11/02/2012

Stolen Motor Vehicle
N. Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller reports a business truck was taken sometime in the night.

Hit and Run Accident
Buffalo Bar
Accident report.

Vehicle Burglary
City Annex
Caller reports a heart monitor was stolen from a vehicle.

Unwanted Subject
Food Basket
Caller reports someone is in the process of shoplifting.

Recovered Stolen Vehicle
Silver Bowling Lanes
No report.

Shoplifting
Albertson’s
Caller reports a female subject is shoplifting.

Intoxicated Driver
Ambank
Caller reports a male subject with an open container of beer is in the drive-thru.

Intoxicated Persons
Lintero Apartments
Caller reports a male subject is intoxicated and sleeping on a porch.

Domestic Violence Order Violation
Black St.
Incident report.

Criminal Trespass Warning
Lintero Apartments
Caller reports a male subject kicked in the door of an apartment.

Fraud Embezzlement
Walmart
Caller reports a females subject has altered her prescription, and she needs to be arrested.

Shoplifting
Walgreen’s
Caller reports a female subject stole a bottle of liquor and left her ID on the counter.

Domestic Disturbance
E. Daniel St.
Caller reports her daughter is causing problems. Caller advises she has been drinking and yelling.

Breaking and Entering
Pinos Altos Rd.
Caller reports her sister just tried to kick in her door and then took off.

Burglary
N. Hudson St.
Caller is requesting a Criminal Trespass Warning on known male subject.

Weapons Fired
N. Bennett St.
Caller reports she heard about eight gunshots in the area.

11/03/2012

Bar Fights
Buffalo Bar
Caller reports they can hear people yelling outside.

Accident Property Damage
Flame Convention Center
Caller reports a truck is damaged in the parking lot.

Domestic Disturbance
Plata Rd.
Caller reports her son is fighting with her granddaughter. Caller advises her son has been drinking and her granddaughter is only 13.

Accident Property Damage
17th St.
Caller reports he possibly heard someone crash in the area.

Fight
Pinos Altos Rd.
Caller reports there is possibly a fight going on in the creek.

Unwanted Subject
Ace Hardware
Caller reports a customer with a Criminal Trespass Warning is in the store.

Accident Injuries
16th St.
Caller reports a vehicle accident with both vehicles in the roadway and a female subject complaining of chest pain.

Accident Property Damage
E. Pine St.
Caller reports someone just backed into her car.

Breaking and Entering
N. Gold St.
Caller reports her house was broken into and her laptop was stolen. Caller reports she believes she knows who broke in.

Intoxicated Driver
Walgreen’s
Caller reports two female subjects are intoxicated in the Walgreen’s parking lot.

Vehicle Burglary
Taco Bell
Caller reports someone was trying to break into a vehicle in the parking lot.

Accident Property Damage
Little Walnut St.
Caller reports he just hit a deer but is out of the roadway.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicle
N. Hudson St.
Caller reports that someone just broke into her car.

Domestic Disturbance
Vicky Place
Caller reports she is arguing with her boyfriend. Caller reports he continues to follow her into every room, and he did hit her.

Weapons Fired
Rec. Center
Caller reports she heard a single shot. Caller reports she saw three male subjects exit a vehicle and then heard the shot.

11/04/2012

Vehicle Burglary
Flame Convention Center
Caller reports someone broke into his vehicle, and a few items were stolen.

Weapons Fired
Canal St.
Caller reports he just heard about two shots, and it sounded like a shotgun. Caller advises it sounded like it came from the Taco Bell area.

Drive-by
Canal St.
Caller reports two gunshot holes in his house, and he would like to speak with an Officer.

Vehicle Burglary
Pinos Altos Rd.
Caller reports that the window on their vehicle was shattered by a rock.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicle
Flame Convention Center
Caller reports a vehicle was broken into at the Flame Convention Center parking lot.

Shoplifting
Walmart
Caller reports a customer brought in a stereo to return with no record of it being purchased.

Vehicle Burglary
Flame Convention Center
Caller reports someone broke into his wife’s vehicle.

Shoplifting
Albertsons
Caller reports a male subject is causing problems and took a few items from the store.

Vehicle Burglary
W. 8th St.
Caller reports someone broke into his vehicle and stole everything in the glove compartment.

Accident Injuries
W. 13th and Alabama St.
Caller reports that they just got hit by a vehicle, and they have a baby in their vehicle.

Shoplifting
Family Dollar Blvd.
Caller reports a subject stole some milk and something else and then took off.

Domestic Disturbance
Cheyenne St.
Caller reports her sister and her niece are fighting.

Domestic Disturbance
N. Durango St.
Caller is requesting Officers in reference to her ex-boyfriend arguing with her while she was letting her kids see him before he left for jail. Caller advises she is worried that he will hit her.

Domestic Disturbance
Fowler Ave.
Caller reports there was a confrontation between her father and her fiancé. Caller reports the confrontation was verbal and physical.

11/05/2012

Weapons Fired
S. Texas St.
Caller reports he just heard a single gunshot.

Larceny
W. Hwy 180
Caller reports an air compressor was stolen from their building.

Shoplifting
Food Basket
Caller reports a female subject is shoplifting.

Vehicle Burglary
Mississippi St.
Caller reports someone stole her purse, wallet and backpack from her vehicle.

Criminal Damage to Property
W. College Ave.
Caller reports someone broke through his gate this morning.

Aggravated Burglary
Walmart
Caller reports his vehicle was broken into.

Shoplifting
Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller reports a male subject went into the store and stole a drug testing kit and cleansing medication.

Game and Fish
Family Dollar Store
Caller reports she went to throw out the trash in the back of the store and found a dead coyote.

Domestic Disturbance
Mann Dr.
Caller reports her 11-year-old daughter is hollering and refusing to go to school, and she needs help with the child.

Accident Property Damage
Hwy 180
Caller reports a vehicle accident.

Fight
Lintero Apartments
Caller reports there are a number of people fighting in an apartment. Caller advises one subject was thrown out.

Disturbance
N. Gold St.
Caller reports there is a females subject yelling and wanting to fight with someone.

Domestic Disturbance
W. Hester St.
Caller reports her ex-husband is in her front yard and is refusing to leave. Caller advises he is causing a scene and has kids there.

11/06/2012

Burglary
Little Walnut Rd.
Officer reports being waved down by a male subject who advised that his father’s house was broken into.

Stolen Motor Vehicle
N. Gold St.
Caller reports a stolen vehicle was taken by her 18-year-old son.

Criminal Trespass Warning
N. Rosedale Rd.
Caller reports a male subject with a Criminal Trespass Warning is at the store.

Unwanted Subject
Visitor Center
Caller reports a female subject is harassing people because they refused to buy her vodka.

Identity Theft
W. College Ave.
Caller is requesting to speak with an Officer in reference to identity theft regarding online credit card fraud.

Vehicle Burglary
W. Kelly St.
Caller reports someone just broke into her car and took her purse.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicle
Gough Park
Caller reports that someone might have slashed one of her tires in the parking lot.

Domestic Disturbance
E. 19th St.
Caller reports that there are a male and female subject arguing outside a vehicle.

Recovered Stolen Vehicle
Hwy 180
No report.

Battery
Visitor Center
Caller reports a male subject by the bridge was beaten and is bleeding from the face .

Unwanted Subject
Laundryland USA
Caller reports a homeless male subject is causing problems, and they would like a Criminal Trespass Warning for the subject.

Shoplifting
Walmart
Caller reports a known male subject is trying to take a few items from the store. Caller reports the subject seems to be intoxicated.

Game and Fish
N. Gold St.
Caller reports there is possibly a bear in the area.

11/07/2012

Accident Property Damage
Silver St.
Caller reports his girlfriend was involved in an accident.

Accident Injuries
Hwy 180
Caller reports a vehicle and motorcycle accident.

Fraud Embezzlement
Memory Lane
Caller reports he received a note from his bank that his caregiver took money from his account.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicle
N. Hudson St.
Caller reports her car was keyed.

Domestic Disturbance
N. Juniper St.
Caller reports that her son is acting up and trying to take her phone from her hand.

Stolen Motor Vehicle
N. Hudson St.
Caller reports vehicle was stolen.

Fraud Embezzlement
Southwest Collision Repair
Caller reports that a chainsaw is missing. Caller advises that a former employee has stolen before.

Accident Property Damage
Furniture Gallery
Incident report.

Fight
Tennis Courts
Caller reports several kids are fighting in the tennis courts.

Battery
N. F St.
Caller is requesting to speak with an Officer in reference to her 10-year-old neighbor, who is at her house and has been beaten and bullied by some other kids.

Shoplifting
N. Hudson St.
Caller reports a male subject is shoplifting.

Driving While Intoxicated
Hwy 180
Caller reports someone in a vehicle drove by and threw a beer can out the window, and the vehicle is all over the roadway.

11/08/2012

Disturbance
Lifequest
Caller reports a known female subject is threatening to kill a staff member.

Fraud Embezzlement
N. Hudson St.
Caller reports she needs to report check fraud.

Hit and Run Accident
Fowler Ave.
Accident report.

Accident Property Damage
Hwy 180
Caller reports a two vehicle accident with no injuries.

Intoxicated Persons
Walmart
Caller reports an intoxicated male subject is outside Walmart harassing and cursing at customers.


11/09/2012

Criminal Damage to Property
E. Broadway St.
Caller reports a window on their property has been broken.

Larceny
Hidalgo Medical Services
Caller reports a patient is claiming that money was taken from her purse that she left in the waiting room.

Unwanted Subject
Harris Rd.
Caller reports she got an anonymous call from a female subject who said that someone was in her home and then hung up.

Criminal Trespass
Family Dollar Store
Caller reports a female subject has been stealing, was confronted and is now causing problems.

Domestic Disturbance
Virginia St.
Caller reports that her neighbors are having a fight and they can hear a male subject yelling.

Shoplifting
Family Dollar
Caller reports a male and female subject are shoplifting in the store.

Intoxicated Persons
Exxon Fuel Center Plus
Caller reports an intoxicated male subject is harassing customers in front of the store.

Breaking and Entering
Little Walnut Rd.
Caller is requesting an Officer in reference to someone breaking into her house and taking a lot of things.

Shoplifting
Walgreen’s
Caller reports a male subject is shoplifting.

Shoplifting
Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller reports they have a shoplifter that is still in the store.

11/10/2012

Domestic Disturbance
North Loop
Caller reports her sister broke into her house and took items.

Larceny
Little Walnut Rd.
Caller reports she just noticed some of her jewelry is missing.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicles
Ace Hardware
Caller reports her vehicle was in the parking lot, and a female subject scratched her car door when she was getting out of her car.

Missing Persons
Ace Hardware
Caller reports there is an elderly women in the store who lost her husband, and he might be walking around outside.

Intoxicated Persons
E. 8th St.
Caller reports a female subject is possibly intoxicated and trying to drive.

Driving while Intoxicated
N. Silver St.
Caller reports a vehicle with an intoxicated driver on Silver St.

Vehicle Burglary
Domino’s Pizza
Caller reports one of his employees’ vehicles was broken into and her debit card taken.

Aggravated Battery
Agave St.
Caller reports his cousin was stabbed and is bleeding a lot.

Unwanted Subject
Walgreen’s
Caller reports someone passed out by the front door, and she is trying to get in to go to work.

Unwanted Subject
N. Swan St.
Caller reports a known male subject is refusing to leave.

Domestic Disturbance
Joe Ray Dr.
Caller reports her neighbors are fighting, and she can hear a female subject yelling for a male subject to leave.

11/11/2012
E. 12th St.
Caller reports she was having problems with her son, and then he took off.

Domestic Disturbance
Alabama St.
Caller reports his girlfriend is causing problems, and now he wants her to leave.

Domestic Disturbance
N. Juniper St.
Caller reports he was involved in a domestic dispute when a known subject was beating his wife. Caller reports they have all been drinking.

11/12/2012

Burglary
Little Walnut Rd.
Caller reports their house was broken into and some items are missing.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicles
Valley View Apartments
Caller reports two of her vehicles were vandalized.

Accident Property Damage
N. Gold St.
Caller reports an accident occurred a couple of days ago and would now like to report it.

Accident Property Damage
S. Texas St.
Caller reports a vehicle ran into a guard rail.

Larceny
Comfort Inn
Caller reports his headphones were stolen from his room.

Larceny
Cherry Hills Place
Caller reports a Buddhist statue was taken out of his yard.

Disturbance
Hwy 90
Caller reports a male subject is causing problems and banging on his door.

11/13/2012

Domestic Disturbance
N. Silver St.
Caller reports a known male subject just slapped her kids and pushed her down. Caller advises she thinks that he is hiding in the ditch.

Domestic Disturbance
Memory Lane
Caller reports her husband is hitting her and throwing items. Line disconnected.

Domestic Disturbance
Lintero Apartment
Caller reports her ex-boyfriend is there causing problems and that he pushed her down and punched her.

Shoplifting
Food Basket
Caller reports that a male and female subject are shoplifting.

Domestic Disturbance
San Vicente St.
Caller reports a known male subject is there arguing with her girlfriend, and she would like for him to leave.

Fraud Embezzlement
Mississippi St.
Caller is requesting to speak with an Officer in reference to a possible fraud call she received from a social security call center.

Stolen Moto Vehicle
N. Gold St.
Caller reports her son stole her van and has been gone a few days.

Vehicle Burglary
Newsham St.
Caller reports that his vehicle was broken into, tools were stolen and the gasoline siphoned.

Identity Theft
Royall Dr.
Caller is requesting to speak with an Officer in reference to someone possibly using their identity.

Accident Property Damage
Silver Heights Blvd.
Accident report.

Injuring Tampering with Motor Vehicle
Wendy’s
Caller reports he received a call from his wife, who told him that she thinks someone just shot the window out of her car.

Disturbance
Lintero Apartments
Caller reports a male subject threw his keys on the roof and started causing problems.

Burglary
Walmart
Caller reports a male juvenile subject ran out of the store with merchandise.

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