Monday, Aug. 15

Accident-property damage
E. Highway 180 and Shasta Street
Caller in a white van hit a deer/deer still alive in the roadway. Deputy on scene advising vehicle is driveable/everything is okay.

Domestic disturbance
Highway 15 – Pinos Altos
Caller advised her friend's boyfriend is at her home breaking things/male hit her and pushed her down when she asked him to leave her property/she is pregnant/does not need medical attention/advising male is on the property screaming and breaking things.

Welfare check
Emerald Drive
Caller from Tucson VA advised male called the Alb VA advising he is homicidal and suicidal/caller advised him to drive to Tucson/he advised his mother was going to drive him there. It's not safe for him to be with family. Deputies advised units clear/negative contact.

Criminal trespass warning
Caddell Crossing – Santa Clara
Caller wants a named male issued a CTW/he is not there. Deputy advised issue ATL for Thomas Caddell/if found issue CTW for Granite Street and Caddell Street addresses.

Welfare check
N. Swan Street
Caller advised his mother did not seem in her right state of mind when she talked to caller's brother earlier this morning. Deputy advised spoke to female/she is okay/units will be clear.

Welfare check
Cullum Drive
Caller advised an elderly man knocked on her door about an hour ago asking directions/left driving a dark gray SUV. Deputy made contact with male at the house/he is okay and home safe.

Suspicious vehicle
Bataan Memorial Park – Santa Clara – 11:45 p.m.
Deputy out with two juvis.

Tuesday, Aug. 16

DV order violation
Camino Tolteca
Caller advised she and her husband had court yesterday and today the NM Gas Co called her and told her that her husband made a request for the gas to be shut off/he was instructed by the judge yesterday that he can't make changes to anything or any accounts. Deputy made contact with caller.

Welfare check
North Hurley railroad track
Caller advised a male is climbing the railroad crossing. Deputies advised clear/negative contact.

Harassment
Chukar Drive
Caller advised a named male who has a CTW to caller's brother's address passed by and looked at her brother wrong.

Wednesday, Aug. 17

Welfare check
El Otro Lado – Upper Mimbres
Caller advised a couple just left his business toward Highway 152/the female was nervous and asked to use their telephone when the male went to the restroom/male came out before she could call anyone/caller asked her a second time if she needed him to call someone and she shook her head no very aggressively. Deputy advised will be clear/negative contact with that vehicle in the . . .

Harassment
Ft Bayard Forest Service corral
Deputy made contact with caller who advised an incident occurred on the Dragonfly Trail about two months ago when a subject in his twenties approached him and told him . . .

Unwanted subject
Spring Creek Road
A named male is on the property and they don't want him/he was just dropped off/he is trying to sleep in one of the cars on the property/wants him issued a CTW. Deputy advised units clear/one of the residents advised it was okay for the male to stay.

Welfare check
Highway 180 – MM 101 (1 mile west of Red Rock Road junction)
Caller advised a motorcycle is in the bushes. Deputy advised negative contact with anyone around it/not crashed/however it is beat up pretty bad.

Thursday, Aug. 18

Welfare check
S. Highway 90 – Grant County
Vehicle has been parked on the shoulder since yesterday evening. Deputy advised vehicle is broke down/daughter is en route from Phoenix to pick him up/will be here for another couple of hours.

Unwanted subject
Spring Creek Road
A named male is on the property/advising he was dropped off and is refusing to leave. Dispatch can hear arguing in the background/male is advising he is homeless/landlord is allowing male to stay/they are now inside the home.

Unwanted subject
Rio de Arenas Road
Caller advised a female is there and refusing to leave/caller is calling for her grandfather/as soon as caller called, the female left/she is carrying a beer bottle and a coat hanger. Deputy issued Ashley Abreu an indefinite CTW for this address/units will be clear.

Harassment
Little Walnut Road
Caller is out-of-state at this time and is advising daughter is having an issue with a named female/the daughter's phone doesn't work so they are unable to call her. Units clear.

Criminal trespass warning
Rio de Arenas Road
Caller advised a named female is trespassing on his property/she was banging on the windows threatening to hang herself.

Harassment
Prescott Street – Santa Clara
Caller advised female attempted to hit caller with . . . Deputy advised both units clear.

Welfare check
Hanover
Advised his ex-wife is intoxicated/she just left headed toward Silver City/she was smoking marijuana/left in a bronze-colored Ford Edge.

Unwanted subject
Grand Mesa Drive
Caller advised his stepdaughter broke into his house/she doesn't have permission to be there/he is not home at this time/she doesn't have a key/she went in through a window.

Domestic disturbance
North Hurley Road
Advised a male is beating up his mom and dad/he hears a lot of commotion and yelling. Hurley and Santa Clara PD officers advised everything is okay/male was gone on arrival.

Welfare check
Highway 152 – MM 9-10 – 9:42 p.m.
Male in a blue tanktop and no other clothing sitting in the middle of the roadway. Deputy out with male/advised everything is okay/male does not want a ride/advised he was never in the roadway.

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