Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – July 31 through Aug. 3, 2023

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Published: 04 August 2023 04 August 2023

Monday, July 31

Welfare check
Ocotillo Drive – Lower Mimbres
Has not been able to get a hold of a named female in a few days/she is not answering anyone's phone calls/68-year-old female with cancer. Deputy advised negative contact.

Disturbance
Hermana Street – Arenas Valley
Caller advised her neighbor is going off really bad/she is threatening someone nearby. Deputy advised female is okay/her and her sister were having a verbal argument.

Welfare check
N. Swan Street
Deputy advised everything is okay/the named male is moving his camp from this location.

Welfare check
Fierro Road – Hanover
A 36-year-old female has not been home in two days/caller has female's kids at her house.

Suspicious vehicle
Bonita Drive – Silver Acres
Advised someone left a motorcycle by his house and no one has come for it in an hour/caller tried to make contact with the male and he ran away. Deputy had contact with caller.

Tuesday, Aug. 1

Welfare check
Burro Springs Road – Redrock
Caller from NM VA Health Care Systems advised a 75-year-old male has not been to the clinic in a month/they have not been able to contact him/he has medical issues and PTSD. Deputy advised made contact with male/he will call clinic.

Criminal trespass warning
W. Highway 180 – Cliff
Caller advised the next door rancher's cattle are always on caller's property. Deputy issued a named subject an indefinite CTW to the address.

Welfare check
Hill Street – North Hurley
Check on three kids; 2, 4, and 6-years-old. Caller wants a phone call.

Criminal trespass warning
Cuprite Court – Tyrone
Caller wants CTWs on two subjects, one CTW for both to address and another CTW for both to a Bobwhite Drive address.

Weapons fired
Highway 15 – Grant County
Deputy set up frequent patrol for next month from this address to Ben Lilly.

Unwanted subject
Cortez Avenue
Male lying on the grass/will bother whoever is around/he was asked to leave and refused. Deputy had negative contact/will ATL.

Weapons fired
Highway 15 – Little Cherry Creek
Caller advised he heard a loud noise like a bomb and he has heard high-powered guns being shot all day. Caller called back advising it was fireworks. Second caller advising he heard two shots from a high-power rifle/is sure it isn't fireworks. Deputies in area.

Wednesday, Aug. 2

Suspicious vehicle
Highway 356 – MM 1
Deputy made contact with driver who was waiting for the gas station to open.

Burglary
S. Highway 90 – Tyrone
Caller advised her shed and truck were broken into. Deputy was unable to locate caller. Caller advised she is home now/will drop off list at the office.

Welfare check
Iron Drive
Caller advised he last spoke to his wife when he left for work about 4 a.m./she is in a wheelchair with low blood sugar/unable to get a hold of her. Deputy advised negative contact with wife/called caller and said to . . .

Welfare check
Racetrack Road – Arenas Valley
Caller from CYFD wants a check on a 15-year-old named female who ran away from a youth shelter in Santa Fe/unknown who lives at this address/it was found on a paper in her belongings/she left last Wednesday. Deputy made contact with a named female at the address who stated she just moved there in February and doesn't recall anyone living on the property before.

Thursday, Aug. 3

Domestic disturbance
S. Highway 90 – Tyrone
Caller advised her boyfriend just attacked her because she wouldn't perform oral sex on him/negative on medical/he is leaving in truck/boyfriend just went back into the house/caller is outside/advising he got in her face and began yelling/he grabbed caller by the neck and knocked her to the floor and began to make more sexual threats.

DVO served x 3
Redacted; Partridge Drive; E. Market Street
No reports.

Disturbance
Laguna del Oso – San Lorenzo
Caller advised his truck and trailer are at this house/he is doing roof work for the homeowner/due to rain, he hasn't been able to do the work/Homeowner has now parked his vehicles blocking in caller's truck and trailer and is being aggressive. Caller was advised to stand on the street away from the home until a deputy can get to the house. A second caller responded. (unclear from all the redactions who is who).

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