Apparently It’s Not Alright to Shoot Your Cannon in Greeley Every Time the Broncos Score

Once a week my hometown newspaper, the Greeley Tribune, puts together what they call their Crime Log. Basically they find the weirdest sh** that the cops encountered, and believe me there is a lot, in the town over the previous week. This week we found that it's not ok to celebrate the Denver Broncos scoring by firing off your cannon in the city!

Bronco fever is obviously at an all time high all over the state of Colorado, but I must say that Greeley has always seemed to love the football team from an hour south of the city just a bit more than some other Colorado towns. When the Broncos won their back-to-back Super Bowls in the late '90's, I was really young, but I thought it was the coolest thing ever when my dad took me "cruising" down 10th Street in Greeley. It literally looked like Las Vegas Boulevard full of cars waving and honking with people so happy that the Broncos won the title. I even remember hearing reports of people by the college burning couches and almost rioting because of their excitement.

Well, the Broncos haven't won the Super Bowl yet, but they are back in the game for the first time in 15 years, and apparently that has got at least one Greeley resident so excited that he pulled out his cannon and was shooting it off in celebration each time the Broncos scored against the Patriots this last Sunday:

Jan., 19th, 3:56 p.m.: A caller reported four loud booms coming from the area around the 2500 block of 3rd Street. A separate man had called police earlier in the day to report he would be shooting off a cannon with blanks every time the Broncos scored a touchdown. He was ultimately contacted for the noise violation and discharging a firearm.

First off, I am pretty sure just down the road from this guy, they shoot off a cannon every time the UNC Bears football team scores. Also, at least he wasn't shooting balls out of that thing at the neighbors house! And, I think I know where I am going to celebrate after the Bronco actually win the Super Bowl on February 2nd!

Some of the other Crime Log highlights this week included:

-Someone was riding a bicycle southbound on 11th Avenue and appeared to be intoxicated.

-A 16-year-old was reportedly in the backyard with a small shotgun in the 3400 block of 23rd Street. The person was allegedly shooting rabbits.

-People were reportedly running around and rapidly ringing doorbells in the 600 block of 47th Avenue Court. The commotion was causing a dog in the neighborhood to bark nonstop, disturbing neighbors.

-A male was laying in the lobby of the post office in the 900 block of 11th Avenue. The caller was concerned about the man’s safety.

-A caller notified police that someone was on drugs and acting strange. The man was looking in the window and climbing on a ladder outside of a home in the 1400 block of 83rd Avenue.