2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Best of blotter
Some of our favorite Taos Police blotter entries from the year.
JAN. 11 7:25 p.m. Civil stand by, Taos
Youth & Family Center – A caller was requesting an officer because there was a competitive hockey game going on and some parents were getting rowdy.
JAN. 12
6:13 p.m. Harassment, Smoke
Shop – A caller said a man was threatening to go to the smoke shop with a machete and demand free merchandise.
FEB. 7
1:56 p.m. Larceny, Taos Middle
School – A caller wanted to report a stolen snow plow.
FEB. 10
1:30 p.m. Larceny, Cid’s – A caller said someone stole a bunch of short ribs and a bottle of olive oil and then took off walking northbound.
FEB. 27
4:22 p.m. Shoplifting, Smith’s –A caller said a man stole a bunch of liquor, ham and bacon and then walked over in the direction of Big 5.
MARCH 4
1:54 p.m. Animal stray, Sunset
Street – A caller said a brindle pit bull has been escaping from their residence. The caller said the dog is friendly, but has escaped about 30 times. MARCH 26 8:17 a.m. Civil complaint, Smith’s
- A caller said they were kicked out of Smith’s for trying to buy more than one pack of toilet paper.
APRIL 3
3:03 p.m. Disturbing the peace,
Walmart – A caller was at Walmart and said there were a bunch of women crowded at the entrance talking to one another. He said he told them they needed to be six feet apart and they told him, “[Expletive] you.”
April 4
6:21 p.m. Suspicious circumstance, Dragoon Lane – A caller wanted to speak to an officer regarding some people from Texas who were staying at a short-term rental and weren’t quarantining.
APRIL 5 8:32 p.m. Shots fired, Paseo del
Pueblo Norte – A caller said she heard a loud bang from her neighbor’s house and then saw green slime coming from a wall.
APRIL 6
9:21 a.m. Property found, Taos News – A caller said he found a cutoff ankle monitor in the parking lot. 10:53 p.m. Warrant, Chamisa Road – An officer was trying to serve a warrant on a man riding a dirt bike. The man tried to flee but then crashed.
MAY 3
11:03 a.m. Suspicious circumstance, Hampton Inn – A caller said there were some hippies and local desmadres lurking in the area.
JUNE 3
9:15 a.m. Larceny, Super Save – A caller said a man had been caught stealing beef jerky from the store.
JUNE 5 10:31 p.m. Suspicious circum
stance, Simpson Street – A caller said a man with a beer belly wearing a Hawaiian shirt drove into her driveway, stood on her flower bed and then left.
JUNE 27 11:17 a.m. Public indecency,
Lotaburger – A woman was flashing her fanny to customers passing by. JULY 16 3:43 p.m. Animal noise, Dolan
Street – A caller said her neighbor’s dog had been barking virtually nonstop for three months.
JULY 26 10:51 a.m. Traffic accident, private property, Shell, 1137 Paseo del
Pueblo Sur – A caller said a gas delivery truck had backed into the building and broke the water lines to the car wash.
AUG. 1
6:09 p.m. Public health order viola
tion, Taos Living Center – A caller said a man was threatening a CNA at the center and was rubbing a cold Coke on his forehead before getting his temperature checked.