Tuesday, Nov. 2
10:37 a.m. Officers and a sergeant responded after someone reported a possible break-in in the 500 block of West Fourth Street. Upon arrival, the officer noticed a man matching the report’s description entering a house from the east side door. The officer knocked on the door and received no response. A woman arrived and told officers that the house belonged to her son, and the man in the house was her nephew. She entered the house and retrieved her nephew, who told officers that he had just cut through the neighbor’s backyard to use his aunt’s Wi-Fi. Cortez dispatch confirmed that the man had two La Plata County warrants. The officer served these warrants and left the man in the custody of jail personnel.
2:11 p.m. Officers responded to the 900 block of Balsam Street after a woman reported that she was hiding in her bathroom because her off-and-on boyfriend had broken into her house. The man claimed that he entered the house through the back-door window after the woman took his phone from his car and locked herself in the house. The woman reportedly opened the back door and began yelling that the man was not allowed there. Officers attempted to contact the woman with no success. They were able to confirm that the man’s cellphone was inside the house. Dispatch confirmed that the woman had an active warrant. Sergeants arrived on the scene and forcefully entered the home. The woman was arrested and taken to the Montezuma County jail where she was later issued summons for harassment, criminal invasion of privacy, and domestic violence. Officers were able to obtain a search warrant for the man’s phone, which was later returned to him.
Wednesday, Nov. 3
10:32 a.m. A sergeant responded to the Walmart in the 1800 block of East Main Street after a woman reported a bomb threat. The reporting woman told the sergeant that another woman had called her and told her that she had a bomb in her car in the parking lot. The reporting woman told the sergeant that this had happened before a couple of months ago. The sergeant used caller ID to identify the woman who made the threats. Several officers and Walmart employees searched the parking lot for vehicles associated with the identified suspect but nothing was found. Later, the sergeant called the phone number and the woman picked up. The sergeant asked her a couple of questions to which she kept responding with profanities and insults. A detective told the sergeant that he had a rapport with the woman and attempted to contact her. The woman called the detective back and admitted to calling in bomb threats. The sergeant requested a warrant for her arrest.
4:13 p.m. An officer responded to the Montezuma County Combined Courts on 865 N. Park St. to serve a warrant to a man who was in custody. After the officer served the warrant, the man was left in custody of the jail staff.
5:33 p.m. An officer responded to the Montezuma County Detention Center on 730 E. Driscoll St. after a man turned himself in on a warrant. The officer served the man with the warrant, and left him in the custody of the jail staff.
Thursday, Nov. 4
2:42 p.m. An officer contacted a man he knew had a warrant in the lower 100 block of North Beech Street. After handcuffing and searching him, the officer found methamphetamine, syringes and a glass pipe. The man then refused to get into the patrol car. The officer told the man he would tase him, and the man complied. The man was transported to the Montezuma County jail and issues summons for unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
2:47 p.m. An officer responded after someone reported that a man had been shoplifting from a grocery store on the 500 block of Main Street. The officer contacted the man, who said he was just buying groceries for his granddaughter. The loss-prevention employee for the store told the officer that he stopped the man after he walked out of the store with beer and Cheetos. The man was issued a summons for shoplifting.
9:36 p.m. Officers and a sergeant responded to reports of a fight in the 600 block of Wyoming Street. When they arrived, they separated a group of five yelling at each other. The officers spoke to each party and determined that the fight was over neighborly matters. One woman was issued a summons for disturbing the peace.
Friday, Nov. 5
2:19 a.m. An officer performed a traffic stop after she witnessed a vehicle speeding in the 1600 block of East Main Street. Dispatch confirmed that the woman had an extradition warrant for her arrest out of Garfield County. The woman was arrested, served her warrant and issued a summons for failure to appear and speeding.
7:05 a.m. An officer arrived to the 1800 block of Main Street to assist another officer who was in contact with a man who had a warrant for his arrest. The officer took him to the the Montezuma County Detention Center and served him with his warrant.
Saturday, Nov. 6
1:21 a.m. An officer responded to the 800 block of South Broadway after a woman reported that her daughter was being harassed. In addition to accusations of assault, the woman told the officer that the girl who assaulted her daughter committed a drive-by shooting earlier that day. She told the officer that her daughter would come into the station and make a formal statement the next day.
11:40 a.m. An officer responded to a liquor store on the 700 block of East Main Street after a employee reported that a man stole a two bottles from the store. The employee states that she chased the man with a bat after he told her to give him the money from the cash register. Once outside the store, the man dropped one of the bottles, and a neighboring business owner took the other out of his hand. Surveillance confirmed the employee’s story. There are no leads or suspects.
2:52 p.m. An officer responded to a gas station in the 900 block of East Main Street after an employee reported a woman shoplifting. When the officer arrived, the apparent suspect told him that she had already given the items back. The employee told the officer that she wanted the woman to be charged and trespassed from the property. The officer issued her a summons for shoplifting and trespassed her from the property.
10:39 p.m. An officer responded to the 600 block of East Third Street after reports of a man lying under a bike in someone’s yard. Upon arrival, a husband told the officer that he had assaulted the man because he thought he was chasing his wife. The wife confirmed that the man was saying sexual things toward her and chasing her. Both the man and the husband refused medical care. The man was taken to the Montezuma County jail and issued a summons for menacing, harassment and disorderly conduct.
Sunday, Nov. 7
2:14 a.m. An officer responded to a gas station in the 900 block of East Main Street after receiving reports of trespassing. Upon arrival he recognized the accused male and informed him that he was banned from the establishment. The man started insulting and cussing at the officer. The officer thought the man seemed very intoxicated. Dispatch confirmed that the man was banned from the gas station and that he had a protection order prohibiting him from possessing or consuming alcohol. The man fought with officers as they placed him in the patrol car. He was then taken to the hospital where he refused medical care. He was later taken to the Montezuma County Detention Center and booked in for a protection order violation, harassment, third degree trespass and disorderly conduct.
7:57 a.m. An officer responded to the 100 block of West Coronado Avenue after a man reported that someone had stolen his vehicle some time the previous night. The man told the officer that his ID, credit cards and several tools and plumbing equipment were left in the vehicle. The officer entered the vehicle as stolen into the system. There are no leads or suspects.
11:34 a.m. An officer responded to the 1300 block of Jackson Street after a woman reported that speakers were stolen out of her son’s car. The officer confirmed the speakers to be missing. There are no leads or suspects.
3:52 p.m. An officer responded to the Walmart in the 1800 block of East Main Street after an employee requested that a woman be trespassed from the store. The employee told the officer that the woman had tried to take two cold medicine bottles. The officer was able to identify the woman, who was previously trespassed from the Walmart, and had a warrant out for her arrest. The woman was jailed in the Montezuma County Detention Center and issued court summons.
8:01 p.m. An officer responded to a gas station in the 900 block of East Main Street to reports of a man refusing to leave the gas station. Upon arrival, the officer observed that the man seemed very intoxicated. Dispatch confirmed that the man had a protection order prohibiting him from possessing or consuming alcohol. The officer took the man to the hospital for medical clearance, and then to the Montezuma County Detentioon Center, where he was jailed and issued a court summons.
Monday, Nov. 8
10:59 p.m. An officer responded to reports of theft at a SCRAM monitoring center in the lower 100 block of North Madison Street. An employee for the center told the officer that two men did not show up for their appointments, and she has not been able to contact them. Both men were issued SCRAM bracelets, costing $1400 each, which had not been returned. The officer is seeking a warrant for the two men for theft of the SCRAM bracelets.
1:25 p.m. An officer responded to the police department lobby after a woman reported that her nephew had committed fraud. The woman stated that she was the book keeper for a christian school in the 500 block West Fourth Street, and that her nephew stole three of the school’s checks. The woman’s bank told her that someone attempted to cash one of the stolen checks. If the officer cannot make contact with the nephew, he will issue a warrant for his arrest.
Tuesday, Nov. 9
5:09 p.m. An officer responded after a man reported that a woman stole $90 from him in the 300 block of South Elm Street. The man told police that his old home health nurse told him that he owed her money and forced him to sign a check. The woman told police that the man did owe her money, since she had payed his phone bill. She also told officers that his memory is impaired due to brain injury. The man then told officers that he did not want to press charges.
5:19 p.m. An officer responded to a reports of shots being fired in the lower 100 block of North Texas Street. Employees from the tire shop nearby provided surveillance of the vehicle that the shots were fired from. The officer was able to identify a vehicle driving by with flashes coming from the windows. No one was hurt during the incident. There are no suspects.
11:54 p.m. An officer responded to fight occurring between four people in a residence in the 500 block of South Madison Street. Three people claimed that they were all defending themselves from a very intoxicated man. The man claimed that he was protecting a woman from two other men. Both parties involved had an infant present during the altercation. The officer planned to forward the report to Social Services.
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