Small Town Misfit

Lincoln, NE
Man reports anoiting sent him to the hospital

A Lincoln man didn’t want anyone arrested or ticketed, but asked police to document something that happened at a revival Friday night.

Officer Katherine Finnell said the man said a pastor hit him so hard during an anointing ceremony that he ended up going to the hospital because of back pain.

The man told police he felt he was struck harder by the pastor than any other parishoners, but didn’t want any action taken.

Finnell said the revival was at 10 p.m. at 1123 C St., Everett Elementary School

Found in the Lincoln Journal Star

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Trenton, NJ
Police arrested a city man yesterday, shortly after he snatched a purse in the lobby of police headquarters.

Police said the theft came yesterday morning when a woman had come to the station to find out about claiming a vehicle that had been towed.

While the woman was speaking with police personnel, someone stole her purse that she had left at a nearby seat.

Police said the woman reported her missing purse immediately and officers went to check the surveillance tape, recorded by a camera in the lobby.

The tape, police said, showed the suspect pick up the purse and leave.

The suspect was recognized right away as 47-year-old Anthony Davis, of the first block of Ewing Street, who police said often frequents the police station lobby.

Davis’ description was broadcast and patrol cars searched the area around the headquarters, police said.

Within a half-hour, police said Davis was spotted, and was found to still be in possession of the purse.

Davis was arrested and charged with theft and an unrelated municipal court warrant.

And while Davis was known to police headquarters’ staff, he’s also no stranger to The Trentonian’s “Police Blotter” or to the state’s Department of Corrections.

Records show that Davis was arrested in 2002 for a burglary in the first block of Winder Avenue, and was accused of stealing $4,000 worth of property.

At the time of that arrest, Davis also had six outstanding warrants for his arrest.

Davis, who also went by the alias of Tony Squirle, spent two years in Southern States Correctional Facility for the burglary, and was released in December of 2004, according to corrections’ records.

Found in the Trentonian

San Jose, CA
Hillsdale Mall, 3:59 p.m. Monday A woman said a man wearing a tie-dye shirt and boots with American flags asked her if she wanted chocolate.

Found in the Mercury News

Ladera Ranch, CA
1:55 p.m. The caller reported that a man came into his residence near Maple Run Farm, threw something in the trash and then left.

Found in the Orange County Register

Morgan County, GA
On September 6 a harassing phone call complaint was filed at a Price Mill Road location after a man reported that someone called his home and alleged that the man’s family had painted the caller’s private parts blue.

Found in the Morgan County Citizen

Waynesboro, GA
Police halted a Waynesboro man’s door-to-door marijuana route last week.

According to a report, the man was riding his bicycle around asking to buy marijuana. He told officers that his cousin had purchased “some bad weed,” and he was trying to get to the bottom of it. He said he planned to turn the poor quality drugs over to police after his purchase.

Found in the True Citizen

Columbia, SC
A 25-year-old Lexington man complained to a department store employee at the Columbia Place Mall on that he was using the men’s restroom when another man entered the stall next to his and started staring at him through the cracks and holes in the stall wall. He said the man’s legs started shaking, and he thought the man was masturbating. Employees grabbed the peeping Tom when he left the restroom a short while later. When police arrived, an employee told a cop that the restroom is known for “questionable activity,” and the peeping Tom is one of many men who frequently stay in it for long periods of time. He was arrested.

Found in the Free Times

San Jose, CA
lbright Way, 5:46 p.m. Monday A man driving a Ford Explorer with the left front tire and rim missing was arrested and charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Found in the Mercury News

Columbia, SC
A 49-year-old man went to check out his property in Hopkins on Sept. 3 after a family member called him about a disturbance and heard motorcycles coming from behind his trailer. By the time he got there, the motorcycles had disappeared and the $30,000 trailer was destroyed. Officers reported that one of the only salvageable items was a blue plastic Dixie cup.

Found in the Free Times

Chattanooga, TN
Patrick Goodall said he was driving down Shallowford Road when a green Ford Escort was driving slow and throwing things out the window.

He said he passed the Escort. When he came to a stop sign at Igou Gap and Morris Hill Road, a white female got out of the Escort with a bat. He said he started to drive off, but the woman hit the trunk of his car with the bat, denting the trunk.

Mr. Goodall said he followed the vehicle to Fuller Road, where he lost it.

Found in the Chattanoogan

Erie County, NY
A Deville Court resident called police to ask for help getting ducks out of her drained swimming pool.

Found in Bee News

Lawrence, KS
At 3:23 a.m. today, 39 wedding gowns were recovered south of Eudora. The gowns of various sizes and labels were found on the roadway of East 2100 and North 1200 roads in Eudora. Sheriff’s department spokeswoman Kari Wempe says they aren’t sure who they belong to and are in evidence now.

Found in the Lawrence Journal-World