June 29 - 30

Article Last Updated; Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:35AM

Animal Control
Tuesday
8:40 a.m. A neighbor was refusing to return a man's mule in the 500 block of County Road 331, in the southeast corner of La Plata County.

Monday
4:36 p.m. A goat was left in a chute with no water at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.

Durango Police
Tuesday
12:16 a.m. People were talking loudly in an alley in the 100 block of East Sixth Avenue.

12:38 a.m. Three men and one woman pulled a manhole cover up in the 600 block of East Fourth Avenue.

3:39 a.m. Someone was trying to get into a woman's home in the 1400 block of East Second Avenue.

5:17 a.m. Someone tried to break into a business and take cash in the 2400 block of Main Avenue.

6:17 a.m. A business was broken into overnight in the west 100 block of 14th Street.

2:07 p.m. Someone was threatening to burn down a woman's house, according to a report made from the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Avenue.

Monday
6:47 p.m. A man who escaped from Hilltop House Community Corrections was calling a woman in the 1000 block of Avenida del Sol.

10:44 p.m. People on a balcony were being loud in the 500 block of East Fifth Avenue.

La Plata County Sheriff
Tuesday
1:21 p.m. Someone wanted to talk to a deputy about cars and appliances being dumped for several months near county roads 234 and 240, northeast of Durango. A deputy responded and determined the garbage was on private property for the fire department.

Monday
5:51 p.m. An irate customer was making threats at the United ticket counter at the La Plata County Airport.

6:45 p.m. Housekeepers were bringing children to work every day and making them help at Silverpick, 48475 U.S. Highway 550, near Durango Mountain Resort.

10:07 p.m. Drivers were speeding in the 3600 block of County Road 203, north of Durango.

Bayfield Marshal
Tuesday
7:48 a.m. A motorcycle ran off the road in the 35000 block of U.S. Highway 160, between Elmore's Corner and Gem Village.

Monday
9:09 p.m. Someone had questions about firework laws in the 800 block of E. Sage Street.

Durango Fire & Rescue
Tuesday
11:35 a.m. A trailer was on fire in the 1200 block of Carbon Junction.

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

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