LONGMONT

Police investigating a report on Monday that a man dressed in a sombrero and a poncho was vandalizing a wall and knocking on a woman’s door on the 600 block of Martin Street located the suspect and shot him with a Taser when he struggled with officers, police reported. Police found that he had spray paint on his hands, a can of spray paint in his pocket, and apparently had left a plate of refried beans, tortillas and taquitos on the doorstep of an apartment. The woman who lives in the apartment cried when officers talked to her. She said she doesn’t know the man and reported that he had been “terrorizing” the neighborhood.

Police arrested a woman on suspicion of shoplifting on the 1200 block of South Hover Street on Sunday after she attempted to leave a store with a basket of goods worth $1,064. Police reported security officers believed she was acting suspiciously and waited for her outside the store and stopped her as she tried to leave without paying for three portable DVD players, two tool sets and three pairs of shoes. She told police she “has a problem” and needs to be on different medications.

A resident reported on Monday that a thief siphoned gas from and damaged a vehicle while it was parked on the 2600 block of Denver Avenue, according to police reports. There are no suspects.

Officers investigating a suspicious vehicle parked at Sandstone Ranch at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday ticketed the occupants on suspicion of indecent exposure, open container and underage drinking, police reported.