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The Blotter

Durango Police Department

Sunday

10:57 a.m. A brush fire was reported in the 500 block of Animas View Drive.

7:29 p.m. A drunken man stole a woman’s house keys in the 50 block of Westwood Place.

Saturday

1:27 a.m. A man was assaulted in the 500 block of Animas View Drive.

10:45 a.m. A man threw a donation jar at a customer in the 20400 block of U.S. Highway 160 west.

10:44 p.m. Two people tried to break in to a building in the 3100 block of East Animas Village Drive.

Friday

7:09 a.m. A 55-year-old man suffered a head injury in the 800 block of Camino del Rio.

6:40 p.m. Two people tried to break into a business’s yard in the 25800 block of U.S. Highway 160 east.

9:09 p.m. A man was arrested on suspicion of assault in the 800 block of Camino del Rio.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Sunday

10:34 a.m. A woman was unconscious and not breathing in the area of County Road 524.

4:46 p.m. A boat capsized and two people were in the water at Vallecito Reservoir.

9:49 p.m. An apartment was burglarized in the area of Florida Road (County Road 240).

Saturday

2:24 p.m. Someone was following a FedEx driver and taking packages in the area of Mockingbird Valley Court.

Friday

11 a.m. Someone stole eight barn doors from a property in the area of Florida Road (County Road 240).

Thursday

5:39 p.m. Someone was hit in the face by an object and lost consciousness in the area of County Road 218.

5:53 p.m. A church was burglarized in the area of County Road 329.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 66 calls Friday to Tuesday morning, including 37 emergency medical service calls, a controlled burn, an elevator rescue, four car crashes, an unauthorized burn and a downed power line.

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