Small Town Misfit

Lake Oswego, OR
2/13/08 9:41 a.m. A resident on Oswego Summit found glass pipes that were possibly used for taking drugs. When police checked, they found the pipes were glass blowing remnants and not drug related.

Found in the Lake Oswego Review

Erie County, NY
A woman called police from a Main Street address because a man was snoring in front of the TV. Reportedly she was intoxicated and was going to wait for police outside. The report didn’t indicate the man and woman’s relationship to each other.

Found in the Bee News

San Jose, CA
After the store was evacuated, a reported gunman at T.J. Maxx was located on the roof, replacing an air filter. Police said the employee who reported the incident mistook the man’s tools for a gun.

Found in the San Jose Mercury News

Grass Valley, CA
A man in the police station lobby reported finding what appeared to be methamphetamine in front of a business on the 100 block of Neal Street. Police determined the substance was not meth, it was an emergency snakebite kit.

Found in the Union

Durango, CO
5:18 p.m. A man called 911 from the 1800 block of Main Avenue, and said “I just want to see how long it takes you to respond,” and hung up. The man was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer. It took police four minutes to respond.

Found in the Durango Herald

Durango, CO
4:49 p.m. A woman reported a possible kangaroo sighting on the side of the highway in the 38000 block of U.S. Highway 550, near Needles. Animal Control responded and determined the animal to be a deer.

Found in the Durango Herald

Durango, CO
12:13 a.m. A man who sounded very drunk called 911 to ask for a ride to a bar, according to a report from the 300 block of County Road 214, south of Farmington Hill.

Found in the Durango Herald

Rio Grande, NM
10:28 p.m. — A Calle del Pajarito caller said there was a dead person at his house, but then changed his story and said he wanted to speak to an officer who was at his house earlier. Dispatch confirmed with the caller that there was no dead body, and an officer checked the residence and found no criminal activity.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Lakewood, OH
A group of people walking around wearing makeup that looked like blood were harassing people at 2:26 p.m. at Detroit and Cove avenues, according to a caller. Police checked and said the people were filming a “zombie movie for the Red Cross.”

Found in the Lakewood Sun Post

Rio Grande, NM
A South Riverside Drive caller said there were 100 people filming and shining lights at his house. He said this had been going on for hours and requested an officer have the people turn the lights off. After an officer checked the area it was noted in dispatch logs that there were “no lights in the area but he is insisting that there is.”

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Amherst, NY
A woman on Fifth Avenue called for help when she couldn’t locate a pulse on herself. She was aided and signed off.

Found in the Amherst Bee

Mukilteo, WA
A party reported that his mother punched him and hit him with a belt, including the buckle. He later told the officer that he had lied and his mother had only tapped him on the head because he was playing with a hot iron.

Found in the Mukilteo Beacon