Castle Rock
Aug. 5
The Douglas County School District offices were burglarized.
Taken were video cameras and a digital camera valued at
approximately $2,800. The crime scene was photographed and dusted
for latent prints, and the investigation continued.
Aug. 10
More than $1,500 in coin and equipment was reported stolen from
the self-serve car wash in the 700 block of Jerry Street. The
reporting party told officers that when he came to work, he found
the maintenance room open and two door locks broken. He said the
interior door to the change machine was not locked and someone had
taken keys from inside an electrical box and used them to open two
other interior coin boxes. The case remained open.
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A woman on Circle Drive reported that she found a purse while
trimming bushes in her yard. The police report indicated the purse
appeared to have been outdoors for a long time, and the contents
dated back to 1998. The purse contained two credit cards and a
driver’s license, but the purse’s owner no longer lived at the
address listed. The purse was placed into evidence, and the case
remained open.
Aug. 11
A Castle Rock woman was arrested and booked in Douglas County
jail after police responded to a domestic disturbance in progress
in the 400 block of South Gilbert Street. Witnesses told officers
the woman was arguing with her husband when she took out a utility
knife and attempted to stab him. During the altercation, the man
was cut when he attempted to get the knife away from her.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Aug. 13
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies contacted a suspicious
vehicle, a van, at Rampart Range Road and Village Circle West after
it was reported to have two different license plates displayed. One
was registered in the driver’s name and the other was listed as
stolen out of Lakewood. The driver told deputies he didn’t know why
he had two plates. He was driving under a revoked license and no
proof of insurance. He was taken into custody by deputies. A search
of the vehicle turned up a marijuana pipe, a report said.
Aug. 15
A pulse oximeter, valued at more than $700, was reported as lost
after a salesperson left the device for a doctor at 5185 N. Lariat
Drive in Castle Rock. A courier went to pick up the oximeter and it
was not there. The doctor, to whom it was delivered, told deputies
he put it on the ground in a plastic bad and said his dog possibly
took it into a nearby wooded area.