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The Blotter, Sept. 26-29

Durango Police Department
Tuesday

8:27 a.m. A cyclist was being harassed by someone near Needham Elementary School on West Third Avenue.

5:05 p.m. A woman was arrested after she tried to break the door of an apartment at the Midtown Apartment Complex on Main Avenue, violating a restraining order.

5:47 p.m. An intoxicated man was “hollering” profanities at passersby outside the Marathon Gas Station on College Drive.

Saturday

12:24 a.m. A man forcibly broke into the restroom of the Powerhouse science center on Camino del Rio.

8:31 p.m. Loud bass music was shaking houses at 11th Street and East Third Avenue, prompting a noise complaint.

Sunday

6:52 a.m. Two Fort Lewis College students received a welfare check after they were walking in the rain along Three Springs Boulevard.

12:25 p.m. A family was walking around barefoot between the Durango Mall and Boot Barn on South Camino del Rio.

La Plata County Sheriffs Office
Friday, Oct. 3

7:47 a.m. About 40 cattle were found blocking the road on County Road 124.

9:52 p.m. A fireball erupted out of a house and into the air on Trail Wood Drive.

Saturday

5:26 p.m. Three people were stuck on a mountainside near Lightner Creek Road (County Road 207).

Sunday

5:17 a.m. Someone abandoned a neon-colored vehicle in the middle of County Road 218.

5:33 p.m. Someone in an inflatable kayak became stranded in the middle of Lemon Reservoir after the kayak sank.

7:19 p.m. Someone was driving a Subaru down on wrong side of the road with no lights on Whippoorwill Drive.

Monday

10:17 a.m. Someone found what was originally thought to be liquid nitroglycerin in an abandoned garage on East Animas Road (County Road 250). Authorities later determined it was superconcentrated bleach.

8:28 p.m. A dead bear was found on the side of County Road 234.

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