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Durango Police

Tuesday

1:30 a.m. A man picked up an order in Denny’s and left the restaurant. Officers arrested at least one person, possibly for drunken driving.

Monday

1:55 a.m. A man refused to leave Denny’s. Officers arrested at least one person.

8:10 a.m. A man believed to be intoxicated refused to leave Manna soup kitchen. Officers arrested at least one person.

9:13 a.m. A driver rear-ended another vehicle at the intersection of River Road and South Camino del Rio. At least one person was injured and officers arrested at least one person.

1:29 p.m. Four people refused to leave a property at the intersection of Main Avenue and College Drive. Officers gave at least one person a verbal warning.

7:12 p.m. Two men were fighting outside a bar in the 900 block of Main Avenue.

9:50 p.m. A man was lifting door handles of vehicles in the 1400 block of Florida Road. Officers arrested at least one person.

10:41 p.m. A man was sleeping in the Durango post office. Officers gave at least one person a verbal warning.

Sunday

2:02 a.m. Four men were fighting in front of a bar in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. Officers arrested at least one person.

5:53 a.m. A man fell asleep in the lobby at McDonald’s. Officers gave a verbal warning.

10:54 a.m. People were camping under a deck of a restaurant in the 600 block of Main Avenue.

8:20 p.m. Two men were fighting and arguing at the intersection of Main Avenue and Eighth Street. Officers made an arrest.

11:43 p.m. A woman refused to leave Walmart. Officers made an arrest.

Saturday

6:02 a.m. A man not allowed in McDonald’s refused to leave the restaurant. Officers made an arrest for trespassing.

8:01 a.m. A man was camping in Town Plaza. Officers made an arrest.

3:14 p.m. Guests at a hotel in the 3100 block of Main Avenue did not check out on time. Officers arrested at least one person for an unrelated warrant.

4:20 p.m. A man believed to be living homeless refused to leave the Durango Welcome Center. Officers issued a verbal warning.

5:21 p.m. A man refused to leave a bar in the 1100 block of Main Avenue. Someone was arrested.

Friday

11:07 a.m. Two people not allowed on Walmart property refused to leave the store. Officers issued a verbal warning.

11:35 a.m. Two women were fighting and arguing in the 3000 block of East Sixth Avenue.

4:41 p.m. A 14-year-old boy was destroying a home in the lower 100 block of Westwood Place.

4:50 p.m. A man was yelling at children and dragging them in the 800 block of Goeglein Gulch.

5:18 p.m. A man refused to leave Denny’s. Officers arrested at least one person.

11:40 p.m. A man fell asleep in the bathroom of a bar in the 900 block of Main Avenue.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Monday

3:27 p.m. Someone reported an empty vehicle with a shotgun inside in the 35000 block of U.S. Highway 160 between Elmore’s Corner and Gem Village.

Sunday

4:44 p.m. A man crashed into his own cars in the 2700 block of County Road 220, southeast of Durango.

6:25 p.m. A young person was yelling at an older man in the road in the 1000 block of County Road 141 (Wildcat Canyon Road) southwest of Durango.

8:11 p.m. A man and a woman were fighting in the 300 block of East Dakota Drive in Bayfield.

Saturday

9:12 p.m. A driver crashed into a fence in the 4400 block of County Road 203 south of Hermosa.

Friday

2:05 p.m. A driver rolled a vehicle on Indian Bend south of Hesperus.

3:23 p.m. A man and a woman were fighting in the 7500 block of County Road 203 in Hermosa.

6:39 p.m. A man believed to be intoxicated was driving a snowplow in Durango West I.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 25 calls Friday, 15 calls Saturday, nine calls Sunday, 14 calls Monday and at least one call Tuesday morning, including a gas leak and five crashes, including at least one with injuries.

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