Small Town Misfit

Chetek, WI
3:36 p.m.-[911] Young female Chetek caller said something was “stupid” twice. When asked, “Who is stupid?” the caller said the dispatcher is stupid. Caller then hung up. Did ringback and got busy signal. Officer responded to the residence and spoke to an adult who advised there is a birthday party going on. Officer said no one would confess so he let the residents know of a possible fine.

Found in the Chetek Alert

Gresham, OR
Police cited Lai Thach, 20, of Portland for second-degree theft by receiving in the 600 block of Northwest Division Street at 5:49 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, according to a police report.

The man reportedly came into the store for help with the camera part of his cellular phone. An employee checked the phone through a computer file and discovered it had been stolen from the Clackamas Sprint store Thursday, Jan. 19. The suspect reportedly told police that he bought the phone for $200 from someone named “Crook” at a park, knowing that the phone was stolen. The phone is worth $650.

Found in the Gresham Outlook

Chico, CA
2 a.m. Disturbance reported on 500 block of Main Street. “Subjects in the middle of the street threatening to show their penises.”

Found in The Orion Online

Bozeman, MT
A man walked up to the drive-through window of a restaurant on West Main Street and wasn’t served because he was on foot. He became angry and broke a window.

Found in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Erie County, NY
A Sycamore Street woman reported a strange caller threatened to make improvements to the outside of her house. She advised the man to stay off her property and contacted authorities.

Found in Bee News

Tomales, CA
A man told deputies his son was skateboarding with some other juveniles at Highway 1 and Dillon Beach Road when a male motorist ran over their skateboard ramp and told one of the juveniles, “Next time, your head will be under the wheel.”

Found in the Point Reyes Light Sheriff’s Blotter

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

Nevada County, CA
At 6:53 p.m., a drunk man called from the 10000 block of Cedar Song Road requesting to speak with someone who can tell him what’s going on with the world.

Found in The Union

Gresham, OR
Officials from a grocery store in the 2400 block of East Powell Boulevard reported that at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, someone “altered the denomination” of the store’s automatic teller machine and stole $240.

The suspect appeared to have an administrative password that he entered into the ATM, allowing him to trick the machine into giving $20 bills instead of $5s. The suspect withdrew six bills from the ATM, but instead of getting $80 worth of 5s, he got $320 worth of 20s — all while only charging the account $80. In addition, the suspect changed the denomination back when he was done with his transaction.

The theft was discovered when the person who fills the machine with money counted the bills and discovered the machine was short $240. No store employees know the password to change the denomination.

A similar theft happened at the store’s Portland location on Thursday, Jan. 26. Video surveillance shows the same man who committed the Gresham theft.

He is described as a white man in his 30s to 40s, 5-foot-8-inches-tall, average build with dark hair and eyes. He was wearing a white hat, white shoes, a brown jacket and dark pants.

Found in the Gresham Outlook

Columbia, SC
Cops arrived at a Knightner Street home on Dec. 18 to find a 59-year-old Columbia man bleeding from a wound on his face. They also found blood all over the floor. The 21-year-old resident of the home was jumping around with his fists clenched and admitted to causing the injury. He told the cops it happened because he was “crunk” and was going to “bust” the next person he saw. Unfortunately, his neighbor happened to show up just then, and the 21-year-old punched him.

Found in the Free Times

Chadron, NE
9:18 p.m. Caller from Chadron requested to speak with an officer because he said the staff illegally searched his room and took a can of soda pop for one thing. Officers talked to a nurse and she advised she went into the room to pick up his dinner tray. She advised there was a Mountain Dew bottle in a dresser drawer that was open. She advised that the caller has doctor’s orders that states no Mountain Dew after 5 p.m. She advised she took the bottle. Officers advised caller it was not an illegal search and advised him it was in plain view and taken for his own good.

Found in the Chadron Daily Record

Westlake, OH
Police were called after a thief pulled a panty raid in a store in Crocker Park. An employee of Victoria’s Secret called police at 8:36 p.m. Jan. 30 to report the theft of 126 pairs of women’s panties valued at $1,300. The employee said the underwear was in a display by the front door and said they have no idea who took them.

Found in the Sun News