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Police Blotter 10/24

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

Police responded about 4 a.m. Saturday to a reported rollover crash with injuries at a store parking lot entrance.

Two men were standing next to a black Honda on its side in a large drainage area north of Llano Estacado. The driver admitted to drinking two beers about 30 to 45 minutes earlier, but field sobriety tests showed he was not intoxicated. He admitted to driving about 10 mph over the posted limit and said he rolled over after hitting gravel. The driver was arrested for reckless driving.

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Shortly after midnight Sunday, police arrived at a Clovis bar responding to a report of a fight in the parking lot. Employees said one of the people fighting had then damaged two cars by kicking and hitting them.

Police found the suspect walking south on Ross Street near 21st Street. He initially refused to cooperate with officers, but later said he had beaten up his brother because he refused to give him a ride home. Police arrested him on charges of public affray, criminal damage, evading or eluding an officer, and concealing identity.

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Police responded to a Clovis mall about 4:45 p.m. Monday regarding a criminal trespass report that occurred the previous Thursday afternoon. Mall personnel said they had found two 16-year-olds having sex in a car in the parking lot.

Police turned the male over to relatives and issued him a five-year criminal trespass citation. The female was issued a three month criminal trespass warning at the same time.

Police Blotter is compiled by CNJ staff writer Darrell Todd Maurina. He can be contacted at 763-6991 or:

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