Durango Police
Monday
3:33 p.m. Smoke was seen coming from the top of a building in the 1400 block of Main Avenue.
4:08 p.m. A man broke a restaurant’s door in the 600 block of Camino del Rio.
9:05 p.m. A woman was assaulted in the 2900 block of Junction Street.
Sunday
9:40 a.m. A 46-year-old man was barely conscious and barely breathing in the 100 block of Rosemary Lane.
5:31 p.m. Someone was bitten by a dog in the area of Ninth Street and Roosa Avenue.
9:21 p.m. A man was throwing rocks at someone in the 3300 block of Main Avenue.
Saturday
2:48 p.m. Someone in a U-Haul rental van was dumping items on someone’s property in the 600 block of Hocker Drive.
5:25 p.m. A man was punched in the arm in the 1100 block of Camino del Rio.
6:07 p.m. Gates and a fence were knocked down at Mason School.
Friday
9:26 a.m. A store’s front windows were broken out in the 700 block of East College Drive.
7 p.m. People were throwing things at someone in the 1200 block of Escalante Drive.
10:51 p.m. A man with a hammer tried to break into a gas station in the 900 block of Camino del Rio.
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
Monday
8:14 a.m. An assault was reported in the area of County Road 128.
4:48 p.m. An assault was reported in the area of County Road 100.
6:12 p.m. A chimney fire was reported in the area of Falls Creek Main.
Sunday
12:27 a.m. A vehicle crashed into a power pole and the power line was blocking the road in the area of Florida Road (County Road 240).
6:11 p.m. A man drove through someone’s yard in the area of County Road 502.
Saturday
4:48 p.m. A man accidentally shot himself in the hand in the area of Missionary Ridge.
8:17 p.m. A man was locked inside a gated area and couldn’t get out in the 100 block of East Animas Road (County Road 250).
Friday
12:34 p.m. A man assaulted two dogs in the area of County Road 501.
4:34 p.m. A controlled burn got out of control in the area of County Road 307 and County Road 308.
Durango Fire
Firefighters and medics responded to 15 calls Monday to Tuesday morning, including four emergency medical service calls, two car crashes and a chimney fire.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.
