:smack: Wooden computers are worth a lot on Ebay!
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.
Fortunately, the serious crime wave in my area has ebbed -
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
Here’s one where the suspect should be pretty easy to locate …
And here’s proof that some folks are not very good at being crooks …
We used to use waxed paper to speed up the sliding board, but I guess you gotta make do.
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.”
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.
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.
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”
Managed to locate the local police blotter.
The woman didn’t even know she was flashed until the witness told her!
That’s what he did.
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.
Been hearing about this one on the radio station I listen to while working:
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.
Arcata IS a great town. The Arcata Eye is no longer extant.
However the Mad River Union has picked up the torch.
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
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.
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.
Just searched the website which carries local reports and found this:
Exactly how long was that drunk on the interstate? :eek: