Durango Police
Tuesday
1:24 a.m. A man was being chased by someone who was trying to stab him with a knife, according to a report at Walmart. Police made an arrest.
5:38 a.m. Two deceased deer were in the middle of the road near La Posta Road and Mercury Village Drive.
Monday
8:11 a.m. Protesters parked illegally in the lower 100 block of Sheppard Drive.
10:03 a.m. Someone reported a license plate was stolen off a vehicle near 20th Street and Main Avenue.
11:56 a.m. A red Nissan Frontier tried to cut off someone while in a turning lane near Walmart.
1:08 p.m. Broken glass was on a sidewalk, creating a hazardous situation in the 400 block of East Eighth Avenue.
3:24 p.m. The driver of a painting truck was on his phone and ran a red light near South Camino del Rio and Colorado Highway 3. It was unknown if the driver was painting lines at the time.
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
Monday
11:45 a.m. A woman reported someone cutting wood on her property in the Hesperus area.
Sunday
8 a.m. Pigs were running loose in the 3500 block of County Road 124, north of Hesperus.
5:03 p.m. A hitchhiker threw a rock at someone’s vehicle near mile marker 103 on U.S. Highway 160, east of Bayfield.
Saturday
4:56 p.m. A man was hunting on someone else’s property somewhere along East Animas Road (County Road 250), north of Durango.
Friday
4:50 p.m. A driver was tailgating, yelling and screaming, and flashing obscene gestures near U.S. Highway 550 and Dos Rios Road.
Durango Fire
Firefighters and medics responded to nine calls Monday, including five emergency medical calls, three scheduled transports and a lift assist.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.
