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Durango Police

Sunday

5:50 p.m. A 30-year-old man had his finger stuck in a door at Fired Up Pizzeria, 741 Main Ave.

6:41 p.m. A man on methamphetamine was yelling at his mother in the 1200 block of Florida Road.

6:43 p.m. Someone was threatening to kill a woman’s dog in the 800 block of East Second Avenue.

11:12 p.m. A bear cub was stuck inside a dumpster in the 1200 block of Florida Road.

Saturday

12:01 a.m. A man walking in the middle of the highway almost caused an accident near Santa Rita Park, 149 South Camino del Rio.

12:29 a.m. Someone reported a loud party with 60-70 people inside a townhome in the 200 block of Jenkins Ranch Road in the SkyRidge subdivision east of downtown Durango.

1:44 a.m. Someone threw beer on a bartender at El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.

12:53 p.m. Someone had reason to believe kids in bushes were shooting paint balls at passing cars in the 1500 block of Goeglein Gulch Road, near Hillcrest Golf Club.

Friday

2:11 p.m. A woman reported hearing a suspicious noise in her house in the 2500 block of Arroyo Drive.

3 p.m. A trolley and small car were involved in a crash in the 1100 block of Main Avenue.

3:41 p.m. Vehicles were blocking a bicycle lane, and the drivers became rude when asked to move, according to a report at Miller Middle School, 2608 Junction St.

5:06 p.m. The driver of a red Dodge Charger was doing doughnuts and burnouts in a parking lot at Pat Murphy Motors Inc., 30 Parker Ave. The driver was not a customer.

10:27 p.m. Four kids walking through an ally kicked over trashcans in the 2900 block of Main Avenue.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 42 calls Thursday through Sunday, including a brush fire, an elevator rescue, two reports of smoke outside, two structure fires and two traffic crashes.

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