Monday, Mar. 6

Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle
2709 Leslie Road – Gateway Apartments
Caller advised someone slashed the two driver's side tires.

Unwanted subject
Trail Ridge Road
Caller advised the landlord is trying to break in/he hit the door so hard the door broke/caller is in the bedroom/doesn't want to go to the door/thinks he drives a white truck. Officer went traffic at Family Dollar/clear of traffic stop.

Welfare check
205 W. Victoria Street – Senior Citizen Center
Caller advising an elderly male drove to the SCC/there is alcohol outside his vehicle/he wants one of the other elderly residents to follow him home and honk if he drifts off the roadway/advised the male lives in Tyrone.

Fight
E. 32nd and N. Silver streets
Two men fighting/gold Traverse vs white Armada in the bakery parking lot.

Welfare check
2545 N. Silver Street – Hillside Apartments
Caller advised a 14-year-old student called and left a weird message that he jumped and has broken bones/hasn't been to school in two months/was seen at Albertson's with grandma panhandling. Caller advised did a CYFD referral. Officer advised knocked on the door several times/did not see or hear anyone in the house/negative contact.

Fraud/embezzlement
SCPD
Walk-in advised his info was used to rent an Airbnb.

Welfare check
Raven Drive
Female by the mailboxes seems very confused/she was following caller and her kids. Officer made contact on Bluejay Lane with female who is elderly and has dementia.

Unwanted subject
N. Swan Street
Caller advised a named male is in front of his house in a small grey car/they are having issues with each other/they have a "restraining order." Officer advised everything is okay/male is leaving.

Welfare check
E. College Avenue
Caller advised he can hear banging on walls/heard what sounded like a window break/can hear yelling. Officers have contact advising everything is okay.

Shoplifting
2 Ridge Road
Officer advised the subjects took a can of oil and food items and went outside but came back inside and paid for items.

Unwanted subject
N. Swan Street
A named male is outside banging on his trailer and yelling/negative on a CTW/just want him to leave. Officer advised units clear.

Tuesday, Mar. 7

Unwanted subject
610 N. Silver Street – Seasonal Overnight Shelter – 12:53 a.m.
Caller wants a named male to be removed/he is inside being combative. Officer advised both units clear/male is going to leave/will be allowed to return at 6 a.m.

Suspicious vehicle
Gough Park
Officer made contact with registered owner/clear/vehicle was picked up.

Suspicious vehicle
Silver Heights Blvd. and N. Swan Street – 3:31 a.m.
Caller stated a black 2d vehicle has been at the intersection with its turn signal on for a while/no one is in the vehicle. Officer advised out with a named male/send next wrecker on rotation.

DV order violation
Huff Street
Could hear a male in the background stating he was done with her/line disconnected. Caller called back advising her boyfriend was there acting "crazy"/he left on foot. Officer advised all units are busy/see if GCSO can assist.

Game and Fish
1155 E. Highway 180
Dead skunk.

Harassment
Plata Road
A named female is harassing caller every morning/caller is at SCPD.

Unwanted subject
610 N. Silver Street – SOS
Caller advised a named male is being aggressive/wants a CTW issued/disconnected the line. Officer advised subject left prior to arrival/put out ATL for Ricky Acosta/if contact is made issue him the CTW.

Harassment
Grant County
Caller is being harassed by her brother in Alamogordo. Officer advised this is in the county/caller is on her way to GCSO.

Harassment
16th Street
Caller advised her daughter is being bullied by someone who stole her tablet. Officer en route to La Plata to make contact with other party/negative contact with other party.

Welfare check
W. College Avenue and Pope Street
Elderly female with walker and boot is walking on College near La Cocina. Officer advised female is okay/she is exercising.

Welfare check
855 Silver Heights Blvd.
Male with a white Nissan truck in the gas lane urinated in the parking lot. Officer advised male is okay.

Welfare check
Silver High School
Caller advised was requested to call LE reference a student that is in the office and a CYFD issue. Officers advised clear from SHS/en route to Stout/CYFD is following.

Suspicious vehicle
2501 E. Highway 180
Male shooting an airsoft gun at cars from an old Chrysler-type car.

Battery
N. Gold Street
Caller got in a fight with her sister about five minutes ago/sister hit her in the face/caller is in her car/sister is inside with caller's nephew. Officer requested ambulance for a 31-year-old female bleeding from nose.

Shoplifting
1810 N. Swan Street
Male took 5-6 bottlers of alcohol and left into the ditch behind Exxon. Officer had negative contact/last seen at the hair salon next to Chevron.

Unwanted subject
610 N. Silver Street – SOS
Caller wants a named female removed/she is inside/she was aggressive. Officer issued Nicole Vannatter a three-day CTW.

Domestic disturbance
N. Corbin Street
Open 911. Female on phone yelling at a male to get out of the vehicle/caller had offered the named male a ride and now he is refusing to get out of the car/black Kia/male is intoxicated. Caller advised he did get out of the vehicle and is going in the residence/they do have an active DVO.

Wednesday, Mar. 8

Larceny
600 N. Corbin Street – Brewer Hill Baptist Church
No report.

Suicide threat
Harrison Schmitt School
No report.

Welfare check
610 N. Silver Street – SOS
Caller advised a named male client took an entire bottle of -- all three bottles of psych meds/he is leaving walking down the driveway/he is disoriented and walking away from them. Officer had contact at 10th and Gold streets.

Unwanted subject
1598 S. Cooper Street – Catholic Cemetery
A named male is starting trouble with caller's husband. Officer advised negative warrants on male.

Battery
Gough Park
Two males fighting at Pope and 12th streets. Officers requested ambulance for a named male lying on the ground with unknown injuries/intoxicated and breathing/out with another named male in front of Daylight Donuts.

Criminal trespass warning
407 N. Hudson Street
A named male is in the building and he has a CTW.

Public affray
Penny Park
Caller advised her son was hit by another child/he was confronted by three students, two who were 10-years-old and one who was 14-years-old/wants an ambulance/her son has bruising on his face and his arm is hurting.

Criminal trespass warning
2045 E. Highway 180
A named male who has a CTW is there and bothering a customer. Officer made contact with Anthony Acosta and re-issued him an indefinite CTW to BEVCO and Shell.

Weapons fired
Langstroth Drive
Caller called back advising it is not gunshots – it is construction.

Welfare check
3514 Fowler Avenue
Caller advised their phone is being routed to a patient's room and they need to get in touch to administration. Officer advised mix-up in phone calls/everything is okay.

Reckless driver
Silver Heights Blvd and N. Swan Street
Caller stated a gold Echo is driving on the sidewalk and failing to maintain lane. Officer had contact with vehicle/stuck in traffic/out with driver at Super Snappy.

Welfare check
N. Gold and E. 11th streets
Male lying on sidewalk/appears to be either asleep or passed out/looks like he has a bottle of liquor on him. Officers out with the male/clear/he is intoxicated.

Harassment
201 E. 14th Street
Caller advised her daughter was hit and scratched by another employee/daughter called her crying/does not need an ambulance/caller stated the other employee has been bullying her daughter for a while now.

Domestic disturbance
2606 N. Silver Street
Female in black Honda advised a named male will not get out of her vehicle in the parking lot.

Thursday, Mar. 9

Welfare check
E. Pine Street
A named male is in caller's house and needs to be taken home/male has a history of Alzheimer's. Officers advised are going to admit the male into GRMC/doctor made contact with wife/they will call back if they need a ride.

Welfare check
N. Gold and E. 10th streets – 4:47 a.m.
A subject's legs are in the street/caller tried to get subject's attention but subject did not respond. Officer had negative contact. Second caller stated subject was on 10th Street and Camino de Suenos.

Welfare check
N. Gold and E. 10th streets – 7:59 a.m.
Elderly male sitting by the stop sign/doesn't look too well. Officer had negative contact/will be clear.

Criminal trespass warning
2711 Leslie Road – Lintero Apartments
Caller advising she "thinks" she saw a named male at this apartment and he has a CTW and a warrant. Officer advised from his understanding the female who resides here allowed this male to return/advising will be en route . . .

Domestic disturbance
Oak Street – Santa Clara
Caller advising her son just hit her in the face and left on foot/she does not need medical attention. GCSO deputy advised out at a Cleveland Street address/negative contact.

Welfare check
1598 S. Cooper Street – Catholic Cemetery
Caller is sitting in front of her father's grave thinking about hurting herself/she has been overwhelmed. Officer made contact with the female who advised she was suicidal and wanted LE to intervene/advised one female in unit en route to GRMC.

Suspicious vehicle
1268 E. 32nd Street
Caller advised a black car has been showing up daily to the parking lot and yesterday someone changed their clothes outside the vehicle/today the car has been left in the parking lot and no one is around the vehicle/caller doesn't want the car there anymore. Officer advised clear/office manager is going to call for a wrecker and will call back if the owner returns.

Welfare check
Pope Street and College Avenue
Female lying face down on the west side of the bridge. Caller is no longer there, he was walking by. Officer ATL/advised negative contact with anyone around the bridge.

Criminal trespass warning
1220 N. Hudson Street
Male keeps going into the store and drinking drinks he has not paid for/he is now walking around the parking lot with his hood up/he has been asked three times to leave and he has not/wants a CTW issued. Officer has contact with male in back of store.

Fight
123 W. 12th Street
Intoxicated male bothering customers/two males fighting now outside. Officer out with a male who has an invalid and/or revoked DL.

Criminal trespass
N. Gold Street
Caller advised her neighbor trespassed on her property/the named female neighbor is not on caller's property at this time.

Unwanted subject
Canal Street
Caller advised someone is breaking into his residence/there are two males inside his residence who are threatening him/he allowed the males to go inside his residence. Officer issued Bruce Leatherman and Christopher Hartsfield indefinite CTWs for this address.

Shoplifting
2501 E. Highway 180
A named male who has a CTW is inside the store/he did conceal one of the items/he is walking out the grocery doors/male walked into the ditch behind O'Reilly's.

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