Durango Police
Wednesday
12:41 a.m. A dozen people who were being loud outside a bar in the 900 block of Main Avenue were separated.
9:16 a.m. A young man was sledding on the pavement in the 1100 block of Goeglein Gulch Road.
11:20 a.m. A 71-year-old woman was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center from the 2900 block of Richard Drive after it was reported she hadn't answered her phone for several days.
11:26 a.m. A compressor was stolen overnight from a house in the east 700 block of Eighth Street.
12:44 p.m. A man in the west 400 block of 28th Street reported someone was using his credit card to make purchases online.
Tuesday
4:30 p.m. A woman inadvertently locked her mentally-challenged daughter in a car at a business in the 1100 block of South Camino del Rio.
5:07 p.m. An officer couldn't find the address in the 300 block of East Ninth Avenue where a tan-colored Volvo wagon, a blue passenger van and a blue Dodge pickup have been parked for two weeks.
6:30 p.m. A driver in a weaving beige Ford pickup eastbound on U.S. Highway 160 near Lightner Creek Road (County Road 207) ran into a snowbank, turned around and headed west.
7:56 p.m. A 13-year-old boy in the 800 block of South Camino del Rio had a severely lacerated hand.
8:35 p.m. A house sitter in the 100 block of East Fourth Avenue found a couple of windows broken and a door wide open.
La Plata County Sheriff
Wednesday
1:33 a.m. An audible alarm indicated motion in a shop in the 5000 block of County Road 302, south of Durango.
7:34 a.m. A caller wanted a welfare check on a mother, who reportedly has been leaving four children ages 6 to 12 alone, in the 3300 block of County Road 311, southweast of the Durango-La Plata County Airport.
2:40 p.m. A welfare check was requested on 34-year-old man in the 100 block of Choke Cherry Circle who had been depressed.
Tuesday
5:26 p.m. A prowler reported at a house in the 15000 block of East Animas Road (County Road 250) turned out to be guests entering.
7:02 p.m. A man in the 13000 block of County Road 201, near Hermosa, reported his ex-girlfriend keeps calling to harass him.
Fort Lewis College
Wednesday
10:58 a.m. A college official wanted to ask questions about drug paraphernalia found on campus.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an official investigation.
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