Small Town Misfit

Goleta Valley, CA
Roommates of an out-of-control man contacted authorities around midnight recently after they were unable to subdue their bat-swinging, knife-wielding friend. On the scene, deputies met the subject, a 20-year-old UCSB student, in the bathroom of his Del Playa Drive residence.
“I just wanted to have fun,” remarked the subject who was bleeding from his hands and feet.

While investigating the odd-behaving male, deputies found in his possession two pills adorned with a picture of Buddha. The pills, suspected Ecstasy tablets, were confiscated and booked as evidence. And the young man was arrested for possession of the controlled substance.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Lakewood, CO
Police were called to an apartment complex on the 400 block of South Youngfield Court at 5:22 a.m. June 30 after a Heineken bottle was thrown off a rooftop, smashing the rear windshield of a Honda parked below. According to police reports, the damage to the vehicle was $400. Police contacted about 15 suspects in an apartment where a party was going on. Several people were hiding from police in the attic crawl space and would not come down until officers crawled up after them, reports said.

The resident of the apartment, a 22-year-old man from Lakewood, was issued a summons for disobeying a police officer, as were the people in the attic. The people who were under 21 and consuming alcohol were cited as well, police said. No one admitted to throwing the beer bottle, reports said.

Found in the Lakewood Post

Menasha, WI
A man living on Tuckaway Court called police to get them to shut down a bachelorette party that was taking place in his house. Upon arrival on the scene, the caller had gone to bed and his wife was called upon to wake him up and let him know that the party had come to an end.

Found in the Appleton Post Crescent

Thanks Rick!

Waynesboro, GA
Two Waynesboro men exchanged blows over loud music last Monday.

According to a report filed at the Waynesboro Police Department, the fight began when a houseguest was asked several times to turn down the radio.

When he refused, the homeowner unplugged the radio and was subsequently struck across the head with a stick.

The homeowner allegedly returned the favor with a bottle over the houseguest’s head. The case was turned over to investigators.

Found in the True Citizen

Ladera Ranch, CA
A Ladera Ranch woman was having a problem with her son and My Space on Feb. 18.

The woman called deputies at 9:12 p.m. to report that there were 20 people in her home on Galaxy Isle near Heavenly Isle that were refusing to leave. There were reportedly 50 more subjects on their way to the house.

The woman said someone posted an advertisement on the My Space Web site saying that there was a party at the house.

Deputies reported that the woman’s eldest son let the people in and that mother and son were having problems. The woman’s son was detained in the parking lot near the location for reckless driving.

Found in the OC Register

Chico, CA
4:09 p.m. Information from citizen reported on the 900 block of Olive Street. “Reporting party received a flier for a ‘handcuff party.’ She has a lot of concerns and questions.”

Found in the Orion

Olmstead Falls, OH
A 29-year-old Westlake man was arrested Sunday afternoon for assaulting five police officers just a few hours after he was married.

The incident happened when a sergeant pulled over a car on Columbia, near John Road, for speeding.

The driver, the groom’s brother, was given a sobriety test, when the groom began bothering officers about the test.

When told to get back in the vehicle, he refused, at which point officers tried to arrest him.

The man resisted, then started kicking and wrestling with officers. An attempt to subdue him with pepper spray was unsuccessful.

After several minutes, the suspect was detained and taken to Southwest General Health Center.

He was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, two counts of aggravated menacing and three felony counts of assaulting an officer. Olmsted Township also filed one count of menacing and two felony counts of assaulting an officer.

The bride and her father were also cited for obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.

Found in the News Sun

Rocky River, OH
A 26-year-old Rocky River man was cited for disturbing the peace Saturday after a loud party at his Riverdale Drive residence. This was the third time officers responded to the loud party and spoke to a woman in the backyard and told her to go inside and get the homeowner. The woman went into the home and came back outside without the homeowner and told police he was too busy to come out because he was playing video games. Police again told her to get him, and the homeowner finally came out and was cited for disturbing the peace.

Found in the Sun News

Gresham County, OR
Police arrested David Dennis Franklin, 23, of Gresham for fourth-degree domestic violence assault in the 19500 block of Northeast Halsey Street between 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, and midnight Sunday, March 26, according to a police report.

The victims, a 47-year-old Gresham woman and a 46-year-old Gresham man, are the man’s parents. They told police that they were celebrating the father’s birthday, listening to country music and drinking beer when the intoxicated suspect changed the music to heavy metal.

When the parents confronted their son about the music, he threw things around the apartment, head-butted the mother and pushed her onto the couch. The father came to the mother’s defense, but the son punched him in the face and left.

However, when he returned and knocked on the door, the mother thought it was the police and opened it. Instead, it was the son, who head-butted her again. This time he hit her so hard she flew back against the wall.

The father grabbed the son, who gave his father a black eye and bit his father’s thumb so hard it needed stitches. The father ended up punching the son in the head until he let go.

The suspect told police that his parents assaulted and threatened to kill him. He also told police that his mother head-butted him for no reason. He insisted he’d done nothing wrong.

He said he couldn’t hear out of his left ear, but other than it being slightly bruised and swollen, doctors said there was nothing wrong with it.

Found in the Gresham Outlook

Chattanooga, TN
A woman on N. Chamberlain Avenue said she and a male were at her house celebrating her birthday when he began calling her and others “bitches and hoes.”

She said when he objected to that language, he became angry and went into the bathroom, where he put on a wig and girls clothes.

She said when he came back out he went into a bedroom and came out with a handgun. She said he pointed the gun at her as he cursed her. She said she was able to get the gun away from him, and she found it was a BB gun made to look like a real pistol.

The suspect was taken into custody on charges of aggravated assault.

Found in the Chattanoogan

Gorham, ME
Plummer Road caller reported that there were five or six juveniles playing in the roadway, using profane language and yelling at passing motorists. Officer determined that it was a birthday party for a 3 year-old and there was no criminal mischief.

Found in the Gorham Times

Goleta Valley, CA
A 25-year-old man wishing partygoers in Isla Vista a “Merry Christmas” while running around naked at a party, December 3, became violent when another man told him to get dressed. The confrontation escalated when a glass of beer was thrown onto the streaking male. Enraged by the dousing, the naked man grabbed the beer thrower into a chokehold and slammed his head numerous times against the ground. Witnesses at the party helped lead authorities to the suspect who was arrested for assault with great bodily injury. The victim was treated for injuries at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice