Aggression
5215 Wadsworth Blvd., July 17, 8:37 p.m.
A 24-year-old male Home Depot loss-prevention officer told police that a 29-year-old man man loaded up his cart with items and wheeled it past an empty register and to the parking lot. The worker said he contacted the man in the parking lot and identified himself as store security. He said a nasty struggle broke out, and the suspect used his thumbs to gouge the eyes of the security worker. The police officer noticed the bruised and bloodshot eyes of the security worker. The suspect told police he thought his boss paid for the items. He said that the worker tackled him without identifying himself. He said he was merely defending himself from this “crazy guy” who was attacking him. A search of the parking lot did not yield the boss. The man was arrested for third-degree assault.
Crosswalkers
6350 Sheridan Blvd., July 17, 5:45 p.m.
A 41-year-old woman told police she was driving in front of King Soopers when a family of three was walking in front of her car. She said the family noticed her and started deliberately to walk slowly and laugh at her. “Get out of the way,” she yelled. She said the mother, 39, unleashed a stream of profanities. The driver gave the mother the bird, and the mother kicked her car door, she said. She said she recorded the license plate number of the vehicle belonging to the family, as more two-way cussing tirades ensued. The mother said that she was crossing the crosswalk with her husband and 11-year-old son when the woman in the car, apparently impatient, pulled forward and nicked her son on his calf with her car. The driver said that she did not strike the child with her bumper. Given the divergent premises of the two women, no further action was taken.
Trouble at the drive-through
West 58th Avenue and Garrison Street, July 12, 7:15 p.m.
Police were called to KFC about an indecent exposure. They contacted a man, 30, and his girlfriend, 39. Both were visibly intoxicated. The girlfriend said they were arguing and pushing each other. She said that he was urinating by a brick wall. A witness claimed the man was lying near the drive-through earlier with his pants down, masturbating. The man said he merely was urinating. He said he was leaning over so he would not urinate on himself. He said that action was probably what the witness took for masturbation. He was ticketed for indecent exposure and hauled to detox.
Bomb
8055 Sheridan Blvd., July 11, 4:29 p.m.
Police were called to a bank franchise within Cub Foods on a bomb threat. They told the manager he should evacuate the store. He announced over the intercom that all customers should leave. Officers spoke with the 26-year-old female bank employee, who took the bomb threat. She said a man with a raspy voice and a southern drawl made the threat over the telephone. Police tried to get a bomb-sniffing dog from Westminster, but officers said the dog had three other jobs that day and was too tired to take a fourth. Officers eventually secured a dog from Denver. While officers were inside the bank, they answered the phone in hopes that an incoming call might provide a clue. Most of the calls were about financial matters, however. One woman became very irate when police told her they could not help with her lost card.