Bear stuck in loading dock: The Record for Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
12:44 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called about a suspicious vehicle at the Fish Creek Falls trailhead.
11:06 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called about a bear that got stuck in a loading dock outside a hotel in the 2200 block of Village Inn Court. The animal eventually managed to escape.
12:47 p.m. Police received a report of two people who allegedly shoplifted $117 worth of goods from a grocery store in the 1400 block of South Lincoln Avenue. The people drove away before officers arrived. Police are investigating.
1:23 p.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters were called to assist an unconscious person at a business in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive.
5:41 p.m. Police were called about a drunken man at a parking lot in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive. He was taken to the hospital for an evaluation.
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8:24 p.m. Police received a report of shots fired from Pine Street and Crawford Avenue. Officers determined the noise was fireworks, not gunfire.
10:31 p.m. Police were called about a drunken man seen running and screaming profanities through a mobile home park in the 1300 block of Dream Island Plaza. He was gone by the time officers arrived.
10:42 p.m. Police were called about fireworks exploding in the 1200 block of Sparta Plaza.
11:33 p.m. Police were called about a noisy house party in the 10th block of Park Avenue.
11:49 p.m. Police were called about fireworks exploding at Village Drive and Walton Creek Road.
Total incidents: 51
- Steamboat officers had 26 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
- Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies had 17 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
- Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters responded to seven calls for service.
- Yampa Fire Protection District firefighters responded to one call for service.
The Record offers a glimpse of police activity and is not a comprehensive report of all police activity. Calls such as domestic violence, sexual assaults and juvenile situations typically do not appear in The Record.

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