Man pushes cyclist off bike: The Record for Sunday, June 7
Sunday, June 7, 2020
1:58 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a prowler in the 400 block of E. Jefferson Avenue in Hayden.
2:07 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers responded to a a noise complaint in the 2300 block of Apres Ski Way. Police made contact with a group of people having a party. They agreed to turn the volume down.
7:01 a.m. Officers responded to a report about a bear in the area of an overflowing dumpster in the 2600 block of Burgess Creek Road.
8:37 a.m. Police responded to a call about a mother bear and several cubs in a dumpster in the 2700 block of Village Drive. The bears were shooed off and ran up a tree.
10:27 a.m. Police responded to a report about a bear cub that might be caught in a dumpster in the 2700 block of Village Drive. Officers lifted the lid, and the cub was able to climb out.
10:40 a.m. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 20000 block of Cinch Trail.
11:19 a.m. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person outside the police department. The person appeared agitated. Police offered help, but the person eventually left on their own.
1:50 p.m. Police responded to a call about harassing text messages from an unknown sender in the 200 block of Locust Court. The texts had been going on for months.
3:10 p.m. Officers received a report about a moose and her calf near Casey’s Pond. The caller was concerned people were stopping to look at the pair.
3:20 p.m. Routt County Search and Rescue volunteers responded to a call about an injured bicyclist mid-mountain at Steamboat Resort.
8:16 p.m. Police responded to a call about a disturbance at a restaurant in the 700 block of Yampa Street. An intoxicated man was asked to leave and became upset. Officers made contact, and the man walked away.
8:46 p.m. Officers responded to a report about a fight outside a store in the 600 block of Lincoln Ave. It was the same man who caused a disturbance nearby on Yampa Street. The man confronted a bicyclist and pushed the biker off the bike. The bike was damaged, and the man was issued a summons for assault and criminal mischief.
10:31 p.m. Police responded to a report of an intoxicated person on the Mustang Run public bus. A family member picked the person up and took them home.
Total incidents: 49
- Steamboat officers had 24 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
- Sheriff’s deputies had 11 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
- Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters responded to eight calls for service.
- West Routt Fire Protection District firefighters responded to one call for service.
- Oak Creek Fire Protection District firefighters responded to two calls for service.
- North Routt Fire Protection District firefighters responded to one call for service.
- Search and Rescue volunteers responded to two calls 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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