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Steamboat Springs — Friday, Jan. 23

12:17 a.m. A suspicious incident was reported in the 2100 block of Snow Bowl Plaza, where a woman's dogs were barking. According to the reporting party, the last time her dogs were barking like that, someone was trying to break into a business in the area. Everything was fine.

12:18 a.m. An ambulance was requested in Steamboat Springs for a man with an unknown medical emergency. The man was too weak to get out of bed, and police forced entry to his locked home at his request. He was transported to the hospital via ambulance.

6:45 a.m. Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies assisted a motorist near mile marker 57 on Colorado Highway 131.

7:56 a.m. Sheriff's Office deputies assisted a motorist near mile marker 67 on Colo. 131.

8:35 a.m. Steamboat police assisted a motorist at 13th Street and Lincoln Avenue.

9:18 a.m. A vehicle complaint was received from Mount Werner Circle and AprÃs Ski Way, where a semitrailer became stuck in the roundabout. The truck eventually was towed out, but it took nearly two hours to clear the road.

11:07 a.m. A motor vehicle accident was reported near mile marker 5 on Routt County Road 14. The accident later was determined to be on Colo. 14 in Jackson County.

1:13 p.m. An illegally parked vehicle was towed from the 2500 block of AprÃs Ski Way.

1:16 p.m. A two-vehicle, noninjury accident was reported in the 100 block of 11th Street. Police took a report.

2:21 p.m. A holdup alarm went off in the 43200 block of C.R. 46. Everything was fine.

3:06 p.m. Sheriff's Office deputies assisted a motorist on U.S. 40 west of Steamboat II.

3:13 p.m. Sheriff's Office deputies assisted a motorist near mile marker 147 on U.S. 40.

4 p.m. A fire alarm went off in the 2200 block of Village Inn Court. Everything was fine.

5:24 p.m. A disturbance was reported in the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue. A 28-year-old Steamboat Springs man was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct.

5:55 p.m. A vehicle complaint was received from Elk River Road and Copper Ridge Circle.

6:24 p.m. A burglar alarm went off in the 700 block of Critter Court. Everything was fine.

6:56 p.m. A fire alarm went off in the 3300 block of Covey Circle. Everything was fine.

9:13 p.m. An ambulance was requested in Toponas, where a 26-year-old railroad worker from Yampa collapsed while clearing a rockslide from the tracks. The man's partner was administering CPR when an ambulance crew from the Yampa Fire Protection District arrived, but the man was pronounced dead on scene. Nothing was suspicious about the incident, but the unidentified man's cause of death is unknown, Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg said. An autopsy is pending.

10:15 p.m. A vehicle complaint was received from Broken Talon Trail in Stagecoach.

10:34 p.m. A 22-year-old Steamboat Springs man was arrested during a traffic stop in the 900 block of Weiss Drive, on suspicion of driving under the influence, DUI per se, speeding and weaving.