Small Town Misfit

Chattanooga, TN
Erika Hudson of Arlington Avenue said a friend, Joseph Bennett, got mad at her for bleaching his clothes in the washing machine.

She said he took a bucket of white paint and poured it all over her vehicle.

Ms. Hudson said she did not have a problem with the paint on her car because it would wash off. But she said when he also smashed out her windshield, that was going too far.

Bennett was charged with vandalism.

Found in the Chattanoogan

Belle Glade, FL
An employee entered a restaurant in the 300 block of Rardin Avenue in Pahokee with no shirt on. A co-worker told him to leave. The man became enraged, stormed into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and held it against the co-worker’s throat screaming, “I’ll kill everyone!” Customers in the restaurant restrained the man and took the knife away. He took it back and ran outside, where he was taken into custody.

Found in the Palm Beach Post

Point Reyes Station, CA
A citizen reported two men parked beside Highway 1 “snorting something into their noses.” They commented to him they were “picking” their noses.

Found in the Point Reyes Light

Grass Valley, CA
At 6:17 p.m., a woman from the 600 block of Packard Drive reported she and her family were picnicking under a tent when an arrow tore through the canvass and landed on the table. No one was injured.

Found in the Union

Mukilteo, WA
Well over 150 people assembled at the Lighthouse Park near closing time expecting to see a fireworks show. The subjects had apparently misread a recent newspaper article discussing funding for the upcoming Lighthouse Festival fireworks show and thought it was tonight. Several people were upset and verbal with officers when it was explained to them that there would be no show and that the park was closed.

Found in the Mukilteo Beacon

Tyrone, PA
An 18-year-old Tyrone man, Trent Lee Smith, was charged with disorderly conduct for an incident at the DelGrosso Amusement Park parking lot on July 10 at 9:50 p.m.

Police said Smith was doing “donuts” in the parking lot. They listed the victim in the case as “society.”

Found in TyronePA.com

Grass Valley, CA
At 4:42 p.m., a caller from the 100 block of Arcadia Drive reported he was on a chat room with a subject who claimed to be a girl, but the contact had a Web cam that revealed he was a male doing sexual acts.

Found in the Union

Savannah, GA
A woman was talking on the telephone when her husband began accusing her of talking to another man. The next morning, the woman was dressing her grandson when her husband came into the room and accused her of going to meet a man.

She assured her husband she was going to work, at which point he told her if she came back to the house, he’d kill her, and that if he ever saw her with another man, he’d kill her.

Found in Connect Savannah

Tuscon, AZ
An employee at Burger King, 10615 N. Oracle Road, called police at 12:26 p.m. June 22 to report an unwanted person. A customer was parked in the drive-through, and the police officer told her to pull forward. She said she was upset because the restaurant did not have the toys it advertised and did not put up a sign stating the toys were not available. She said she argued with the manager and was told to leave. The officer told her the restaurant has the right to refuse service to anyone and she would not be permitted to come back. She was not cited and left.

Found in the Arizona Star

Columbia, SC
A 22-year-old woman purchased a pack of cigarettes for her uncle on July 4 and kept three as a delivery fee. When she refused to give those three to him, he punched her in the head, dragged her across the pavement and ripped off her skirt.

Found in the Free Times

Kettle Moraine, WI
About a half- dozen teens resurrected an old fad July 6 when they ran naked around the Burger King parking lot.

According to the police log, a citizen called police shortly after 10 p.m. to report five or six males, about 16 to 20 years of age, get out of an SUV and run around the parking lot nude. They got back into the SUV that exited onto Highway 83.

Found in the Kettle Moraine Index

Parma Heights, OH
A 49-year-old Westburough Road woman told police Tuesday that she suspected her neighbor, a 47-year-old female, of sneaking into her house and stealing cat food while she was in jail and away from home.

Found in the Parma Sun Post