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The Blotter

Durango Police Department
Sunday

3:36 p.m. A drunken man “flung” a woman out of a car in the 600 block of Main Avenue. Police were investigating.

4:22 p.m. A driver hit a pole near Three Springs Boulevard and U.S. Highway 160 in the Grandview area. Police arrested someone on suspicion of drunken driving.

7:16 p.m. Someone driving a white Chevy smelled of alcohol at Maverik Gas Station and Convenience Store. Police made an arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.

Saturday

11:18 a.m. A vehicle hit another vehicle and then left the scene of the accident in the parking lot at South Camino del Rio.

11:37 a.m. A man was saying he wanted to shoot someone at Lightner Creek Village, 20310 U.S. Highway 160. Police made an arrest in connection with an open container of alcohol.

7:07 p.m. Two women were fighting and one woman had a knife, according to a report at Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites, 21719 U.S. Highway 160 in west Durango.

11:18 p.m. A man was crawling in the street near Turner Drive and La Posta Road (County Road 213).

Friday

8:18 a.m. A man and a woman were “getting intimate” near the donation doors of Goodwill Industries, 1230 Escalante Drive.

8:8:46 a.m. A 1½-year-old boy was wandering alone near 31st Street and West Fourth Avenue.

11:52 a.m. A man reported being attacked at Iris Park, 1235 Camino del Rio.

4:22 p.m. A drunken man was sleeping on the Animas River Trail behind Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio.

9 p.m. A woman hit a table with a sledgehammer at a restaurant in the 600 block of South Camino del Rio. Police made an arrest.

10:11 p.m. Someone reported a bicyclist without reflectors riding northbound in the 100 block of South Camino del Rio.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 58 calls from Friday to Monday morning, including 36 emergency medical service calls, two smoke alarms and a controlled burn.

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