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Police Blotter

April 19, 10:49 a.m.

Officers received a call that a black Tahoe almost ran a motorcyclist off the road; minutes later officers received a call from a woman claiming that a man on a motorcycle had pulled up beside her black Tahoe at the Railroad Pass stoplight, took her picture and “flipped her off.”

April 19, 12:13 p.m.

A caller reported a snake was keeping them from their bathroom.

April 19, 8:45 p.m.

Officers received a complaint that a vicious stray cat was scaring people but had been subdued and trapped by a group of people.

April 20, 1:42 p.m.

A caller requested officers’ assistance in convincing a store manager to allow him into the business as long as he promised to behave.

April 21, 3:08 p.m.

A technician call to complain that he was attempting to enter a property to turn off a gas meter, but that two large dogs would now allow him to enter. Two children answered the door and promised to return with an adult but never reappeared.

April 22, 3:10 p.m.

Officers responded to complaints of two juveniles throwing a tennis ball across an intersection and chasing it down; officers warned children and their grandfather about the dangers of playing in traffic.

April 24, 8:51 p.m.

A caller complained that a man who could not be described was riding up and down the street on a bicycle screaming and yelling unintelligibly.

April 25, 8:25 a.m.

A woman called requesting a welfare check on her 21-year-old son from whom she had not heard in five days, noting that his phone was dead. It was discovered he was being held in custody in Henderson.

April 25, 7:31 p.m.

Officers received a complaint that three or four suspicious, unlicensed recreational vehicles had been parked around the caller’s property for hours.

April 25, 8:42 p.m.

A man called to report that he had “tapped” a fire hydrant and it fell off of its fitting.

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