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Police blotter

April 29, 1:49 p.m.

A caller requested extra patrol after a “rat rod” was going very fast up and down Canyon Road.

April 29, 1:54 p.m.

A woman called and said the neighbors below her unit have been banging on their ceiling and disrupting her house.

April 29, 7:06 p.m.

A caller complained about a female playing loud music and said she always turns it up from 7 to 8 p.m. The caller said the female then watches for the police and turns it down before they come.

April 30, 12:38 p.m.

A caller said there have been two people living in the bushes for several weeks.

April 30, 10:49 p.m.

A motorcycle crash left one man in the street, police said. When police arrived, the man was still breathing. He was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus.

May 1, 7:03 a.m.

A caller said there was a woman jogging when a heavy-set Hispanic man came up behind her and knocked her to the ground. The caller, who identified himself as a school bus driver, said the man grabbed the woman and put her in a gray sedan before driving away. When police arrived, the Hispanic man had no driver’s license, no proof of insurance and did not have the registration for the car, they said.

May 1, 12:48 p.m.

A caller said a man was almost hit by a car crossing the street. When police arrived, the man said he was “residentially challenged” and had walked to Boulder City from Searchlight. The man said he was headed toward Henderson and had just ate at Pizza Hut.

May 2, 3:43 p.m.

A yellow Camaro and a gray car were speeding and handing items to each other while making obscene gestures at other cars for at least three minutes, a caller said. They were last seen headed toward Searchlight.

May 3, 5:31 a.m.

A caller said a man was passed out drunk in an alleyway.

May 3, 7:41 a.m.

A caller said a dog was eating grass and exhibiting odd behavior. The caller thought the dog was either a sheep or a cow.

May 3, 8:04 p.m.

A caller reported a large animal carcass in the roadway. The caller thought it was either a sheep or a large dog, police said.

May 5, 3:57 a.m.

A call came in about a man pinned inside a semi that was overturned on U.S. Highway 93 toward Laughlin. Boulder City police requested assistance from the Henderson Police Department, police said.

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