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Winter weather crashes and drunken pedestrians: The Record for Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019

1:31 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called about a noise complaint at a condominium in the 1700 block of Medicine Springs Drive. A resident complained about loud music and yelling at a neighboring unit.

7:24 a.m. Officers were called about an altercation between employees at a sandwich shop in the 1700 block of Central Park Drive and the driver of a snow plow. The driver was upset that the employees would not move their vehicles from a nearby parking lot so that he could plow.

8:27 a.m. Officers arrested an employee of an appliance store in the 1700 block of Central Park Drive on suspicion of stealing money from the store’s office.

10:43 a.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters responded to a shed that caught on fire in the 300 block of Kelhi Court.

12:34 p.m. The landlord of a residence in the 3300 block of Apres Ski Way called officers for help evicting a tenant.

4:36 p.m. Steamboat firefighters responded to a head-on crash at mile marker 128 on U.S. Highway 40. One driver suffered a concussion.

5:26 p.m. Officers were called about a motor vehicle crash between a pickup truck and a plow truck at Walton Creek Road and Village Drive. There were no injuries.

5:28 p.m. A woman reported a harassment case to officers after receiving a text message from an unknown number asking for sexual favors.

6:24 p.m. Officers responded to a dispute between a drunken patron and servers at a restaurant in the 100 block of Eighth Street. The patron left before officers arrived.

10:27 a.m. Officers were called about a highly intoxicated, 72-year-old man stumbling along the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue. The man was taken to the hospital for detox.

11:30 p.m. A drunken man at a hot springs in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue called officers to request a courtesy ride. Officers took the man to the hotel where he was staying.

Total incidents: 64

  • Steamboat officers had 37 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
  • Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies had 16 cases that included calls for service and officer-initiated incidents such as traffic stops.
  • Steamboat firefighters responded to nine calls for service.
  • Yampa Fire Protection District firefighters responded to one call for service.
  • North Routt 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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