Small Town Misfit

Goleta Valley, CA
A family returned from a holiday vacation to find their home in complete disarray. While away the week after Christmas, somebody broke into the residence using it as a party pad, causing over $3,300 in damages.

A thorough inventory of items destroyed and stolen during the break-in included cash, a wallet, a scooter, a wine opener, perfume and numerous bottles of alcohol. Damages included a burned dining room chair, a damaged hot tub, a damaged pool cover and a broken fence. In addition to the listed damages, the home and swimming pool required a professional cleaning.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Columbia, SC
On Oct.19 a realtor arrived at an available property with two prospective clients. As she pulled up to the home she noticed a tan Lincoln Continental parked at the residence. She advised the two clients to stay in the car while she investigated the situation. As she approached the door, a man in his 60s exited the home. He seemed nervous and hurried and appeared to be hiding something behind his back. Witnesses wrote down the tag number of his car and said that when he entered it they saw him set down a bottle of wine. The homeowner was notified of the incident and when she returned home she noticed that a bottle of white zinfandel was missing.

Found in the Free Times

Cincinnati, OH
Nicholas Donohue was pretty sure he knew who ripped out the stereo speakers from his car and thought he could give a good description.

Donohue called Cincinnati police at 8:14 p.m. Monday from 300 Central Parkway to report his 1998 Toyota had been vandalized. He described the culprit as a white man wearing white socks, a black and white shirt – and no pants.

Donohue was sure of the description because the man was asleep – or passed out – inside of his car.

Police arrested Kim Joseph LeBlanc, 36, of Norwood, and charged him with criminal damaging, public indecency and two outstanding arrest warrants for driving under suspension.

Donohue told police he went to his car and saw LeBlanc inside his car, naked from the waist down and passed out.

Donohue told police he tried to rouse LeBlanc, but the man started throwing CDs out onto the ground. He also noticed the car’s speakers had been ripped out.

LeBlanc told police he had done drugs and “a leprechaun had let himself inside” Donohue’s car, the police report noted.

LeBlacnc is set to be in court later today on the charges.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Atlanta, GA
A man said he was in his house on Sims Street around 12:30 a.m., when another man kicked in his back door. The man reportedly apologized and said he had the wrong house. The man, who wore a net cap, fled before police arrived. The damage to the back door is about $200.

Found in Creative Loafing

Columbia, SC
On Sept. 15, a 52-year-old woman reported that someone entered her home and cooked and consumed five hotdogs from her fridge. The scoundrel also ate half a bag of ginger snaps! When the woman entered the house the back door was open and the microwave was on with two more hotdogs inside. Nothing else seemed to be disturbed.

Found in the Free Times

Newport, CA
A resident reported a suspect broke into her home in the 2200 block of Margaret Drive Saturday through a skylight. The suspect reportedly placed flowers throughout the house and wrote three notes to the resident

The suspect left with a kitchen window screen worth $50.

Found in the Orange County Register

Charlotte, NC
Someone broke into a woman’s apartment and stole only a pair of shoes. Then the person made the woman’s bed.

Found in Creative Loafing Charlotte

Waynesboro, GA
An unidentified burglar broke into a Hephzibah home, then stole a few winks.

The victim told deputies she came home to find her back door jimmied open and evidence that someone showered, made lunch, took a nap and rifled through her underwear drawer.

A neighbor said she’d seen a young white male come out of the residence a short time before the homeowner arrived.

The victim told deputies this was the third occurrence of this type in less than a month.

Found in the True Citizen

Atlanta, GA
Two officers were sent to deal with a man who allegedly broke into a car at Piedmont Park. A witness said a man went up to a Chevy SLV and took a hammer out of the truck bed — and then walked away. The man returned, picked up a rock and threw it at the driver’s side window — but the window didn’t break, the witness said. The man slammed the rock again, and the window broke, the witness said.

The man allegedly reached into the car and “took a white pillowcase filled with 47 pairs of women’s underwear and three Cheri porno magazines and then proceeded to walk away from the vehicle,” an officer wrote. Police found the man – still carrying the white pillowcase – on Monroe Drive. The man, age 38, was arrested for entering an auto. “The bag of underwear, magazines and the rock were placed into property as evidence,” the officer wrote.

Found in Creative Loafing

Chattanooga, TN
Police said a burglary trail at the Cypress Street Courts did not lead far - just next door.

Warrants were filed against Delisia Timmons in the theft of items from her next-door neighbor, Karessa Sanders.

Ms. Sanders said she got a call that her apartment door was open. She said she found that a screen had been damaged and a window was open.

She found that her washing machine, TV, air conditioning unit, a grill, dishes and some food were gone.

Ms. Sanders said neighbors told her she could find the stolen items next door. She said they advised that they saw Ms. Timmons and two others carrying out the washing machine.

Officers said the washing machine was in plain view in Ms. Timmons’ residence and the stolen grill was out front.

Warrants were taken against Ms. Timmons for aggravated burglary, theft over $500 and vandalism.

Found in the Chattanoogan

Tununak, AK
Two young men were arrested in Tununak for a drunken four-wheeler rampage involving a shotgun August 1. The men, ages 18 and 19, were drunk and firing a shotgun while they rode around the village on the ATV. They also pointed the gun at several people and used it to steal money and — you guessed it — more ammunition from a store. They also attempted to break into another store by shooting the lock off. It took several people to wrestle with them and place them in custody. One of them used a paperclip to unlock the handcuffs and escaped. The men were arrested the next day, however, when troopers showed up.

Found in the Anchorage Press

Oakley, OH
A 48-year-old Oakley man who police identified by DNA in the blood he left behind at three burglaries scenes told a judge Wednesday he was in the wrong business.

“Apparently breaking and entering is not an occupation I should have,” said Kurt Sprowl.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Melba Marsh agreed and sentenced him to spend two years in prison after Sprowl pleaded guilty to a burglary charge.

Sprowl broke into three buildings – two in August 2006 and one in March, each time leaving blood behind after cutting himself during the break in, prosecutors said.

His DNA was collected and entered into a statewide database, but there were no matches found and the crimes remain unsolved.

In the meantime, Sprowl was arrested in late August 2006 on a separate breaking and entering charge and ordered Oct. 11 to spend six months in prison.

That conviction set off a series of events that lead to Sprowl’s arrest, court officials said.

The conviction meant Sprowl was required to turn over a sample of his DNA, which was entered into the database. That showed Sprowl’s DNA was the same as the DNA from the blood left behind at the crime scenes.

Sprowl was released from prison before the match was made, allowing for the March break-in. He was re-arrested on the new charges June 11.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer