1 Drunk at the park. A supervisor of the public baseball fields at 8600 Zuni St., Federal Heights, called police March 13 because a drunken man was yelling at people walking by. The suspect was found with a 40-ounce beer.
2 Obstructed rage. A police officer who pulled over a car in the parking lot of the Family Dollar Store at 831 E. 88th Ave., Thornton, on March 15 apparently blocked a customer of that store from leaving. The customer yelled at the officer to move and kept coming at him. The officer tried to question the customer, who got in his car and sped away, blowing through traffic stops. He was arrested.
3 Botched robbery. An employee at the Bath & Body Works at 361 W. 104th Ave., Northglenn, asked a suspicious shopper for her bag, which was filled with hundreds of dollars of products, and the suspect threatened to punch her before dropping the bag and running to a getaway car March 4.
4 First to call the cops. Police received a call March 13 from a man who said his girlfriend’s friend threw a rock at him when he asked her to leave his home in the 2600 block of West 91st Avenue, Federal Heights. After talking to witnesses, officers determined that the man was the aggressor and he tried to call the police first to spin the story. He was cited.
5 Misunderstood gestures. Police were called to the 6900 block of Cherry Street, Commerce City, because a man said his neighbor was threatening him March 21. The man said the suspect was yelling at him and patting his chest like he had a gun inside his coat. No weapons were found.
