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Manitou Springs police blotter – 8/19

Aug. 8• A car backed into a gas pipe owned by Colorado Springs Utilities, breaking it. The Manitou Springs Fire Department worked with Utilities to secure the leaking pipe until it could be turned off and fixed. No citations were issued.

Aug. 11• Shortly after 11 a.m., an officer responded to a report of car vandalism in the 100 block of Ruxton Avenue. A window had been broken with a blunt object. No arrests were made.• Police learned that Michelle Blum, 42, of Colorado Springs, had been arrested by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on a failure-to-appear warrant from Manitou Springs. Her original court date was for charges of resisting an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the police report. She was taken to the county jail on a $1,000 bond pending her new court date of Sept. 15.

Aug. 12• Officers took a report of a bicycle theft on High Street. A Marin bike was stolen from a porch there. No arrests were made.

Thursday• Shortly before 7 a.m., an officer responded to a cold-burglary report in the 300 block of Sutherland Place. The resident told the officer that someone had stolen property from a vehicle in her garage. No arrests were made.• Shortly before 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a trespassing report in the 300 block of Clarksley Road. There was no damage to the property, and no arrests were made.

Friday• Officers responded to a report of a broken store window at a business in the zero block of Ruxton Avenue. No arrests were made, and no more information was available Tuesday.• Shortly after 10 a.m., an officer responded to a report of a car break-in, in the 300 block of Crystal Hills Boulevard. No arrests were made.• Officers responded to a report of a vehicle break-in, in the 300 block of Clarksley Road – a different house from the subject of the Thursday trespassing call. The value of the missing items was estimated at $270. No arrests were made.• About 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a non-injury traffic crash in the 900 block of Manitou Avenue. The at-fault driver was issued a court summons for suspected careless driving, and released.

Saturday• Three vehicles were impounded after they were parked illegally during the Pikes Peak Ascent. Police unsuccessfully tried to find the cars’ owners before towing them, according to the report.

Wednesday• Officers responded to a domestic-violence report in the 300 block of Pilot Knob. They found that a man had pushed a woman during an altercation. The suspect was taken to the El Paso County jail.

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