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Durango Police

Monday

12:57 a.m. A 31-year-old man ate a toxic mushroom in the 1000 block of East Third Avenue.

1:56 a.m. Someone was arrested for DUI after a one-vehicle rollover crash occurred in the 900 block of East College Drive.

Sunday

1:05 p.m. A man broke into a woman’s house in the lower 100 block of Everett Street.

Saturday

12:50 p.m. A drunk man was attacking people in the 900 block of Roosa Avenue.

7:43 p.m. An assault occurred in the 2100 block of Main Avenue.

Friday

11:57 a.m. A two-vehicle crash with injuries occurred in the 21000 block of U.S. Highway 160 in west Durango.

12:31 p.m. A 21-year-old woman was stabbed in the stomach and choked in the lower 100 block of Westwood Place.

5:24 p.m. A man was walking into traffic and yelling in the 13000 block of Camino del Rio.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Monday

12:43 a.m. A drunken man with a gun was walking back and forth across the highway in the 21000 block of U.S. Highway 160, in west Durango.

Sunday

3:17 p.m. A drunken man was screaming in front of a building at 60 Westwood Place.

Saturday

12:50 p.m. A brush fire occurred in the area of County Road 510, southwest of Bayfield.

Friday

3:36 a.m. A man was yelling and possibly hurting a dog in the 200 block of Baker Lane.

9:09 a.m. A 24-year-old woman was involved in a with injuries in the 3000 block of Wildcat Canyon Road (County Road 141), southwest of Durango.

7:41 p.m. A two-vehicle head-on crash occurred in the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 550, 2 miles north of the New Mexico line.

9:07 p.m. Two shots were heard in the area of Aspen Trails.

Thursday

8:16 a.m. A three-vehicle crash occurred in the area of Girard Street and the Frontage Road in the Bodo Industrial Park area.

7:01 p.m. A one-car vehicle crash with injuries occurred in the 4000 block of Wildcat Canyon Road (County Road 141).

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 39 calls Friday through Monday morning, including 19 emergency medical service calls, two rescues, an elevator rescue, a building fire, four vehicle crashes and a gas leak.

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

Nov 18, 2019
Fire breaks out at mobile home northeast of Durango