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Durango Police

Monday

12:32 a.m. A man reported another man broke into his home in the east 300 block of 12th Street and was trying to kill him.

1:25 p.m. An employee at a business in the 700 block of Main Avenue found a jacket with a gun in it.

3:38 p.m. A mother’s 15-year-old boy did not return home after being dismissed from Durango High School.

6:18 p.m. A burglar broke into a home in the 2300 block of West Third Avenue.

Sunday

12:24 a.m. Eight men were fighting against two men in the 600 block of Main Avenue.

2:18 a.m. A man tried to break into a home in the west 200 block of 31st Street.

1:31 p.m. A man at the High Bridge in the 1000 block of South Camino del Rio reported losing his boat on the river.

2:43 p.m. A man and a woman were fighting in the 300 block of East Eighth Avenue.

Saturday

2:02 a.m. Two women were fighting at McDonald’s on West College Drive.

2:13 a.m. Someone was found sleeping in the lobby of the Durango Post Office.

4:13 a.m. A thief broke into a vehicle at Walmart and took items.

4:30 p.m. A man in a gold Suburban drove by someone and waved a gun in the 3600 block of County Road 203, north of Durango.

Friday

1:01 p.m. People in an older blue Subaru hatchback were having sex in the 2000 block of Rim Drive.

3:15 p.m. A woman shoplifted from Walmart on South Camino del Rio.

6:50 p.m. A Walmart employee detained a woman for shoplifting. Police made at least one arrest.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Tuesday

2:24 a.m. Someone threatened to shoot another person near Hermosa Meadows subdivision.

Monday

10:31 a.m. Someone’s 21-year-old grandson attempted arson the day before in the 13900 block of U.S. Highway 160, near Hesperus.

Sunday

3:53 p.m. Two men were arguing and one threatened the other with a knife in the 1500 block of County Road 526 in Bayfield.

Saturday

9:35 a.m. A woman had a handgun and was threatening to kill her husband somewhere on County Road 122, south of Hesperus.

9:46 a.m. A man and a woman were fighting somewhere on East Colorado Drive in Bayfield.

5:36 p.m. Someone heard a large explosion near the 22500 block of Colorado Highway 140, south of Hesperus.

Friday

2:19 p.m. Two 30-year-old men capsized in a canoe at Vallecito Reservoir.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to five calls Friday, 13 calls Saturday, 20 calls Sunday, 14 calls Monday and at least three calls Tuesday.

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