5:28 a.m.: A woman turned herself in on an active warrant at the Montezuma County Detention Center on the 700 block of E. Driscoll St. She was taken into custody and booked without incident.
8:59 a.m.: A man reported that a .22-caliber lever-action rifle was stolen from his unlocked vehicle while he was at a restaurant on the 1300 block of Railroad Ave. in Dolores the previous evening. The incident is under investigation, and no suspects have been identified.
12:39 p.m.: Deputies responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Colorado Highway 145 and Colorado Highway 184 near Dolores. A U.S. Forest Service pickup and an SUV collided after the pickup entered the intersection. One passenger was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, and no serious injuries were reported.
6:21 p.m.: Deputies responded to a report of a large fight at a gathering on the 9500 block of Road 29.1. A woman was allegedly punched and kicked by multiple people, and one suspect reportedly held her head in a mud puddle. The woman declined to press charges after deputies identified the parties involved.
10:37 a.m.: Deputies and firefighters responded to a report of smoke on the 13700 block of Road 38.9 near Mancos. They found a small campfire that the homeowner had started. The fire was extinguished upon request, and the homeowner – unaware of a county fire ban – was issued a verbal warning.
2:09 p.m.: A man found a rifle in its case on the roadside near the intersection of Road 25 and Road M, west of Cortez. He turned the firearm over to deputies, who placed it into evidence for safekeeping while checking if it had been reported stolen.
8:22 p.m.: A woman reported a protection order violation on the 11900 block of Road 39.2 near Mancos. She told deputies her ex-husband had sent multiple harassing messages and posted an explicit personal photo of her on social media, despite a court order forbidding contact. Deputies are seeking a warrant for the man’s arrest on suspicion of violating the protection order.
1:22 a.m.: A deputy on patrol contacted two individuals walking with bicycles along the 7000 block of U.S. Highway 160 near Cortez. A woman among them was found to have an active warrant and was arrested on that warrant; drug paraphernalia in her possession was seized for destruction.
9:10 a.m.: Deputies investigated a fight among three inmates at the Montezuma County Detention Center on the 700 block of E. Driscoll St. Two men allegedly assaulted a third man after an argument, and all three sustained minor injuries. The incident was documented on security footage.
12:09 p.m.: The owner of a market on the 4600 block of U.S. Highway 491 in Cortez reported a trespassing incident that occurred the previous week. A man about 20 years old had jumped a fence and entered the property, tried to sell a knife to an employee, and then left. Deputies reviewed surveillance footage and are attempting to identify the suspect.
3:26 a.m.: Mancos law enforcement and sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired near W. Grand Ave. and Mesa St. in Mancos. They found a red Jeep that had crashed through a fence in an alley. A man at the scene, who appeared intoxicated, was detained and turned over to the Mancos Marshal’s Office for further investigation.
10:41 a.m.: A man reported finding a handgun on the roadside along the 26000 block of Road X near Dolores. Deputies collected the .357 Magnum revolver and secured it in evidence for safekeeping.
11:11 a.m.: A woman at the hospital on the 1300 block of N. Mildred Road in Cortez reported she had been bitten on the finger by a stray cat early that morning while feeding her own pets. She sustained a minor puncture wound to her finger.
9:52 a.m.: Deputies served an outstanding failure-to-appear warrant on a female inmate at the Montezuma County Detention Center on the 700 block of E. Driscoll St. The woman, already in custody on unrelated charges, was formally notified of the warrant.
Note: Summaries are based on anonymized incident reports and do not imply guilt or conviction. AI assisted
