Small Town Misfit

Buffalo, NY
A Buffalo woman reported that while she was driving on Abbott Road, sitting in traffic, an unknown person came up to her vehicle and broke her antennae off of her car. The man then scratched he car with the antennae before leaving the scene.

Found in Bee News

Nevada County, CA
At 1:06 p.m., a caller from the 100 block of Mill Street said a 60-year-old man with a gray beard wearing a green bathrobe, slippers and a large hat entered a store, left, then called to say he was stalking the business.

Found in The Union

Winona, MN
In an apparent arson, someone balled up toilet paper and set it afire inside a portable restroom at 1:15 a.m. Friday at Second and Center streets, police said.

When police and firefighters arrived, they saw a carnival worker spraying the melting hut with a garden hose. It spread to and damaged privies on each side before firefighters could put it out.

Found in Winona Daily News

Marblehead, MA
A mouse with three broken legs was brought to the police station at 7:59 P.M.

Found in Marblehead Magazine

Chico, CA
12:55 a.m. Sex fondle/battery reported on the 1200 block of North Cedar Street. “Reporting party was riding her bike when a male subject standing on the corner slapped her with his penis. Subject then followed the reporting party home while she was riding her bike.”

Found on Orion Online

Erie County, NY
An alleged shoplifter who fled the Tops Market on Orchard Park Road with approximately $80 worth of shrimp, had to be subdued by pepper spray after officers found him in a nearby swamp.

Found in Bee News

Annapolis, MD
A man with a box cutter stole 30 bottles of body wash from CVS Pharmacy Wednesday , city police said.

Worker Phil Delao told police that a man entered the store on Hillsmere Drive at 10:34 a.m. and stole the body wash.

The man entered the store again at 4:16 p.m. with a duffle bag. Mr. Delao tried to stop the man from leaving, but he pulled out a box cutter and ordered him to get out of the way, police said. The man then ran away.

Found on Hometown Annapolis

Chico, CA
4:39 p.m. Urinating in public reported on the 600 block of West Eighth Street. “Reporting party got home and found a subject in her backyard urinating on her vehicle. Reporting party told him to stop, and the subject flipped her off and continued on his way.”

Found in the Orion Online

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

Gorham, ME
Mighty St. caller reported a 12-year-old neighbor was riding up and down the property line, yelling at the line.

Found in the Gorham Times

Gorham, ME
Blackberry Lane caller stated there was a very bright object by the moon and he wanted police to tell him what it was. He was given the phone number for the UFO hotline and advised that it could be an airplane but there was no way to know for sure.

Found in The Gorham Times

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