Small Town Misfit

Denton, TX
A man complained to Denton County sheriff’s deputies that his neighbors have been stealing his wireless computer access.

The man said he has seen the neighbors up on their roofs several times with their computers and has photographed them.

They back their car halfway out of the garage to give them a way to climb to the roof, he said. Then they use their laptops while sitting on the roof.

Found in the Denton Chronicle-Record

Tracy, CA
1:58 a.m.: The night auditor at the Motel 6, 3810 N. Tracy Blvd., reported a guest continually calling and saying that he was on hallucinogenic mushrooms, locked in the bathroom and that there were things coming out of the walls. A guest two doors down from the man said that he had broken through the wall. Police managed to phone the man, who said he was high on cocaine and mushrooms. A woman from the hotel said she thought the man was prank calling the police and reported no damage to his room.

Found in the Tracy Press

Tracy, CA
3:01 a.m.: A caller on the 200 block of West Carlton Way reported an ongoing problem with a couple that is having sex against a fence outside his apartment. Three people were watching the couple partake on this particular night.

Found in the Tracy Press

Grass Valley, CA

6:33 p.m. - A 911 caller from the 200 block of Sutton Way reported a neighbor who stopped each load of laundry in the washer and dryer.

Found in the Union

Atlanta, GA
On Roswell Road, a 56-year-old woman said her neighbor sprayed bright purple powder on her front door, flowerpots and stairs. She said the incident stemmed from a spat at a homeowners association meeting the day before. According to the woman, her neighbor screamed at her and almost assaulted her at the meeting. Then, around midnight, the neighbor showed up at her home, she said. The woman said she asked the neighbor to leave — and that’s when the neighbor got busy with the purple powder and vandalized her home. She said the female neighbor is known for erratic behavior.

Found in Creative Loafing

Savannah, GA
Police were called to West 40th Street on a report of shots fired. A man told officers that another man had fired at him with a flare gun. He said there is an ongoing dispute between the man and himself. He said he was standing outside his home when the suspect approached him and said, “Is that shit over?”

The man replied, “Yes,” and started to walk away. He heard something click and looked back and saw the suspect had a flare gun pointing at his face.

In an effort to protect himself, the man slapped the gun out of the suspect’s hand. The gun went off and the flare went into the bushes.

An officer went around the corner to the suspect’s apartment. When the suspect came to the door, he was placed in hand cuffs for everyone’s safety, but advised he wasn’t under arrest.

The officer asked where the gun was and the suspect said it was in his room. The flare gun was sitting on a table near the door of the room. It had one spent shell casing in it and smelled like it had recently been fired.

The suspect told the officer he and the victim were having drinks when he said he had a flare gun and was going to fire it. He said he fired it because he had never fired one before, and that he never pointed it at the victim.

Found in Connect Savannah

Grass Valley, CA
10:42 a.m. - A caller said vandals smeared peanut butter on her property at Pleasant Hill Road and suspects it might be a neighbor.

Found in the Union

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Columbia, SC
A 57-year-old woman called police on March 15 and complained that she couldn’t sleep because her next-door neighbor at a Blossom Street apartment complex was being loud. When an officer arrived he could hear the noise so he went next door and told the neighbor to quiet down. The officer then went back to the woman’s place. And he got there just in time to hear the neighbor banging on the wall between the two apartments.

Found in the Free Times

Kalispell, MT
3:51 p.m. A resident from Gunsight Loop called in because their neighbor came over and cut down one of their trees.

Found in the Flathead Beacon

Mukilteo, WA
A party requested contact from an officer in reference to an ongoing neighbor problem. The party showed the officer a video of the last seven days that she had set up to “catch” her neighbor committing crimes. It showed her neighbor standing on the landing area near her apartment on two occasions. There was no crime and no harassment.

Found in the Mukilteo Beacon

Rio Grande, NM
2:22 p.m. — A State Road 76 caller said she was having a problem with a neighbor. When the officer arrived she explained that witches were damaging the house and her neighbor is a witch. Police did not find any criminal activity.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

North Olmsted, OH
Forget throwing tomatoes. A 52-year-old Maplehurst Road man figured the best way to settle a neighborly dispute was to throw rotten bananas at his neighbor’s window at 12:55 a.m. Sunday. The neighbor, a 46-year-old male, did not press charges. According to reports, the neighbors have a history of arguing.

Found in the Sun News