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10/30 Police Blotter

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

At 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call from a home on the 600 block of 13th Street regarding a stolen stove. The caller told police his rental home was being renovated and an electric stove was stolen sometime between Oct. 2 and Oct. 17.

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At 9 a.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to a business on the 400 block of First Street after a man called and said someone had thrown rocks through a glass front door. Police located dents at the bottom panel of the door and rocks on broken glass on the floor by the door. The caller said nothing from inside the business was missing estimated. The damage was estimated at $200.

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At 7 a.m. Wednesday, a 67-year-old man called police because he said his son punched him in the face when he wouldn’t get out of bed and go to work with him.

He told police his son had been suspended from school and was lying in bed when he pulled the covers from his son’s face. He said his son jumped out of bed and punched him on the chin. The suspect told police he didn’t hit his father.

Police placed the suspect into custody at the Curry County Juvenile Detention Center.

Police blotter is compiled by CNJ staff writer Andy Jackson. She can be contacted at 763-6991 or: [email protected]