Denton police were dispatched to a disturbance in the 1800 block of Bolivar Street at about 9 a.m. Wednesday and found two bounty hunters waiting outside a door.
The men said they were hired by a bail bond company to find a man who failed to appear for a court date in another county and showed their credentials, according to a police report.
The bounty hunters said they had traced the man to the Denton home. They said they knocked on the door and asked for the man, but three people refused to let them in and became increasingly aggressive.
One bounty hunter said he showed them a stun gun he was carrying but did not use it, opting to wait until police arrived, according to the report.
Other reports
2200 block of West Windsor Drive — A Denton Parks and Recreation Department employee called police to report a theft Wednesday.
A pair of employees unlocked the concession stand at North Lakes Park at about 6:30 p.m. to find the safe open and four moneybags missing, according to a police report.
About $330 was reported missing, including the startup cash and the sales proceeds from the week before.
One employee said he was the last to leave the night before and that the safe had been closed, but he did not confirm that it had been locked.
He provided police with a list of employees who had access to the building.
1900 block of Meadows Avenue, Lantana — A Denton County sheriff’s deputy took a report by phone from a woman who said she had gone to the airport Wednesday morning and returned at noon to find her vehicle covered in applesauce.
She took photos before she washed it off, according to the deputy’s report.
800 block of Oakcrest Drive, Providence Village — A woman reported that someone had broken the front passenger-side window of her vehicle Wednesday while she and her family were at the community pool.
She told the responding sheriff’s deputy that she’d hidden her wallet in her purse under the front seat and now it was gone.
The woman’s camera and cellphone, which were sitting on the center console, weren’t taken, according to the deputy’s report. She said the wallet contained about $20 in cash, a $30 prepaid debit card, her Michigan driver’s license and her family’s Social Security cards.
6100 block of FM1830, Argyle area — Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched on a report of a suspicious person Wednesday morning and found a naked man carrying a sword walking up a driveway.
The man told deputies that he had walked to a gas well site, where the neighbor who made the call reported that the man had climbed a water tank, according to a deputy’s report.
The man said he was not wearing his clothes because he had an infection that was aggravated by them.
The deputies found some clothes for the man and asked him to put them on.
They arrested the man and took his sword, along with a machete that was in his house, for safekeeping.
Roundup
From 7 a.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday:
• Denton policed handled 258 service and officer-initiated calls.
• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 661 service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. Sixty-one people were booked into county jail.
• Denton firefighters responded to 23 calls, including nine medical calls, two requests to assist invalids and one electrical problem.
Argyle firefighters responded to one animal bite and one grass fire.
Aubrey firefighters responded to five medical calls, one request to assist a citizen, one odor investigation and a request to unlock a vehicle.
Krum firefighters responded to a vehicle fire, a medical call and a request to assist a citizen.
Lake Cities firefighters responded to a downed power line, a structure fire, a traffic incident and a request to unlock a vehicle.
Oak Point firefighters responded to one medical call.
Ponder firefighters responded to a medical call and a request to assist a citizen.
Pilot Point firefighters responded to a downed power line, an illegal burn and a request to unlock a vehicle.
Sanger firefighters responded to seven medical calls and an illegal burn.
PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881. Her e-mail address is pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com .
