A Colorado man was arrested Aug. 7 following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70.
The man, 26, from Loma, Colo. was traveling west in a 1982 Chevy S-10 at about 9:40 p.m., when he apparently lost control of the vehicle and ran off the road at about mile 230, according to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol. The pickup truck struck a guardrail, disabling the vehicle, according to the report.
The driver was not injured in the crash, but UHP troopers who investigated the incident suspected the man was intoxicated. He was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and booked into the Grand County jail.
Man arrested for breaking window
Police were called to a residence in a west side mobile home park on July 22 after a resident reported that a man repeatedly knocked on the front door of the home then broke a window in an apparent attempt to enter the trailer.
A Moab City Police officer who responded to the scene saw a man coming from behind the front porch of the home as the officer drove up to the residence, according to a report from the Moab City Police Department.
The man, 20, told police he was looking for his brother and struck the window on the mobile home to awaken the brother, according to the report.
Police reported that the brother lived in a nearby mobile home.
The officer smelled the odor of alcohol on the man and noticed that the man was unstable on his feet, according to the report.
The man was arrested for intoxication and criminal mischief and booked into Grand County jail. The replacement cost of the window was valued at $200.
More signs vandalized on 500 West
A worker for a company that is providing road construction signs for a construction project on 500 West reported that several signs were stolen from the site on July 22.
Two information signs and one traffic sign were missing, according to a report from the Moab City Police Department.
The worker also reported that several other signs and barrels had been damaged by graffiti, according to the report.
Earlier in July the company reported that 23 signs had been damaged after someone apparently struck them with a baseball bat or similar object, according to police records.
The missing signs were valued at $300 according to the report.
Bicycle stolen on Main Street
A Moab man reported the theft of a bicycle from an area on North Main Street on July 17. The bicycle, a black and white Trek 820, was valued at $150, according to a report from the Moab City Police Department.
Suspicious activity reported
A Moab business owner contacted police last month to report that a suspicious person was hanging around outside the business and stopping customers and asking questions, according to a report from the Moab City Police Department.
The business owner said the man claimed to be a U.S. Census worker, but showed no credentials. The man reported was writing down the license plate numbers of customers’ vehicles, according to the report.
The man was driving a maroon Toyota Tacoma and carrying a clipboard that had the words “Census Bureau” written on it, according to the report.