A delectable egg
5700 block of Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, June 27, 9:08 a.m.
Police were called by the employees of the Army Navy Surplus store. They said a man just left the area after yelling at them. Based on a vehicle description, an officer stopped a vehicle driven by a 43-year-old man. The officer asked if he had come from the store. “What is it to ya?” the man demanded. The officer told him about what he heard. The man implored the officer to “hurry things up,” and threatened to turn the officer in to his supervisor. Apparently, the employees at the surplus store said the man arrived at 8 a.m., before the store opened. They told him the store was closed. They said he became very agitated and began dropping f-bombs and cussing out the employees, which led to more f-words and escalated verbal arguments. Although the man cautioned the employees they were going to “lose (his) business,” they had a hard time losing his presence. They threatened to call the police. “Go ahead. Tell them I will be at the Delectable Egg,” he said, presumably referring to the Eggshell on the same block, although mentioning another, similarly themed restaurant. The man was ticketed for harassment. He told officers he was going to file a complaint with the police department, but he neglected to disclose what the complaint would allege.
Greeley calling
6200 block of Holman Court, June 28, 4:47 p.m.
Police were dispatched to a home about obscene phone calls. A husband and wife said they were getting messages on their answering machine in which the male caller spoke enthusiastically of sodomy and fellatio. They said the caller seemed to be a young male, and they knew from their caller identification that the calls were coming from Greeley, where their daughter attends college. The caller called while the officer was in the house. When the officer picked up the phone and identified himself, the caller hung up.
Reunited
6300 block of Union Street, June 29, 1:48 a.m.
The marriage was definitely hitting a rough spot. Estrangement followed. So the husband, 29, went with his father to the house of the family of the wife, where the 27-year-old wife was staying. Things were going OK, so the father left. The couple sat in his Ford Explorer and talked about things. According to the wife, the husband abruptly lost it. “I do not think you realize how mad I am at you,” he said, as he allegedly grabbed her throat. She was able to open the passenger door and yell at her friend to call 911. He began to drive off while the door was open, and she had to jump out, she told police. The officer was able to contact the husband on his cellphone. The husband said he knew he screwed up and said everyone would be better off if he just killed himself. The officer encouraged him to buck up and turn himself in. The husband said he did not know why he had violent outbursts or why he could not remember what happened when he had them.
Positioning systems
7899 Wadsworth Blvd., June 30, 4:45 p.m.
Police were called to Target about a 41-year-old male shoplifting suspect. The man allegedly tried to position a global positioning system in his pants. The unit was valued at roughly $250. The store security officer said the man entered the store with two friends, but he did not think they were involved with the alleged crime. While the officer was patting down the suspect, he asked him, per procedure, if he had any needles or sharp objects in his pockets. He said he had a capped syringe in one of his pockets. He also had a burnt spoon in his back pocket. The man said he was a crack cocaine enthusiast and had injected it as recently as that morning.
Sensitive runner
6400 block of Quail Street, July 2, 6:33 p.m.
An officer noticed a vehicle with a loud muffler. He ran the license plate number through his computer, and it came back stolen. The officer attempted to pull over the vehicle. However, the lone male occupant spent a while acting like he would stop but then driving off again, engaging the officer in something that was not quite a chase, but also was not quite right. Finally the man pulled over and the officer spoke with him. The man, 25, provided registration that showed he was the owner of the vehicle, which he said he bought recently. The man was so nervous that he was visibly shaking while the officer was talking with him. Also, he answered questions like his date of birth painfully slow, leading the officer to believe the man was lying. The man started to brace himself, like he was preparing to do something. Sure enough, he bolted. The officer chased the man through an apartment complex. As they were running, some people from a swimming pool joined the chase. However, the desire of the man to get away trumped the desire of those trying to catch him. The officer returned to the truck and found that the license plates were stolen. He also found a ganja pipe, or marijuana pipe. With the assistance of other officers and police K9s the man was apprehended. The man apologized profusely to the officer for running, saying he was scared. The man became so apologetic that he began crying. As he was arresting him, the officer assured the man that he was not angry with him.