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Durango Police

Tuesday

7:29 a.m. A man was sleeping on the lawn of the Durango Public Library.

8:29 a.m. Some people were camping behind Walmart near the Animas River.

11:12 a.m. A semitrailer downed a power line and kept driving in the 300 block of East Eighth Avenue.

1:18 p.m. Two women were fighting near McDonald’s.

5:46 p.m. A 40-year-old woman had ants biting her on her lower back in the 2100 block of Main Avenue.

8:26 p.m. A 4-year-old girl, a 5-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy were missing, last seen headed toward Folsom Park.

8:38 p.m. A man was loitering and begging near the front doors of Albertsons. At least one arrest was made.

9:44 p.m. A man shoplifted from Walmart. At least one arrest was made.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Monday

10:39 a.m. A bear got into a garbage can in the 1900 block of County Road 240, northwest of Durango.

1:43 p.m. A bear got into someone’s trash the night before in the 1800 block of County Road 316, north of Ignacio.

Sunday

3:06 p.m. A man on top of someone’s garage in the 900 block of Florida Road refused to get down.

7:07 p.m. People were trying to kick in a door of a building near the intersection of Mustang Street and Mesa Avenue in Bayfield.

Saturday

2:42 p.m. Some campers went missing at the Vallecito Creek campground.

Friday

12:29 a.m. Someone tore a window screen in an attempt to enter someone’s Florida Road residence.

11:24 a.m. A man wearing jeans without a shirt was running in and out of traffic near the intersection of Bayfield Parkway and U.S. Highway 160 east.

9:52 p.m. Someone watching a neighbor’s house while the neighbor was on vacation saw lights on in the home in the 7500 block of County Road 203 near Hermosa.

Thursday

7:51 a.m. A bear got into garbage in the 11900 block of County Road 240 near Lemon Reservoir.

11:54 a.m. An ex-employee of a restaurant in the 600 block of Main Avenue walked in wearing a bulletproof vest under clothes.

4:03 p.m. A 25-year-old woman fell 20 feet down a waterfall near the 4600 block of County Road 142, west of Durango.

5:44 p.m. A vehicle was burning on the side of the road in the 14000 block of U.S. Highway 160 west.

5:50 p.m. Trees caught fire near the Weaselskin Bridge on County Road 214, south of Durango.

Wednesday

6:50 a.m. Someone left garbage outside and bears got into it in the 1000 block of County Road 502, northwest of Bayfield.

5:23 p.m. Someone keeps shooting a bay window of a home in the 6500 block of County Road 501, north of Bayfield.

8:50 p.m. A woman was throwing someone’s property out of a house in the 21300 block of Colorado Highway 140, south of Hesperus.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 13 calls Monday and at least one call Tuesday morning, including a downed power line and eight emergency medical calls.

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