<p>Rio Arriba County Fire Marshal Carlos Esquibel (center) watches an ambulance, Dec. 22, after a man in a red Ford Edge was reported to be overdosing off Riverside Drive. The man was transported to the Espa&#241;ola Hospital and his car was towed.</p> (SUNfoto by Wheeler Cowperthwaite) 
<p>The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhoods. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Espa&#241;ola Valley.</p> 
<p>Espa&#241;ola Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies or State Police responded to the following calls:</p> 
<p>Daughter is in no danger</p> 
<p>Dec. 19</p> 
<p>7:35 a.m. A State Road 76 caller said someone shattered a store window.</p> 
<p>8:55 a.m. A Fairview Lane caller said her nephew broke into her house.</p> 
<p>2:38 p.m. A Saiz Lane caller said a man wearing a beanie was next door, taking copper from a house.</p> 
<p>4:14 p.m. A Chama Middle School caller said her mother&#8217;s car window was broken.</p> 
<p>4:24 p.m. A Private Drive in Hernandez caller said her boyfriend was threatening to hurt her and her daughter and he also damaged her car, as well as her mother&#8217;s car.</p> 
<p>6:10 p.m. A County Road 48 caller said her daughter was in danger because the daughter&#8217;s boyfriend kidnapped her, had a wire, may choke her and threatened to kill her if she called the police. She said he is also armed with a knife. She refused to give dispatchers her name. The daughter then called dispatchers and said she had an argument with her mother and the mother falsely claimed she had been kidnapped.</p> 
<p>Mail theft is a federal crime</p> 
<p>Dec. 20</p> 
<p>11:17 a.m. A County Road 40 caller said she lent her car to her brother, but he has not returned it and she wanted to report it as stolen. She said he borrowed it at 9:40 a.m. and said he would be back within five minutes.</p> 
<p>11:37 a.m. A West Jonathan Drive caller said she works in the soup kitchen and two women were fighting outside. She said they left once they heard someone was going to call the police.</p> 
<p>1:22 p.m. A County Road 41 caller said he was driving in Alcalde when someone shot at his white Cadillac.</p> 
<p>2:08 p.m. A Ghost Ranch caller said he had a box in the mail, and it was stolen from the mailbox. He said this is the second or third time it&#8217;s happened.</p> 
<p>4:14 p.m. A Spruce Street caller said she is receiving text messages from her ex-boyfriend, who wrote that he is going to damage her and her aunt&#8217;s cars.</p> 
<p>7:52 p.m. A North Riverside Drive caller said two girls and three guys were beating up a man on the ground.</p> 
<p>10:08 p.m. A Subway on Riverside Drive caller said an older man was sitting at a table, refusing to leave and he was intoxicated. The employees told the man they needed to close the restaurant, but he still refused to leave and told them to go ahead and call the police. He was taken to the Espa&#241;ola Hospital, per his request.</p> 
<p>10:44 p.m. A Giant gas station caller said two women were hitting each other at one of the gas pumps.</p> 
<p>Do him a favor and leave</p> 
<p>Dec. 21</p> 
<p>12:45 p.m. A Rio Chama Chevron gas station caller said there was a couple by one of the pumps and the male was refusing to hand a baby to the female The woman then yelled for him to give the baby back to her or else the police would come and take the baby.</p> 
<p>4:15 p.m. A man walked into the Espa&#241;ola Police Department to report a case of identity theft.</p> 
<p>4:45 p.m. A Calle de Pajarito caller said a man came by in the morning, accused her of stealing from him, and said he would kill her and her family for it.</p> 
<p>5:05 p.m. A Wal-Mart caller said a woman was inside one of the bathrooms, refusing to come out, and there was a lot of drug paraphernalia in there. It was an employee.</p> 
<p>5:54 p.m. A State Road 215 caller said her son was riding his dirt bike home from his grandpa&#8217;s house when a truck tried to run over him.</p> 
<p>6:25 p.m. A Paseo de Paulina caller said a woman came by to do him a favor, but now she won&#8217;t leave. An Espa&#241;ola police officer told her to leave.</p> 
<p>Too much vodka</p> 
<p>Dec. 22</p> 
<p>6:35 a.m. A County Road 158 caller said she tried to start her car and found that it would not start and her radio and other things were missing.</p> 
<p>9:45 a.m. A Valley Drive caller said someone took their manger scene from their front porch during the night. She said they took everything, but left the baby Jesus.</p> 
<p>Noon An Espa&#241;ola Elementary School caller said a fifth grade student broke a window.</p> 
<p>1:23 p.m. A Ca&#241;ada Court caller said someone broke into a house and stole all the appliances. She then found them next door after she learned the former tenant had given them to the neighbor.</p> 
<p>1:30 p.m. A Private Drive caller said it appeared a man was overdosing on alcohol and there were empty vodka bottles around him.</p> 
<p>8:43 p.m. A Private Drive caller said an 18-year-old man appeared to be overdosing, he was unconscious and snoring. Sheriff&#8217;s deputies administered the overdose-reversing drug Narcan.</p> 
<p>11:08 p.m. A Camino Cielo Grande caller said her neighbors were yelling and breaking things and they had a 15-year-old child in the house. Officers found no evidence of a fight.</p> 
<p>Laying it down</p> 
<p>Dec. 23</p> 
<p>12:11 a.m. A Rio Chama Chevron gas station caller said someone broke the windows and doors to his business but nothing was missing. He said it appeared rocks had been thrown through the windows.</p> 
<p>1:01 a.m. A Private Drive in Chimay&#243; caller said someone broke into her truck and stole a drill. The truck was left unlocked.</p> 
<p>1:58 a.m. A Calle Ramon Espinosa caller said she could hear someone knocking and ringing her door bell. She said she did not know who it was and did not want to check and see.</p> 
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<p>12:14 p.m. A Wal-Mart caller said a customer punched him in the back. He did not want to file a police report.</p> 
<p>12:16 p.m. A Private Drive caller said a man who lives down the road got into her garage and tried stealing a chainsaw, but he was caught in the act by her father-in-law.</p> 
<p>4:06 p.m. A Private Drive in Alcalde caller said his neighbor came to his house and broke his kitchen window.</p> 
<p>6:38 p.m. A North Riverside Drive caller said a man was passed out on the cement in front of a business. He was breathing, but unresponsive. The man was transported by ambulance to the emergency room.</p> 
<p>8:48 p.m. A South Riverside Drive caller said a drunk man walked into the business and he told him to leave. Instead of leaving, the man laid down on the ground and complained he could not walk due to severe leg pain. He was transported to the Espa&#241;ola Hospital.</p> 
<p>9:08 p.m. A Calle Cristobal caller said his ex-wife came to his house and smashed things that they both own.</p> 
<p>Holiday cheer overcomes fight</p> 
<p>Dec. 24</p> 
<p>3:29 a.m. A U.S. Highway 285 caller said some people were at her house, trying to steal a truck, driving all over her property and hitting trees with the truck.</p> 
<p>3:38 p.m. A North Riverside Drive caller said a bald man was beating a woman.</p> 
<p>6:35 p.m. A Silver Lane in Ohkay Owingeh caller said her drunk 43-year-old daughter was causing a disturbance.</p> 
<p>8:08 p.m. An Allsup&#8217;s caller said a blonde, dark-complected woman appeared to be prostituting herself, along with a couple other women, outside of the gas station.</p> 
<p>9:04 p.m. A U.S. Highway 84 caller said her 46-year-old father was not conscious, but breathing, after he took all of his medications at once. She said she just got home and found him like this, but she had received a text message from him at 8:40 p.m., saying goodbye. The man was transported to the Espa&#241;ola Hospital, alive. He left a suicide note.</p> 
<p>11:14 p.m. A Calle del Sol caller said she was talking to her cousin, when she got into it with a woman driving an Escalade, and the woman pulled a knife on her. An Espa&#241;ola police officer was down the street when the incident occurred and he told dispatchers neither side wanted to press charges and instead, continue with the holiday. The Escalade was towed.</p> 
<p>Watch your step</p> 
<p>Dec. 25</p> 
<p>5:13 a.m. A South Monterey Lane caller said a man in a gray hoodie was yelling things and he wanted him checked out.</p> 
<p>4:06 p.m. A North McCurdy Road caller said an intoxicated man was walking around in the area and he wanted him checked out.</p> 
<p>4:25 p.m. A Santa Claran Hotel Casino caller said a drunk man wanted an ambulance because he thought his ribs were broken.</p> 
<p>6:37 p.m. A State Road 399 caller said he needed an ambulance because he fell in a hole while playing with his dog.</p> 
<p>7:07 p.m. A Camino Santa Cruz caller said three boys were throwing rocks at cars as they drove by.</p> 
<p>8:08 p.m. A Fairview Lane caller said a woman threw him out of the house and stole his money, as well as his shoes and hat. He did not want to press charges against her.</p> 
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