Police Calls: Dog owners failed to meet the mark
The police calls section is presented for entertainment purposes and does not reflect the nature or the volume of the calls received by local law enforcement.
March 30
In what was described as an ongoing issue, a woman on Ashar Avenue ties a husky puppy to the front door and leaves it there for hours.
What looked like a fire on the neighbor's porch was a fire in a burn pit and the scene was deemed to be safe.
A drunk male was getting aggressive and harassing people on Depot Street. The conductor of the train wanted the male to be removed.
A group of people wrote on the rear window of a vehicle parked in the parking garage.
March 31
A young golden retriever got loose on Meadowlark Lane and appeared to not want to return to its owner. The dog’s owner reached the dog, dragged it by its collar and was yelling at it. The dog was yelping. When the caller tried to diffuse the situation, she was told to mind her own business.
A man was loitering at a business on Highway 40. The caller thought he seemed intoxicated and out of it.
The driver of a Chevy Impala who was slurring his speech and couldn't hold a conversation with the caller, proceeded to drive down Big Mountain Road.
April 1
A citizen was interested in trying to trap a very aggressive stray cat and was advised that animal control doesn’t deal with cats.
Reportedly, there is an ongoing issue with speeders and trucks driving too fast at a location on Rivertrail Court.
A man who was talking to himself and lying on the ground near 13th Street was asked to move along.
Two men were pushing a vehicle across two lanes of traffic on Highway 40.
The caller wanted the transient sleeping on Spokane Avenue to be moved along.
April 2
Someone came into a store on Highway 93 and stole cigarettes.
A caller reported a male lying down on the sidewalk on Baker Avenue.
A green Subaru with incorrect plates on it had been parked in a parking spot for several days on Third Street. A request was made that it be moved.
A man was seen lying on the sidewalk on Highway 93. The man was fine and merely likes to lie on the sidewalk.
There was a non-injury fender bender on Highway 93 involving a white Jeep and a blue Chevy.
Someone reported a white Subaru with Michigan plates was blocking the fire lane on Wisconsin Avenue.
The caller reported a male lying on the side of the road on Baker Avenue and said he had “something colorful over his head.”
The person whose dog was bit by a pit bull near Fourth Street wanted law enforcement to talk with the owner of the pit bull.
On Colorado Avenue, a brindle pit bull broke off the leash and got away from his owner and attacked the neighbor’s shepherd. The shepherd required veterinarian care for puncture wounds. The owner of the brindle dog took responsibility for the incident.
At least four vehicles were parked on the sidewalk/bike path on Wisconsin Avenue.
A homeless man was “acting strange” and “making everyone uncomfortable” in a parking lot at a location on Highway 93.
There were two big dogs left in a dark gray Toyota on Central Avenue with the windows up and the caller said they were “panic barking.”
A white French bulldog was missing from Columbia Avenue and then was found.
A man who had been sleeping in his car in the parking lot on Highway 93 for a few weeks was told he had to move along.