Small Town Misfit

Atlanta, GA
A 33-year old man told police that after he was released from Atlanta City Jail, he went to the police property room on North Avenue to pick up his bag. Then, he said, he met a man driving a white Jeep Cherokee, and this man gave him a ride to the Buckhead area. He said this Jeep-driving man picked up two other women along the way, and they were riding around smoking crack. Eventually, the two women were dropped off.

Then, he said, the Jeep-driving man stole his bag, which contained thousands of dollars’ worth of white gold. A police officer went back to the property room and checked the report listing the contents of the man’s bag when he was first arrested: According to that report, the bag contained a shirt and jeans, “Sex in the City” perfume, a bottle of pills and porn tapes. No mention of white gold.

Found in Creative Loafing

Goleta Valley, CA
A patrol officer for the Sheriff’s Department returned to work to find a mysterious brown box in his mail slot. Inside, the officer found over two grams of marijuana and less than one gram of hashish tucked inside a plastic drinking mug. A Hulk Hogan scarf and wristband were also in the box. While there was no letter with the package, the box contained an address of the Goleta sender and a Chicago recipient. The report indicated the officer was unclear about how the box made it to his mail station.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Boerne, TX

Found in the Boerne Star

Bozeman, MT
A resident on West College Street was wrongly delivered a package of cocaine. The resident reported that the intended recipients were now threatening him.

Found in the Bozeman Daily Record

Boerne, TX

Found in the Boerne Star and Hill Country Recorder

Durango, CO
7:35 p.m. A man in the 2300 block of Main Avenue was threatening to commit suicide. A woman who knew the man said that he had ordered a suicide kit off the Internet.

Found in the Durango Herald

Grass Valley, CA
At 10:42 p.m., a caller from Brunswick Road reported seeing a suspicious object in the bushes, described as a large green pizza box with a radio inside. Police checked the area and were unable to locate the suspicious objects.

Found in The Union

Carpentia Valley, CA
According to authorities, on three separate Mondays, from Nov. 14 to Nov. 28, the woman twice discovered a one-gallon plastic milk jug in her mailbox. On one occasion a large carton of half-and-half was found. At first suspecting the items were left by an unknown person of great generosity, the fourth and final incident that prompted the woman’s complaint to police arrived on Dec. 5, when she discovered in place of a milk container a small kerosene lantern with a cloth wick, a small bottle of liquid kerosene, and a small empty thermos spattered with fecal matter.

Found on Coastal View News

North Olmstead, OH
A North Olmsted man got an extra Christmas present mixed in with his final alimony payment from his ex-wife.

North Olmsted police were called at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 to the man’s Maple Ridge Road home. He reported that his ex-wife left her final $650 alimony payment to him in change in a five-gallon bucket. The ex-husband stated he had no problem with the way the payment was made, however, there had been glue, red pepper and razor blades mixed in the bucket with the coins.

The ex-wife was contacted and stated she had called her ex-husband, telling him she would make the final alimony payment in person rather than mail a check as she had done in the past. She also admitted to sprinkling red pepper and glue on the coins, but stated she did not whatsoever put the razor blades in with the change. When the ex-wife left the bucket of change at her ex-husband’s door, it was taped shut and the words done, farewell, and finished were written in black on the tape.

A total of six razor blades were recovered and will be checked for fingerprints on the blades, if necessary. After final investigation the report will be sent to the city prosecutor for a ruling.

Found on Cleveland.com

City of Española, NM
6 p.m. – A woman in New York City called State Police to report that she received items cursed with black magic in the mail from a post office box in Taos. The call was forwarded to the Taos State Police office.

Found in The Rio Grande Sun

Logan, UT
An individual stated that he received a dirty diaper in the mail with no return address.

Found in The Statesman

Nevada County, CA
11:42 a.m., a man called from the 21000 block of Cameron Way to report he found two bags at the bottom of his driveway. One bag contained school books and snacks and the other contained pornographic material, a black wig and pair of blue shorts.

Found in The Union