Late Night Visit By Rio Rancho's Finest

I’m sleeping on the couch tonight because I have a bunch of crap on the bed. I get settled in and start to doze off when I get a loud nock at the door. That freaks me out. I don’t have unannounced visitors at the house at this time of night. I look through the crack in the blinds and I see a Rio Rancho Police patch.

Yikes! I search around for my pants. I open the door and there are two Rio Rancho cops with flashlights out. They ask my name then ask me if I know a few other people. Never heard the names. Then they ask how long I lived here, if anyone else lives here, etc. Eventually, they realize I’m not the droids they’re looking for.

Another lady comes out of the darkness with paperwork and they start discussing it. Not sure what was going on but I suspect they were trying to serve warrants. They ask me a few more questions then they decide to leave. I’m sure they also ran my plates since they asked if that was my truck.

I’ll give them this, they sure are stealthy. I heard several cars drive off but I didn’t hear a single thing when they came to the house, except for nock on the door.

Now I have to try to get back to sleep.

Dog Eats Man's "Twigs & Berries"

Albuquerque got a little national news this morning, or so my Girlfriend tells me. As she saw it on some national news show this morning (a slow news day I guess). It also explains all the cops near the house yesterday.

Albuquerque police say the unidentified man was walking the dog when it attacked him. Police say the man was seriously injured in the groin area.

Susie Rayos Marmon Elementary School, where this happened, is about 1000 feet from my house. Apparently the dog took the mans parts with him. I also heard that the guy was drunk but it’s just hearsay at this point. As far as I know they haven’t found the dog. I will be wearing a cup prior to leaving the house today.

[Update 8/31/04] It’s gets stranger. According to the news tonight (in which they showed our house for 2 seconds) the man was found naked and the dog was “abused”. The dog is still at large.