Durango Police
Tuesday
5:06 a.m. A man stole items from a cart at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Monday
7:18 a.m. The contents of a garbage truck were on fire near the intersection of 10th Street and Main Avenue.
8:36 a.m. Police arrested someone for assault after receiving a 911 call with screaming in the background in the west 200 block of 28th Street.
1:05 p.m. A raft flipped in the Animas River near Santa Rita Park.
3 p.m. A man with an illegal substance or object trespassed at the ballpark at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.
4:12 p.m. Someone broke into a home in the 2400 block of Arroyo Drive and stole something.
8:09 p.m. A man was walking in the middle of U.S. Highway 160 near mile marker 88.
8:55 p.m. A window air conditioning unit in a building in the 1100 block of Main Avenue caught fire.
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
Tuesday
2:05 a.m. A woman reported people outside her home on County Road 300, west of the Durango-La Plata County Airport.
Monday
9:48 a.m. Someone stole something from a business somewhere on Trimble Crossing Drive.
1:27 p.m. A vehicle rolled near mile marker 106 on U.S. Highway 160, east of Bayfield.
4:39 p.m. A thief may have stolen narcotics from a home in the 34200 block of U.S. Highway 550, north of Hermosa.
7:35 p.m. Two children were on the roof of Bayfield Elementary School.
10:59 p.m. Someone’s girlfriend took a vehicle while drunk and without permission in the 34300 block of U.S. Highway 160, east of Elmore’s Corner.
Durango Fire
Firefighters and medics responded to 10 calls Monday and three calls Tuesday morning, including shorted electrical equipment and two smoke scares.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.
