Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020

6:30 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers responded to a call from a homeowner in the 100 block of Hill Street who awoke to find an unknown car parked in their driveway.

10:37 a.m. Officers responded to a report of several dogs running off leash on the corner of Elk River Road and Copper Ridge Circle. Officers were unable to find the dogs.

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2:51 p.m. Officers got a call about someone using another person’s identity to get a phone. Officers took a fraud report.

3:04 p.m. Officers received a call from a resident about a couch that had been dumped on the corner of Apres Ski Way and Longthong Road. They are continuing to investigate the dumping Friday.

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3:09 p.m. Officers got a fraud report in the 1300 block of Sparta Plaza. A person had responded to a Craigslist advertisement for an apartment available and had sent in a deposit. The Craigslist post was fraudulent.

10:34 p.m. Officers came across several trashcans that had been knocked over in West Acres Trailer Park. The suspected culprit, a bear, was nowhere to be seen.

Total incidents: 48

• Steamboat officers had 20 cases that included calls for service and officer initiated incidents like traffic stops.
• Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies had 19 cases that included calls for service and officer initiated incidents like traffic stops.
• Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters had four calls for service. 
• West Routt Fire Protection District firefighters had three calls for service. 
• Oak Creek Fire Protection District firefighters had one call for service.
• Yampa Fire Protection District firefighters had 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.