Chance meeting at the pool
12200 block of West 58th Avenue, July 7, 2:57 p.m.
A boy, 17, told police he was with friends at the pool when he recognized a man, 18. He said he was involved in a road-rage incident with the man weeks ago, and he pressed charges. “I know you, fool. Press charges against me,” the man allegedly said while shoving the boy. The alleged victim said the man continued cussing at him until the apartment manager arrived and broke up the melee. When police spoke with the alleged aggressor, he reportedly admitted to his behavior and said he “just lost it.” The officer issued him a ticket and advised him to avoid contact with the boy in the future.
Businessman
6700 block of Estes Street, July 6, 2:48 p.m.
A 34-year-old man called police and said he was being harassed. He said he met a man with whom he was thinking about starting a landscaping business. He said he subsequently decided not to pursue the business. However, the other man reportedly pursued the business and used the alleged victim’s address as a return address for some fliers. He told the man to stop using his address, and the man, over the phone, said, “You and your family better move back to Wyoming or you will end up dead.” He said he was worried for the safety of his wife and children. Police were not able to reach the other man.
Not dead yet
6100 block of Fenton Street, July 5, 9:39 p.m.
Police contacted a man, 47, who called 911 and hung up. The man said he was setting up his speed dial for 911 and accidentally called it. However, the man said he had something to get off his chest. He said he and his wife, 28, were in the middle of a breakup. They were entertaining friends recently and, when he was out of the room, his wife allegedly said that he soon would be dead. That worried him. The officer contacted the couple, and the woman said the remark was made in the context that, because of the husband’s lifestyle, he would be dead soon. The husband told the officer that he was at his aunt’s house in Lakewood recently when the wife drove by and said, “I wish you were dead.” He was advised to file a report with the Lakewood police.
Fences make good neighbors
11900 block of West 58th Avenue, July 3, 8:12 p.m.
A woman, 28, called police and said she was with her dog, Diamond, in her back yard when she glanced over the chain-link fence and saw her male neighbor, 21, with his dog in his back yard. She said the man looked at her and then at his dog, asking it, “Do you want to eat her Diamond?” She said the man let the dog off the leash and said, “Yeah, you can go eat her Diamond.” She said the dog jumped the fence and tried to attack her dog. She said she and her dog fled inside before anything happened. Police confronted the man. He admitted to the accusation and acknowledged that it was a “stupid” thing to do. The officers told him the situation could have ended with him being charged and his dog being destroyed. He said he would apologize to the neighbor. Police told both people to ask their landlords to put up a 6-foot fence.