officer made contact in front of the Buffalo Bar and requested EMS, but male refused medical help.

Sunday, July 27

Domestic disturbance
N. Bullard and Market streets
Officer is out with a male and female having a possible verbal domestic.

Unwanted subject
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised a first-named male is bothering employees and wants a CTW issued. Officer made contact.

Loud party
Daniel and Theodore streets
Caller advised a loud party on Daniel Street is keeping them awake and is keeping their dog barking. Officer made contact and the homeowner turned the music down upon request.

Loud Party
Montana Street
Officer made contact and he did turn it down.

Domestic disturbance
N. Gold Street
Caller advised a named individual just hit him about 20 minutes ago. Officer made contact.

Larceny
Pine Street
Caller advised he had some equipment stolen from outside his house.

Welfare check
1956 E. Highway 180
Caller advised an elderly male has been near the front of the store for about 2 hours and advised he does suffer from dementia. The elderly male keeps saying he is waiting for his wife but she is not in the store. Caller advised they do have him sitting on a bench in front of the store.

Criminal damage to property
Gough Park
Caller advised some kids are breaking branches off the mulberry trees. Officer advised he found some branches that were low.

Disturbance
Pine Street
Caller advised an intoxicated named female is at his house yelling and who broke a light in the house. Caller advised she went outside but is still causing problems. Officer made contact.

Domestic disturbance
Pine Street
Caller advised a named female threatened to stab him with the screw driver. Caller advised she is drunk but did put the screw driver down, but advised she pushed him and hit him in the nose. Officer made contact.

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