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Reuniting lost friends: The Record for Monday, June 1, 2020

Monday, June 1, 2020

1:59 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a report of a suspicious truck with its lights on at the Yampa River State Park near Hayden. The vehicle was gone by the time deputies arrived. 

2:35 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called about a bear that got into an unsecured dumpster in the 400 block of Tamarack Drive. Officers issued a citation to residents for allegedly violating local trash ordinances.



8:31 a.m. Officers mediated an argument between a landlord and tenant in the 2200 block of Downhill Drive. 

9:58 a.m. Police received a report of theft regarding several hundred dollars worth of items that went missing from outside a business in the 2100 block of Downhill Drive. 



12:25 p.m. Police were called to mediate an argument between family members in the 2000 block of Elk River Road. 

12:55 p.m. Deputies received a report of a cold theft involving a trailer that went missing sometime in the last several months from a property in the 97700 block of U.S. Highway 40.

1:09 p.m. Police received a report of a passerby who allegedly struck an employee of a business on Lincoln Avenue. Officers are investigating the incident.

1:57 p.m. Police were called about a man who allegedly stole food from a gas station in the 2000 block of Curve Plaza. Officers could not locate the man. 

5:33 p.m. Police were called to mediate an argument that broke out after a driver parked in a handicapped space in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive. 

Crime Stoppers

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6:38  p.m. Police received a report of illegal dumping from a business in the 1700 block of Central Park Drive.

7:32 p.m. Oak Creek Fire Protection District firefighters received a report of an illegal burn in the 100 block of West Virginia Street in Oak Creek. 

8:24 p.m. A caller notified police of a man carrying a gun outside a hotel in the 1000 block of Walton Creek Road. The person was a guest of the hotel who was not breaking the law. 

10:36 p.m. A resident called police about a power outage in the 1300 block of Indian Trails.

11:28 p.m. Police received a report of a missing person after two friends got separated during a night of drinking downtown. Officers helped reunite the friends.  

Total incidents: 80

  • Steamboat officers had 46 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
  • Sheriff’s deputies had 26 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
  • Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters responded to six calls for service.
  • Yampa Fire Protection District firefighters responded to one call for service.
  • Oak Creek 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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