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The Blotter

Durango Police

Tuesday

1:56 a.m. A girl broke in a motel pool in the 3200 block of Main Avenue.

6:01 a.m. A burglary was reported in the 700 block of Ford Drive.

Monday

7:36 a.m. A bike was reported stolen in the 1300 block of Escalante Drive.

3:49 p.m. A man was arrested on suspicion of harassing staff members at Walmart.

6 p.m. A dog belonging to a man’s neighbor bit him in the 5800 block of Main Avenue.

6:38 p.m. A man was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting for stealing receipts and trying to return items at Walmart.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office

Monday

2:21 p.m. License plates were reported stolen in the 13900 block of U.S. Highway 160, near Hesperus.

6:19 p.m. There was a fire in a bathroom in the 2700 block of County Road 220.

Sunday

11:27 a.m. A vehicle crashed and rolled several times in the 10800 block of County Road 501.

1:33 p.m. A 58-year-old man injured his leg and was rescued in San Juan County.

8:53 p.m. A 26-year-old went into anaphylactic shock and had difficulty breathing in the 700 block of Turner Drive.

10:11 p.m. A man threatened someone and followed the person in his vehicle in the area of Farmington Hill.

Saturday

Midnight A back deck caught fire in the 40200 block of U.S. Highway 550, north of Hermosa.

12:21 p.m. A car went over an embankment and fell 100 to 200 feet in the 61000 block of U.S. Highway 550.

2:29 p.m. A woman was threatening people with a knife in the 14800 block of La Posta Road (County Road 213).

Friday

8:20 a.m. A man tried to hit a woman with a car in the 6200 block of County Road 510.

8:41 p.m. Someone tried to break into a house by breaking down the door in the 21100 block of U.S. Highway 160, in west Durango.

Durango Fire

Firefighters and medics responded to 20 calls Monday to Tuesday morning, including 12 emergency medical service calls, an elevator rescue, an arcing or shorting electrical equipment call and a car crash.

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