Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:

 

About 2 p.m. Nov. 5 officers responded to a residence in the 2000 block of Jonquil Park for a suicidal subject.

A woman told police her husband was intoxicated and had locked himself in a bedroom closet with a handgun.

She said she heard him chamber a round in the gun and he told her he was going to shoot so she left the house and called police.

The Special Response Team was called to the scene to try to communicate with the man and get him to come out of the house.

The man exited the house without incident a little more than an hour later.

Police found a five-page suicide note. The man was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

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About 3 a.m. Nov. 6 officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a residence in the 500 block of West Street.

A woman said her boyfriend came to the house with his mother, demanding his clothes and belongings.

She said her boyfriend’s mother began hitting her and she fought her to defend herself. She said she fell to the ground and the woman kept kicking her and stomped on her head.

The woman’s two roommates confirmed her story and said when they tried to stop the attack the woman turned on them and hit them.

The officer noted intent to seek a warrant for the woman and her son.

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About 11 a.m. Nov. 6 an officer responded to an undisclosed residence for a report of robbery.

A 17-year-old said his uncle demanded $20 from him and when he refused to give it to him, he said the man hit him in the face.

He said he then gave his uncle the $20 and he left the house.

While the officers were there the uncle returned and was arrested for robbery. The boy was placed in the custody of a Children Youth and Families Department worker.

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About 6 p.m. Nov. 6 an officer took a battery report at the police department.

A woman said she was battered when she tried to stop an attack on her boyfriend by her neighbors.

She said three women were hitting her boyfriend with boards and his face was bleeding.

When she tried to stop them, she said they turned on her and one of them hit her in the face with a stick and pulled a chunk of her hair out.

She said the whole incident started because she asked one of the women’s children to stop hitting her residence with a stick.

The officer documented the woman’s injuries and noted intent to seek warrants on the women.


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