Small Town Misfit

Chadron, NE
7:48 p.m. Caller from West Eighth St. advised that earlier today she had her dog outside and he went and took a crap in the neighbors yard. Caller stated she got a bag and cleaned it up as she always does. Well, the neighbors just happened to see this and now thinks that every pile of crap belongs to her dog. Caller stated the man just came over with a shovel full of dog crap and tossed it into her yard and said, “There’s your dog — back.” Caller requesting to talk to an officer because this does not belong to her it belongs to the little white poodle that runs all over the neighborhood. Advised subjects to stay away from each other.

Found in the Chadron Record

Calaveras, CA
2:07 p.m., Valley Springs - Small dog fell into septic tank. Call canceled. Owner retrieved it.

Found in the Calaveras Enterprise

Chattanooga, TN
Officials at the Lookout Valley Wal-Mart said an employee admitted stealing money and merchandise totaling $2,900.

Both Cynthia Fraley and her father were arrested.

Police said the father had been returning items stolen by his daughter and getting refunds.

It was found that Ms. Fraley had been told to stay away from Wal-Mart in 2001 for shoplifting.

Found in The Daily Chattanoogan

Columbia, SC
A 41-year-old woman called police to her Pond Oak Lane home March 29 when she discovered that overnight her car had been swathed in plastic wrap and covered with baby powder and chocolate syrup.

Found in the Free Times

Erie County, NY
A caller said a white male was walking west on Route 20. She said he was wearing funny clothes with lots of colors, a funny hat and was carrying a large bag. She said he looks like a terrorist and doesn’t belong in Orchard Park.

Found in Bee News

Grassy Valley, CA
At 2:55 a.m., a caller from Greenhorn Road at Brunswick Road reported a severed human head was hanging from wire above the intersection. Deputies responded and discovered it was a prank. The head was from a mannequin.

Found in the Union

Chadron, NE
2:39 p.m. Caller form the 100 block of North Morehead St. requested to speak to animal control because caller felt that someone was coming into his yard and cutting the hair on his dogs. Dispatch advised caller to set up video surveillance on his house. Caller said he planned on it. Advised him to call as soon as he found something.

Found in the Chadron Record

Lakewood, OH
Two Olive Avenue residents woke up at 4 a.m. April 5 to find an unknown woman sleeping on their bedroom floor.

According to the caller, upon waking up and finding the stranger in her room, her boyfriend tried to wake the woman, but the stranger only momentarilly sat up, laid back down and fell asleep.

It turns out that the female was drunk and had walked into the wrong house.

Found in the Lakewood Sun Post

Columbia, SC
Fernandina Road, 3000 block: An apartment manager called police at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday to report that a former tenant had caused $300 worth of damage to his apartment before moving out. The man painted gothic-type images on the walls, including a bleeding heart in a pool of blood. There were various items taken from the apartment including bath faucets from both bathrooms, a lighting fixture, a thermostat and the kitchen stove. Missing items totaled almost $500, a report said.

Found in the State

Columbia, SC
Davidson Road, 6500 block: A woman called police at 3 p.m. Tuesday to report an assault. The woman told officers that a man drove up beside her, got out of his car and punched her twice in the face.

Found in the State

Boerne, TX

Found in the Boerne Star and Hill Country Recorder

Bozeman, MT
A woman on North Fifth Avenue was upset her husband let a neighbor borrow the vacuum.

Found in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle