Steamboat Pilot & Today

Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012

Police, fire and ambulance calls

1:02 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a report of a car that hit an elk near mile marker 55 on Colorado Highway 131. The elk died, and the car’s occupants were not hurt.

2:05 a.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters were called to help a person having difficulty breathing in the 2900 block of West End Avenue.

5:30 a.m. Officers were called to help a child having difficulty breathing at a hotel in the 2300 block of Mount Werner Circle.

6:40 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of harassment in the 2200 block of County Shop Road.

9:30 a.m. Steamboat firefighters were called to help a person with a medical issue in Gondola Square.

9:47 a.m. Officers were called to a report of a minor trying to get people to buy him alcohol in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive. The minor was given a warning.

10:38 a.m. Officers were called to check on the welfare of a sick person at a hotel in the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue.

11:22 a.m. Steamboat firefighters were called to help a person who fell in the 44300 block of Routt County Road 129.

12:42 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive.

1:35 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a suspicious man who had been sitting in a car for the past hour at a grocery store parking lot in the 1400 block of South Lincoln Avenue. Officers reported finding brass knuckles in the door of the man’s car along with an inhalant. The 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous weapon.

2:48 p.m. Deputies were called to a report of a noninjury rollover accident at C.R. 14 and Country Green Road.

3:28 p.m. Deputies were called to a report of fraudulent charges on a person’s credit card.

3:36 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a car damaged in the 3700 block of Lincoln Avenue.

4:25 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive.

4:44 p.m. Officers were called to a report of vandalism at a grocery store in the 1400 block of South Lincoln Avenue.

5:02 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident at Central Park Drive and Mount Werner Road.

5:43 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident in the 1800 block of Central Park Drive.

5:58 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident at Mount Werner Road and South Lincoln Avenue.

6:26 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a wallet lost in the 1400 block of Pine Grove Road.

6:52 p.m. Officers were called to a report of phone harassment in downtown Steamboat.

6:59 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident in the 1400 block of Pine Grove Road. Minor injuries were reported.

7 p.m. Officers were called to a report of a noninjury accident on Burgess Creek Road.

8:42 p.m. Officers were called to a report of gunshots in the 800 block of Mountain Village Circle. Officers could not find the source of the noise.

10:34 p.m. Steamboat firefighters were called to help a person who fell in the 2600 block of Cross Timbers Trail.

11:15 p.m. Officers were called to a report of an assault at Walton Creek Road and South Lincoln Avenue. A 25-year-old man reportedly kicked a car because the car drove too close to him and his brother. Police said the driver then got out of the car and was punched by the 25-year-old. He was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault.