Durango Police
Tuesday
8:39 a.m. A vehicle hit a deer and the engine was smoking near 81 Sawyer Drive in Bodo Industrial Park.
11:12 a.m. Someone reported that three men were camped out under an Ashley Furniture store sign at the Durango Mall, 835 Main Ave.
11:31 a.m. A man was acting like he was holding a gun and pretending to shoot people and cars near Roosa Avenue and Ninth Street.
4:57 p.m. Police responded to a disturbance behind Durango Liquor & Wine, in the Walmart shopping center, where a man was blowing a whistle and screaming for help.
9:57 p.m. A drunken woman tried smoking a cigarette in the McDonald’s lobby, 201 West College Drive.
10:02 p.m. A drunken man threatened to beat up another man, according to a report at Denny’s Restaurant, 666 Camino del Rio. Police arrested someone for aggressive panhandling.
11:42 p.m. Someone reported an odor of marijuana at Piñon Terrace Apartments, 80 Primrose Circle, and the building has a strict no-smoking policy.
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
Tuesday
11:13 a.m. Two juveniles tried to break into a home in the Durango West I subdivision.
3:45 p.m. Someone reported a horse being shot in the 5600 block of County Road 334, in southeastern La Plata County.
4:32 p.m. Someone forced entry into a home where an 11-year-old child was alone inside, according to a report in the Hesperus area. Deputies made an arrest.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.
