THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
An officer was requested to respond to a parking lot to speak with a party about a stolen generator that had been strapped to a flatbed utility trailer parked on West Fifth Street. When he took his truck to the parking lot the following morning, he noticed that his black Craftsman 6200 watt generator (valued at $500), an American flag he used for display (valued at $35), and three boxes of green chilies (valued at $35 a box) had been taken.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30
An officer was dispatched to a residence in reference to an assault. A woman there told the officer that her son has custody of his two children, and said that the mother of the children has not had anything to do with them or her son for a long time. She said that the mother of the children had called several times, wanting to see the children, but she never shows up. She had apparently seen one of the children outside playing, and then called the following day saying she wanted to see them. The woman told the officer that she asked the childrens mother if she was actually going to show up this time, and that she was a liar and that she was tired of the children being disappointed due to their mother never showing up when she said she would. The woman said that suddenly the childrens mother barged in her front door yelling that she wanted to see her kids, and pushed her up against the wall. The woman said that when the suspect came in yelling, she instructed the children to go lock themselves in the bedroom, which they did. She then asked the suspect to go outside and wait there due to her temper. The two children confirmed what their grandmother told the officer, and she did also show physical evidence of the contact. While the officer was still at the residence, the childrens mother returned and denied that she pushed the grandmother, but that the grandmother had tried to force her out of the residence. The suspect was served with a complaint for third-degree assault and harassment.
SATURDAY, OCT. 1
Two officers were dispatched to a restaurant on Main Street for a report of a disturbance. A woman was causing problems at the restaurant, and dispatch could hear her in the background when they received the call. The restaurant was very busy, and officers were told the woman was out back, when suddenly she came through the front door, headed to the front counter where she tried to grab onto a child and leave, but an officer grabbed her arm to prevent her from leaving with the child. She told the officer not to grab her arm because that was sexual harassment. She again tried to grab the child, but was stopped, and the officer took the woman outside where she continued to yell and be very belligerent, and uncooperative when officers told her to stop yelling and cursing because she was bothering people. The owner of the restaurant told officers that the womans mother works at the restaurant, and that the daughter had been calling and bothering her all day, and was told to stop calling by the owner. The daughter said that she would just come down, despite being told to stay away by the owner. She arrived and threw a fit, yelling that her entire family hates her. The officer approached the woman outside, who was sitting on a picnic table and talking on her cell phone. When informed she was under arrest, she resisted, and began yelling into her phone for someone to come to Cortez and get her out of jail. She was handcuffed and issued a summons for disturbing the peace and trespass.
MONDAY, OCT. 3
An officer was dispatched to the area of Fifth and Market Street, where two girls had just broken a fence at a residence. The girls denied breaking the fence. One suspect said she did not have any ID, and had an odor of alcohol on her breath. She handed her purse to the officer, who found two marijuana pipes and a wallet with her ID in it. The officer found a second wallet in the purse, and the suspect said that it belonged to her cousin, who had given it to her to hold for her. At that time, a report came in via dispatch of keys stolen from a nearby vehicle belonging to someone with the name on the ID in the second wallet, as well as a report from a witness who had observed the two suspects going through a wallet nearby. The older girl (age 20) was placed into a police car to talk to an officer. A second officer reported to the scene to speak to the younger girl (a juvenile), who took a key chain from around her neck and threw it into an adjacent yard; when retrieved, the officer advised that one of the keys was for the vehicle that had the keys stolen from it. The wallet had been stolen from the seat of the car. The owner of the car denied knowing or being related to either suspect. After the officer removed the older suspect from his patrol car to place her in handcuffs, he noted that she had written (expletive) white folks on the inside of the door with a purple marker, which was found in her purse. When the juvenile suspect was asked in the presence of her mother why they took the keys and wallet, she said because we were buzzed. The officer noted that the younger suspect was acting like the incident was a joke, and laughing, and did not seem to understand how severe the charges were against her.
TUESDAY, OCT. 4
An officer was contacted by the Cortez fire chief, who gave the officer a wallet that he had found near the fire station that contained a large amount of money. The officer noted the amount of cash in the wallet and told the chief that he would locate the owner, whose ID was in the wallet. At that time, dispatch advised the officer that the owner of the wallet was reporting it missing. Dispatch informed the owner that the officer had his wallet and that he could pick it up at the police station. The owner arrived at the station, where he was given his wallet; he counted the money and informed the officer that it was all there. Dispatch then informed the officer that there was an active warrant for the wallet owner, who was placed into custody without incident, and issued a municipal summons.