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Durango Police

Thursday

1:22 a.m. People were fighting in a room at End-O-Day Motel, 350 East Eighth Ave. Police issued a verbal warning.

2:36 a.m. A door to a vehicle was wide open and no one was around in the 300 block of East Fifth Street.

Wednesday

12:28 p.m. There was an open manhole in the 900 block of College Drive.

2:20 p.m. People were using drugs inside Conoco Express Mart, 901 Camino del Rio. Police made an arrest.

2:24 p.m. Someone reported that a man was living in the bushes in the 1900 block of East Second Avenue.

4:02 p.m. An intoxicated man threatened to light someone on fire in a business in Town Plaza. Police made an arrest.

11:21 p.m. Someone reported hearing three gunshots at West 19th Street and West Third Avenue.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Wednesday

4:37 p.m. A woman used counterfeit money at a business in the 100 block of Colorado Highway 172.

6:44 p.m. Someone put gasoline in their vehicle and did not pay for it at Cenex Ampride, 26223 U.S. Highway 160.

8:10 p.m. Police received second-hand information that a 13-year-old boy was fighting with his father, who hit him with a bottle at Westside Mobile Home Park, 21134 U.S. Highway 160.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to nine calls Wednesday, including an automatic fire alarm, an overdose and someone suffering from chest pains.

Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.