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The Blotter

Durango Police

Tuesday

10:50 a.m. A 37-year-old man fainted in a shower in the 400 block of East First Street in South Durango.

5:08 p.m. Two men were hanging out in front of the Main Mall in the 800 block of Main Avenue. One was panhandling and the other was screaming at the top of his lungs.

8:50 p.m. The driver of a white Chevy Silverado was swerving and slamming on the brakes while driving north on Camino del Rio near ninth Street.

Monday

1:48 p.m. The driver of an old, bashed-up Chevy truck got out of the vehicle and yelled at another driver at the stop light near Colorado Highway 3 and Santa Rita Drive.

2:43 p.m. A gray raft had an outboard motor on it at the raft put-in in the 3300 block of East Third Avenue. Motors are illegal on the river.

6:04 p.m. A drunken man was threatening to kill a dog that he said killed his cat near 32nd Street and West Fourth Avenue.

9:05 p.m. Someone reported seeing two teenagers exchange money for sex near Alamo Drive and East 22nd Street.

9:51 p.m. People were having a fire in a fire pit while fire restrictions are in place, according to a report in the 600 block of Arroyo Drive. Police issued a warning.

11:26 p.m. A man was throwing ice cubes at someone at a motel in the 2300 block of Main Avenue.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 15 calls Tuesday, including an odor of gas in the 900 block of East Fourth Avenue and two traffic crashes.

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