Small Town Misfit

Wilkes-Barre, PA Dennis Morgis, 46, of Mountain Top, consumed two containers of sushi and a soda worth $15 and exited the store. He was charged with retail theft.

Nancy Mitchell, 36, of Bear Creek Township, concealed fish worth $78 and attempted to flee the store at 6 p.m. She was charged with retail theft and false identification to law enforcement.

Gorham, ME
Files Road caller reported that a male had forced his way into the residence through the door. Caller than decided maybe she dreamed the incident because she thought she let him in but now realizes she is still in bed.

Found in the Gorham Times

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

Columbia, SC
A cop responded to a 911 hangup call at a payphone at a convenience store on Kay Street on May 10 and found a bush behind the phone on fire. There was a liquor bottle lying on top of the burning bush. The cop also discovered two other burning bushes down the road. Police believe the caller set the fires.

Found in the Free Times

Brown County, IN
10:24 a.m. 911 caller from Georgetown Road reports stolen medicine.
10:53 a.m. Officer says caller from above found his medicine where he hid them so they wouldn’t get stolen.

Found in the Brown County Democrat

Palm Beach, FL
A 500 lb. “quartz gem rock”, valued at $100,000, was removed from the front lawn of a residence in the 200 block of Sandal Lane. The rock, which took four men to place it on the lawn, has been in the family for many years.

Found in the Weekday Newspaper

Chico, CA
2:28 a.m. Disturbance reported on the 300 block of East Lassen Avenue. “Reporting party’s neighbor is screaming and yelling, ‘Get away from me Satan,’ and then hitting the walls. Reporting party states the subject does this periodically but is really loud tonight. May have been drinking.”

Found on Orion Online

Parma Heights, OH
Police say a local truck driver broke into a resident’s garage on Saturday, stole an extension cord and used the homeowner’s electricity without permission in order to refrigerate more than 76,000 pounds of cabbage in a parked semi-truck.

Residents on Maplecrest Drive complained to officers that the truck had been parked without permission overnight in a lot behind Party City on Pearl Road. When police arrived they found an extension cord running from a nearby garage to a generator next to the truck.

The homeowner was unaware that his extension cord and electricity were being used by the truck. The driver, who police later determined was driving with a suspended license, was subsequently arrested.

Officers then impounded the truck and seized the cabbage crop.

Prosecutors brought felony charges against the driver on Monday, including theft of utility service, breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools and resisting arrest.

The cabbage was returned Tuesday to its rightful owner without incident.

Found in the Sun News

Erie County, NY
An officer responding to a Louis Avenue dispute charged a woman with criminal tampering after she reportedly threw French fries, a tomato and mayonnaise at a neighbor’s vehicle.

Found in Bee News

San Geronimo, CA
A resident discovered “what [looked] like a human skull on her front porch.” The resident did “not want to touch it and [requested] a deputy come and evaluate.” Deputies examined what appeared to be “a poor plaster mold.”

Found in the Point Reyes Light Sheriff Blotter

Brown County, IN
1:25 a.m. Carmel Ridge Road resident says she saw a suspicious man walking in a red coat with dark sleeves and hood. Says she saw him one other time a couple of weeks ago, both times walking north on Carmel Ridge and he may have had a stick in his hands.

Found in the Brown County Democrat

Rio Grande, NM
12:22 p.m. – A man asked city police to accompany him while he retrieved his vehicle from the residence of his ex-wife, who had a restraining order against him. The man said the vehicle had no tires or steering wheel. Police said he would need to get those items before they could help him.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun