# Police Blotter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355 "2010-03-30T18:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/21 "2010-04-02T22:58:43Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > In the big city I live in the police stories tend to be massively awful, but I found this gem in the police blotter of my hometown paper this week: > > “Theft, 4300 block of Buffalo gap Road, Thusday: A victim was buying four computers from the suspect, who gave the victim four wooden computers.” :smack: Wooden computers are worth a lot on Ebay! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/22 "2015-09-25T18:37:18Z")
Resurrecting, because I had to share this. **September 21, 5:55 p.m.:** Passersby called 911 when they heard a woman’s loud screams of pain and alarm and sounds of a fight coming from an apartment on H Street. The arriving officers also heard the cries inside and they received no response except more yelling when they announced themselves at the doors. Upon entry the officers discovered a man and woman in the bathroom locked in a no holds barred battle, with their cat. The sodden creature did not want to be bathed and was clawing its way through its captors to freedom. The officers made sure no bandages or veterinarians were needed then went back outside to reassure the worried neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/23 "2015-09-25T19:35:22Z")
Fortunately, the serious crime wave in my area has ebbed - > [@](#): > > Twelve days earlier, police pulled over Ritter and his getaway car driver after Ritter admittedly stole deodorant from a Family Dollar store… > > He described where meth was kept in the car and admitted to using and possessing the drugs, although he claimed they weren’t his drugs. I’m not sure who I admire more - the guy who claims the drugs he possesses and uses aren’t his, or the driver of the getaway car in a deodorant heist. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/24 "2015-09-25T20:28:04Z")
Here’s one where the suspect should be pretty easy to locate … > [@](#): > > **August 6** : Theft took place at XXX Industrial Park, [address]. Person reported that an ex-employee was caught on video stealing several large boxes containing hair irons valued at $6,000 from the business. $10,000 in currency is also missing. And here’s proof that some folks are not very good at being crooks … > [@](#): > > **June 30** : A male subject was observed taking a package of underwear from a shelf and leaving the store at [address] without paying for it. The merchandise was valued at $19.99. Subject was apprehended outside the store. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/25 "2015-09-25T21:05:00Z")
> [@Zulema](#): > > Monday, March 22 > > 8:17 a.m. — An employee at Evergreen Elementary reported someone defecated in a tube slide over the weekend. We used to use waxed paper to speed up the sliding board, but I guess you gotta make do. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/26 "2015-09-25T21:14:25Z")
I used to read the _Arcata Eye_ police log all the time! I don’t think they’re doing it anymore, though. I’ll always remember this line from them: “A man was admonished for using 8th Street to hone his staggering skills.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/27 "2015-09-25T22:17:04Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I used to read the _Arcata Eye_ police log all the time! I don’t think they’re doing it anymore, though. [http://www.arcataeye.com/category/police-log/](http://www.arcataeye.com/category/police-log/) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/28 "2015-09-26T00:00:58Z")
MY area’s Police blotter is mostly a litany of drunks and shoplifters. Here are the most interesting ones from the past few months: _On May 6 at 0316, Deputy Lee and Deputy Veith were near Buffalo Canyon Drive and Standing Rock in Spring, where they investigated a vehicle not moving with someone in it._ So? What happened?! _On June 2, Deputy P. Lopez-Carpenter observed a vehicle with no left front wheel on Rayford Road near I-45. The Deputy located the male driver who was found to be intoxicated. After the investigation the 59 year old male from Spring was arrested at 8:48pm, charged with DWI, and transported to jail._ Presumably in a four-wheeled vehicle. _On July 4, Deputy Frisina responded to an assault call at a restaurant on the Waterway. Witnesses stated that the suspect was upset over slow service and was threatening to assault a waiter with a knife. The 27 year old male was taken into custody, charged with aggravated assault and transported to the Montgomery County Jail without incident._ Sure, nothing brings the bill faster than waving a knife at the help. _On August 25, Deputy R. Leverston responded to a residence on Garrison Run Drive, in reference to an assault. The Deputy met with a male complainant who advised he was at the location to pick up rental furniture. A male suspect refused to allow the complainant to pick up the furniture and the suspect punched the complainant in the face (IOW in front of the deputy). The 39 year old male suspect from Spring was arrested at 10:22pm and transported to jail._ Man, he must really have liked that rental furniture. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/29 "2016-06-16T20:27:40Z")
**June 10, 9:44 p.m.:** Police were dispatched to a report that a suicidal man had cut his throat in a residence. Officers arrived and confirmed the information. They informed the still conscious victim that despite his own inebriated estimate, duct tape and sleep was not going to solve the serious problem at hand… [T]he victim was transported to hospital for treatment and counseling. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/30 "2016-06-16T21:24:19Z")
I can’t find a link, so this is paraphrased from memory, but this one I read years ago gave me a new slang term… “Officers searched the car and discovered approximately 4 ounces of hippie lettuce hidden under the seat” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/31 "2016-06-16T21:53:21Z")
Managed to locate the local police blotter. > [@](#): > > DUI(significant), 160612012, 2300 block of S. Eads Street. At approximately 2:20 a.m. on June 12, a United States Park Police (USPP) officer responded to the report of a suspect vehicle driving erratically and nearly striking pedestrians. Prior to police arrival, the subject vehicle entered a parking lot where three individuals approached the vehicle believing it was their Uber. A verbal altercation ensued and the subject, who was naked at the time of the incident, retrieved a hatchet from the backseat of the vehicle and started swinging the object. There were no injuries and the three individuals were able to wrestle the hatchet away from the subject. The subject then attempted to flee the scene and that is when a USPP officer initiated a traffic stop. Arlington County Police officers also responded to the scene and attempted a field sobriety test on the subject, who refused. Michael Monroe, 64, of Gainesville VA, was arrested and charged with DUI, refusal, and disorderly conduct. > [@](#): > > MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 160608056, 800 block of S. 15th Street. At approximately 8:20 p.m. on June 8, police responded to the area for the report of a fight in progress. Arriving officers located a female victim suffering from various injuries including a bite wound on her index finger. The injuries resulted from an argument that stemmed from a road rage incident. Medics treated the victim on scene for non-life threatening injuries. Following the investigation, officers located the suspect at his residence where he was placed under arrest. Timothy Dubois, 55, of Arlington VA, was charged with malicious wounding, assault & battery, and driving under the influence. He is being held on no bond. > [@](#): > > The Arlington County Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit is investigating a suspect involved in the distribution of marijuana to a juvenile victim. The suspect was a Teaching Assistant assigned to Gunston Middle School and a freshman basketball coach at Washington-Lee High School. He has been suspended by Arlington County Public Schools, pending the outcome of the investigation. Representatives with Arlington County Public Schools continue to cooperate with the police investigation. > > The suspect, 32 year-old Zachary Van Dyke, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and distribution of marijuana stemming from an incident on May 27, 2016. The investigation revealed that Van Dyke transported the 13 year-old juvenile victim to his residence where they smoked marijuana. Van Dyke also sold marijuana to the juvenile. Van Dyke was arrested and held on bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility. > > The investigation into this incident is ongoing. Anyone with past inappropriate encounters with this suspect or who has additional information is asked to call Detective S. Proud at 703.228.7156 or email [sproud@arlingtonva.us](mailto:sproud@arlingtonva.us). To report information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers at 866.411.TIPS (8477). > [@](#): > > GRAND THEFT AUTO, 160428031, 1400 block of N. Uhle Street. At approximately 1:10 p.m. on April 28, a pizza delivery vehicle was stolen while the driver was on a delivery. Officers were able to locate the vehicle in Washington D.C. With the assistance of the Metropolitan Police Department, the suspect was taken into custody without incident. Warrants were obtained for grand larceny auto for James Lee Thomas III, 38, of Washington D.C. > [@](#): > > INDECENT EXPOSURE, 160412028, 3700 block of N. Wilson Boulevard. At approximately 12:03 p.m. on April 12, a male witnessed a male subject following a female victim and exposing his genitals to her. Yaser Mansour Alio, 35, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with indecent exposure. He is being held without bond. The woman didn’t even know she was flashed until the witness told her! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/32 "2016-06-17T04:50:37Z")
> [@Zulema](#): > > Monday, March 22 > > 8:17 a.m. — An employee at Evergreen Elementary reported someone defecated in a tube slide over the weekend. > [@kayaker](#): > > We used to use waxed paper to speed up the sliding board, **but I guess you gotta make do.** That’s what he did. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/33 "2016-06-17T16:17:25Z")
I know what the term means in this context, but all I could think of when I saw this local item was fried chicken… “A group robbed two people, battering one of them in the process, on Broderick Drive.” Otherwise, the local logs make Joe Friday look like Shakespeare. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/34 "2016-08-30T17:31:49Z")
Been hearing about this one on the radio station I listen to while working: > [@](#): > > [Officers help stranded family](http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/officers-help-stranded-family/article_6dac89c2-1b9f-5812-848a-ff6d4ac91c38.html) > > With little money and no where to go, they were going to sleep at the depot. The man had called a relative in Kewanee and scheduled for a ride. So the officers chipped in and were able to help pay for the family to stay at a motel and get something to eat. > > Villagomez, patrolmen Levi Peters and Michael Herscher and Lowman, a shift commander, all helped along with a guest at the motel. ---
**Author:** ![Rudiger\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rudiger\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rudiger_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/35 "2016-08-30T18:45:29Z")
From several years ago: A 52-year-old Downers Grove man was charged with drinking cold beer in public at the downtown train station at about 8 p.m. on July 15, after police observed him sipping from a green paper cup. When officers approached him, he told them that he had not been drinking beer, but “as he spoke his speech was slurred, his eyes glassy and bloodshot, and he had the strong odor of alcoholic beverage upon his breath,” a report states. Police then inspected the paper cup determining that it, in fact, contained “cold beer,” the report says. Protesting, the man said to officers “Come on I just took a sip.” Police then arrested the man and transported him to the Downers Grove police station where he was cited under village ordinance for drinking in public. Police took three pictures of the man’s green paper cup, which they entered into evidence. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/36 "2016-08-30T21:01:22Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > The police blotter for Arcata, CA is famously weird. Arcata itself is pretty weird - from time to time, the place seems overrun with dope-smoking, bongo-playing hippies. > > There’s lots to peruse at: [http://www.arcataeye.com/category/police-log/](http://www.arcataeye.com/category/police-log/) > > Some recent samples: Arcata IS a great town. The Arcata Eye is no longer extant. However the [Mad River Union](http://madriverunion.com/arcata-police-log-pvt-yelly-mcyellington-reporting-for-duty/) has picked up the torch. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/37 "2016-08-30T21:06:25Z")
Direct quote ``` " Wednesday, August 10 12:02 a.m. A sneaky bastid removed a screen at the back of an Alliance Road stop ’n’ rob, through which the ferret-faced (we’re guessing) sneak thrust his clammy (we assume) extremity through to snatch up three cartons of cigarettes. Described as a short-haired white male dressed in all black (the ninja look) with a greasy (we embellished) bandana, he was confronted, but slithered off to his grotty, malodorous (we hope, since it aids the narrative) garret, to suck down his cancer sticks in lonely desperation (we guess, based on contextual information)." ``` From the Mad River Union ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/38 "2016-08-31T16:25:11Z")
Sort of related. I had a friend who was arrested for public urination after we left the bars one night. A few days later, I downloaded our local newspaper’s police blotter. I added an entry describing his arrest and included the phrase “police describe so-and-so’s penis as being unusually small”. I emailed the edited page to all our friends, many of whom thought it was real. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/39 "2016-08-31T16:58:32Z")
Slight hijack: this is one of the problem with the state of print media today. Too many local papers have gone under. No police blotter in the town I work in. It used to be a reporter from the local weekly would come in once a week and go through ever police report and write up the blotter. People in town knew what was going on. After that paper went under the area is only serviced by the regional paper or the statewide Star Ledger. And they have cut down on the number of reporters. The papers basically only report on whatever they get from press releases, sometimes verbatim with no further information. I think it’s extremely bad for society but I don’t see the economics changing anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355/40 "2016-08-31T17:20:24Z")
Just searched the website which carries local reports and found this: > [@](#): > > GRAND LARCENY AUTO-ARREST, 1/3/2011, 4200 block of Wilson Boulevard On December 30 at 5 am, an officer pulled over a subject driving a golf cart on the interstate. The driver was intoxicated and the golf cart had been stolen from a mall. Everths Moran-Reyes, 22, of Fredericksburg, was charged with Driving Under the Influence, Grand Larceny of an Automobile and Driving While Suspended. He was held on a $15,000 bond. Exactly how long was that drunk on the interstate? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-blotter/534355.md?page=1)