Monday. Apr. 29

Stolen motor vehicle
Black Mountain Road – Cliff
Caller advised his 1997 Ford truck was taken Friday morning. Deputy out at a Welsh Street (Arenas Valley) address for follow-up/negative contact with vehicle/interviewing a named male at GCDC.

Harassment
25 Caballero Drive (SW Horseman’s Rodeo)
Caller advised he was just threatened by another person. Deputy had contact with caller.

Fraud/embezzlement
Camino de Viento
IRS scam.

Harassment
Pheasant Drive
Caller advised her ex is harassing her in reference to their daughter.

Friday, May 3

Stolen motor vehicle
Black Mountain Road – Cliff
Caller advised his beige Ford truck with Texas plates was stolen about an hour before sunrise. Caller advised a male took it/unknown name/can identify him and knows where he lives.

Disturbance
Wright Road – Upper Mimbres
Caller’s landlord is trying to lock her out of her rental. Caller is in her vehicle and has already threatened to beat the landlord up. This will be a civil case that will have to go to court.

Welfare check
Cottonwood Road.
Caller advised she hasn’t heard from her 96-year-old mother since this morning. Deputy had contact advising she was doing yard work with her neighbor/will call daughter.

Welfare check
Old Fort Bayard
Caller advised there is a male that is sitting in his vehicle and is trying to take his life. Caller keeps disconnecting the line. Deputies out with a vehicle about a mile past the cattle guard/male is okay.

Domestic disturbance
Pheasant Drive
Caller advised that a named male is at her residence and she does not want him there/he is intoxicated and starting to causing problems.

Fight
Highway 35 – Upper Mimbres
Caller advised two individuals are involved in a fight/an individual is crying in the background/one is bleeding from the head and arm.

Saturday, May 4

Welfare check
North Hurley Road
Caller advised she hasn’t heard from her 4-year-old daughter/she doesn’t think anything is really wrong but she had an ‘awful’ feeling/line was disconnected. Deputies advised they are not going to do a welcheck at 5:30 a.m. just because caller has an awful feeling and no phone number to be contacted at.

Welfare check
Scott Park
Advised that her ex-husband is possibly drinking and driving a white 2017 Ford dually and he has their children in the vehicle. Deputy had negative contact will ATL.

Welfare check
Whiskey Creek Airport Road – Arenas Valley
Caller advised that a female left in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and she was crying hysterically.

Sunday, May 5

Welfare check
S. Highway 90 and Cullum Drive
Male in the driver side is slumped over and not responsive/damage to the front of the vehicle/another male in passenger side on the phone. Deputy on scene/no one in view/negative contact.

Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle
Flury Lane – Arenas Valley
Caller advised his 81 Ford pickup windshield was broken.

Aggravated burglary
Trailing Heart Drive – Silver Acres
Noticed guns missing a couple days ago/suspects nephew stole them because he was told to move out/MAC 90 and 12 gauge shotgun.

Game and Fish
Highway 180 @ Santa Clara Armory
Decapitated deer or javelina in the roadway. Deputy did clear the two javelinas out of the road.

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