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The Blotter, Aug. 8-15

Durango Police Department
Aug. 8

3:38 p.m. A man was arrested at Dunkin’ Donuts, 1254 Escalante Drive for taking money out of the tip jar.

5:43 p.m. Officers stopped a man from building a fire in a charcoal grill at 16 Bacus Ave. despite Stage 2 fire restrictions.

Saturday, Aug. 9

2:04 a.m. Two people were either wrestling or fighting at Schneider Park.

5:22 p.m. A man was seen running naked down Goeglein Gulch Road near the Skyline Apartments.

Sunday, Aug. 10

9:37 p.m. A woman asked officers to help her get her cat out from beneath a silver SUV on East Seventh Street.

La Plata County Sheriff

Aug. 7

8:10 a.m. Deputies received a call about how a man in a black Jeep Cherokee flashed a handgun at the caller on U.S. Highway 550.

8: 09 p.m. Someone’s neighbor was shooting at an elk with a rifle on their property outside hunting season.

Aug. 8

3:16 p.m. Deputies were alerted to a grass fire in a roadside ditch on County Road 515.

3:26 p.m. A man was welding over dry grass on Highway 172 despite stage 2 fire restrictions.

Saturday, Aug. 9

11:51 p.m. Someone called deputies to alert them that a person was banging on their bedroom window on County Road 203.

Sunday, Aug. 10

11:12 a.m. A man was throwing broken tire pieces into U.S. Highway 550.

7:19 p.m. A man was shooting prairie dogs on his property on Derby Drive.

Monday

2:09 p.m. A man threatened to kill someone if they did not pay them on Sand Ridge Circuit.

4:24 p.m. A landlord was trying to forcefully evict their tenants by turning off the power to their residence on U.S. Highway 160 South.

Tuesday

1:04 a.m. Three men were fighting each other on Camino del Rio.

11:19 a.m. Deputies were alerted to someone’s neighbors shooting guns in an unsafe manner on County Road 250.

Wednesday

8:21 a.m. A man was throwing a knife at a National Forest Sign on Shalona Hill.

Friday

12:51 a.m. Someone fired 40 to 60 rounds out of an automatic weapon at Legacy Ranch.

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