Monday, Mar. 23

Welfare check
3200 E. Highway 180 and 32nd Street Bypass
Barefoot male carrying a five-inch knife in his hand. Officer had contact with a named male close to Tractor Supply. Male advised he is fine/denied EMS/did not need any help.

Welfare check
Pope Street and W. College Avenue
Caller advised her son is refusing to get in the vehicle/she doesn’t want him walking on the side of the road. Officer had contact advising male has several mental health issues/will be busy for a bit.

Disturbance
Grant Street
Caller advised he is working on this address and a named male went outside and started to tell him stuff then pulled out a gun/male went back into his residence. Officer had contact with both parties. The named male stated that he is tired of all the drug use that occurs next door. He said that caller is a coke addict and that it has been an ongoing issue and that he is frustrated that nothing . . .

Fraud/embezzlement
2501 E. Highway 180
Re: an employee stealing AirPods/the employee quit and it happened last December.

Fraud/embezzlement
2501 E. Highway 180
58-year-old female with anxiety attack/will be in back of store. Officer advised en route to GRMC/female/suicidal ideations, volunteer.

Domestic disturbance
Gough Park
Caller advised a male pushed a female/verbal now/male in blue hoodie/female walking north by Furniture Gallery and male is under the gazebo. Officer advised responding.

Domestic disturbance
N. Corbin Street
Caller received text from a friend, “Can you have your mom to call the cops to get him out of here.” Officers out with a named male advising verbal only/all units clear/separating for the night.

Graffiti
1400 Pinos Altos Blvd.
Caller advised someone graffiti’d the wall toward 20th Street.

Criminal trespass warning
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised that a named female is in the store. Officer did a walk-through with negative contact.

Unwanted subject
2120 E. Highway 180
Male with a guitar harassing customers. Officers advised units clear/negative contact.

Aggravated battery
1313 E. 32nd Street
Caller advised that her 19-year-old son was involved in an altercation and is now getting ready to be flown out/he was possibly hit two times by an unknown subject/her younger son who was there possibly knows the name of the subject who hit her son/it took place at a park in Silver City but caller could not specify which.

Welfare check
Ridge Road and Mobile Drive
A male is lying near the side of the roadway/not moving. Second caller advised male is unresponsive. Deputy advised units clear/male refused medical/EMS1 clear/negative contact.

Unwanted subject
2501 E. Highway 180
Intoxicated male pointing his finger at people like a gun/he is in the crafts section.

Welfare check
2711 Leslie Road
A female has been screaming at the top of her lungs to “get out” for a couple of hours now. Officer had contact and she advised she wouldn’t yell any more.

Game and Fish
Ursa Major and W. 20th Street
Male in a white Ford pickup with a bow chasing deer in the area. Officers went traffic in 3300 block of Ursa Major/advised clear from traffic/attempted to call owner of truck with no answer/tried again/negative contact/flagged down at 20th and Pope/had contact with a named male.

Domestic disturbance
1410 E. Highway 180
A named female in a black 4-door Nissan Sentra.

Shoplifting
100 N. Rosedale Road
Male at the register has already stolen a bottle/he is now walking toward Sonic/he fell in the parking lot. Officers had contact with a named male at the benches in front of Sonic/out at Walgreen’s for receipt.

Domestic disturbance
Yucca Street
Caller advised that her husband has been using marijuana and drinking/caller has locked herself in a room/she also has been drinking/they may be leaving.

Tuesday, Mar. 24

Welfare check
W. 10th and Grant streets
Caller advised she saw a person in a sleeping bag in the median on the north side of the road/a boot was sticking out of the sleeping bag. Officer advised out with a named female/she will be moving along.

Disturbance
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised an angry customer is at customer service. Officers issued Arthur Luna an indefinite CTW for Walmart.

Unwanted subject
711 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised a female who is staying at the hotel hasn’t paid recently. Officers out with female.

Unwanted subject
Pinos Altos Road
Caller advised that her husband let a female into their house who was knocking on their door asking for help/female is really upset and crying. Officer en route to the Lintero.

Domestic disturbance
N. Gold Street
Caller advised he can see a male and a female arguing/they just left in a pickup with Arizona registration toward Shady Grove. Officer had negative contact with vehicle.

Accident-property damage
Memory Lane and E. Highway 180
2001 Gold F150 vs blue vehicle. Officer requested wrecker per owner/front fender on tire/wrecker on scene.

Shoplifting
1810 N. Swan Street
Caller advised that a named female stole a bag of chips and couple of candy bars/she is now behind the store wearing a black hoodie. Caller advised female has a CTW and wants to pursue charges.

Accident-property damage
3078 32nd Street Bypass
Caller advised she hit a pole/she is in a white Nissan in the back parking lot.

Unwanted subject
N. Gold Street
Caller advised that a named male is starting problems/he just broke out someone’s window/he is driving a little red Mazda and is leaving toward Shady Grove. Officer advised ATL/clear from call.

Vehicle accident with injuries
Agua Blanca – Hurley
No blotter narrative.

Disturbance
1313 E. 32nd Street
Caller advised that a named male is causing problems and being aggressive with staff. Officer advised everything is okay.

Welfare check
Highway 180 and Rosedale Road
Two males/possibly one sleeping. Officer had negative contact/did ATL the area/will be clear.

Unwanted subject
1060 E. Highway 180
Caller advised that a named male was on the property. Caller advised he left/no longer needs officers.

Wednesday, Mar. 25

Suspicious vehicle
34th Street
Light blue minivan has been pulling onto the street and turning around at the cul-de-sac everyday since she has been working at home. Set up frequent patrol at this location.

Accident-property damage
2040 Memory Lane
Caller advised that one of the tenants backed up into the electric meter and owner is requesting an officer.

Welfare check
Bard Street – 1:45 p.m.
Caller from Trauma and Recovery received text from 58-year-old male client advising of suicidal ideations/said he was going to hang himself from a tree and join his deceased daughter/he has been sober for approximately six months/he is very emotional at this time/he is not taking medication and not known to be intoxicated.

Disturbance
N. Swan Street
Caller stated that some irate neighbors are causing problems/a male is yelling at caller. Officer advised they will be clear from call/subject was located at a N. Swan Street address.

Larceny
N. Swan Street
Bike larceny.

Welfare check
Bard Street -- 5:05 p.m.
Caller advised the male is making suicidal threats again. Caller advised she has been a counselor for 30 years and knows that the male can be taken into GRMC for an evaluation. Caller was told that a subject cannot be forced to go.

Criminal damage to property
2400 N. Silver Street
Officer observed two windows facing Silver Street on the Church of Christ building appeared broken. Made contact with neighbor who advised the damage occurred about two weeks ago and was fixed by owner. Central dispatch advised the damage was not . . .

Welfare check
W. Yankie Street
A named couple were last seen on Sunday/caller usually sees them outside every day and they are not answering their phone. Made contact with both subjects/clear.

Request officer
1605 W. Market Street
Caller advised she was not comfortable returning home as her roommate was threatening her. Caller advised that her roommate has a roommate and that roommate has a dog. Caller said her roommate knows she is allergic to dogs and still allows the dog. Caller asked if an officer could come to . . .

Unwanted subject
1313 E. 32nd Street
Elderly lady in glasses.

Shoplifting
206 N. Hudson Street – 8:35 p.m.
Male stole two gallons of Fireball/left in a small blue car up the hill east on Broadway. Caller advised she started to yell at the male and it seemed as if he would pull a gun out on her/she did not see a weapon/however he reached . . .

Shooting
206 N. Hudson Street – 9:10 p.m.
Shot in the leg/caller advised he did not see a car/possibly a white Jeep type of vehicle/left leg/advised he cannot bend his leg/no blood at this time/just one leg was shot. EMS2 place in air standby for Native Air/Native 32 is standing by for maintenance/Native 30 is being called with ETA of 30 minutes if they do accept/Native 30 did accept flight/ETA 33 minutes/Native dispatch will call when N30 lifts.

Domestic disturbance
S. Texas Street
35-year-old male advised that a named female hit him in the head with a bat. Caller was the female advising that a named male was attacking her/caller was screaming and was difficult to understand. Deputy requested ambulance to Bullard and Spring streets for a 35-year-old male with bump on his head.

Thursday, Mar. 26

Domestic disturbance
2711 Leslie Road
Caller advised the stepfather choked out the mother and left the building/caller is 9 years old/mother is 35 years old/caller is breathing fast/mother is awake and told the child no.

Criminal damage to property
E. 121th Street
A named male just broke caller’s window/they have a CTW on him/he left running up the street. Officers out at a Gold Street address.

Stolen motor vehicle
1414 Little Walnut Road
Light blue 2008 Chevy Aveo missing. Caller located her vehicle before call could be dispatched/it was parked on the side of the building.

Welfare check
Yucca Street
Caller stated that a named male hit her and she is hurting from her stomach and is pregnant. Officers have contact with male/on public service with female.

Disturbance
2501 E. Highway 180
Tan van with female driver yelling at children inside. Officers had negative contact with van.

Disturbance
North Loop
Caller said her neighbors are having a get-together and they are intoxicated and arguing. Officers advised highly intoxicated 18-year-old female/en route to Bennett Street to wake female’s mother to advise her that her 18-year-old daughter is en route to GRMC/did make contact with mother.

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