Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
About 10 p.m. Sept. 14 an officer responded to a home at an undisclosed address for a shooting.
The officer noted on his arrival a male was holding a towel around the ankle of a 21-year-old woman.
The man said he was showing his grandfather’s .22 caliber rifle to the woman and another man when he accidentally fired a shot.
The woman was struck in the leg.
The other two gave the same account of events.
The woman was transported to the hospital and the gun was taken into evidence.
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About 9 a.m. Sept.. 15 an officer responded to an undisclosed residence for an assault report.
A man said the mother of his child threw a food container at him, threatened him with a knife and stabbed the tires on his vehicle.
The woman said they were arguing and she found a crack pipe in his vehicle and was angry because she is on probation and didn’t want that kind of stuff around.
She said he threatened her with a knife.
The officer noted both had marks on them consistent with an altercation.
Since he could not tell who the aggressor was, he arrested both for battery on a household member.
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About 2 p.m. Sept. 15 an officer responded to a school in the 1900 block of Thornton for a student with drugs.
School administrators said they received a report of a student that smelled like marijuana.
When they searched him they found a small baggy of marijuana.
The officer noted intent to issue the teen a citation upon his return to school.
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About 9 p.m. Sept. 15 an officer took a report of a robbery at a restaurant in the 1000 block of Main Street.
A 17-year-old female said she ordered food and had gone back to her vehicle when a man approached her window and demanded she give him money.
She said she was scared and handed him more than $80 and he left.
Witnesses said they saw the man asking people for money.
The officer was able to get an identification of the suspect and noted intent to seek a warrant for robbery.
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About 11 p.m. Sept. 15 an officer stopped in the 100 block of Hickory Street for a suspicious circumstance.
The officer noticed a chain link fence in the road and found an area of fencing that had been run over and the poles ripped out of the ground by a vehicle leaving the lot.
The owner said a semi-truck that had been parked there was missing.
Police blotter is compiled by CNJ staff writer Sharna Johnson. She can be contacted at 763-6991 or: e-mail to: sharna_johnson@link.freedom.com
