Small Town Misfit

Erie County, NY
A Lancaster woman reported that an unknown person scattered roofing nails over her driveway. The victim believes it may be a neighbor because she has received two anonymous letters requesting she take down the chimes she has hanging on her porch because they keep the letter writer awake at night. The victim is going to take the chimes down.

Found in the Bee News

Chattanooga, TN
Steve Ogilbee of E. 25th Street said he went to turn on his air conditioning and nothing happened.

He checked and found that his $3,000 central heat/air system had been taken.

A Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise worker found that an $1,800 central heat/air unit was gone from 1700 Read Ave.

Just down the street at 1704 Read Ave., the resident found that the heat/air system was not working.

The CNE employee checked and found that someone had stripped the copper from inside the unit. He said the $3,000 unit was damaged beyond repair.

Found in the Chattannogan

Tracy, CA
11:07 p.m.: A caller reported that three Middle Eastern men in several cars had been parked near a gas station on the 2400 block of Joe Pombo Parkway, apparently because one of the cars had broken down. The men were causing no trouble, but the caller wanted police to come by anyway.

Found in the Tracy Press

Scorro, NM
A man on NE Frontage Road reported at 1:30 p.m. he went out to his vehicle and discovered that a Colt .22 caliber pistol, three .22 caliber rifles, a JVC AM/FM/CD player, and numerous CDs had been stolen from inside the car and the trunk. Later in the day he noticed the suspect come into his place of employment in the 500 block of Otero and sold a co-worker some CD’s. He asked to see them and they were his. To recap the story so far: the thief tried to sell stolen stuff to the guy he stole from. The suspect was located a few hours later by other officers and one of the stolen rifles was found in his vehicle. He was arrested and released to the custody of a relative. He told officers he would return the items. Later, the thief returned guns to police, but he returned more guns than were reportedly stolen.

Found in the Small Town News Service

Chadron, NE
9:36 a.m. Caller from the 200 block of West Third St. advised that John Lennon was at the bank yesterday three times and he’s already came once this morning. Caller stated he told her today that he’s the ruler of the world.

Found in the Chadron Record

Middletown, OH
A 30-year-old man accused of trying to sell his 2-year-old son in a drug store parking lot is held at the city jail in lieu of $5,500 bond, jail officials said today.

Jason W. McCarthy was charged Monday with child endangering and loitering in the aid of a drug offense after police said he asked a woman to buy his son at Walgreen’s drug store, 700 S. Breiel Boulevard.

He is scheduled to appear in Middletown Municipal Court April 18.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Chadron, NE
4:28 p.m. Caller from the 500 block of King St. advised it appears someone broke into the above location through a window. Caller was unsure if anyone took anything but appears unknown subjects used the coffee pot.

Found in the Chadron Record

Glassboro, NJ
2:00 p.m. – Westby Hall – A female using the restrooms on the first floor stated that she found in her stall a 2″ x 2″ piece of paper with the word “BOMB” written on it.

The woman, who had probably been dropping some bombs of her own at the time, decided that this Post-It note was a threat to the security of the campus and phoned Public Safety.

After an extensive check of the building, Public Safety deemed the bomb threat “uncredible” and allowed all in Westby Hall to resume their activities.

Found in the Whit

Rio Grande, NM
7:23 p.m. —A man said his head hurt and he did not know why. He did not hit his head on anything but he did drink four six-packs of beer earlier that day. His eyes hurt, too, the man said.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Mukilteo, WA
A woman reported that someone broke into her car and installed courtesy lights. She also went to her doctor and reported that her Oxycodone had been stolen. The doctor told the officer that she had prescribed 120 Oxycodone pills only six days prior and she would not be issuing a new prescription.

Found in the Mukilteo Beacon

Costa Mesa, CA
A Laguna Niguel man allegedly broke into a woman’s home and fell asleep on her couch naked, according to police. The woman called authorities early Saturday morning after waking up to find Michael Bonnie, 36, on her couch covered by a blanket, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Matt Grimmold said. The two did not appear to know each other, Grimmold said.

Police arrested Bonnie on suspicion of residential burglary and indecent exposure. He is being held on $250,000 bail.

Found in the OC Register

Goleta Valley, CA
A man, 35, who kept a stash of two syringes, 15 morphine pills, and a rock of heroin in his sock — “just in case he was arrested” — was, indeed, arrested earlier this month. Believing the drugs would get him the money he would need in jail, he explained why he hid the contraband in his sock.

Strip-searched when he entered jail, the man was asked by deputies if they would find anything on his person.

“Yeah,” he answered, “I have a couple of rigs in my sock.”

And…

Pulled over for speeding on Calle Real, a couple in the car began arguing until the two had to be separated by deputies. As the male passenger, 43, was removed from the vehicle, a glass pipe was discovered on his seat.

“That’s not mine,” he continued to argue. “I’m being set up.”

Noting that the man’s eyes didn’t react to light, a deputy asked him if he’d taken any drugs.
“That’s just an extra layer of skin over my eye,” he tried to reason.

After testing positive for methamphetamines, the man was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice