Small Town Misfit

Waynesboro, GA
A woman traveling on State Highway 80 was sprayed by a crop duster, according to an incident report filed at the Burke County Sheriff’s Office.

The complainant, Patricia Etterle, said that a yellow crop duster flew approximately two feet above her vehicle and sprayed it with chemicals. She told deputies that her vehicle was not damaged at the time, but she was sure that the chemical would damage the paint on her vehicle in the future.

Found in the True Citizen

Bozeman, MT
An officer was called to South Grand Avenue to discuss how to deal with a dead pet rabbit.

Found in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Goleta Valley, CA
While patrolling a parking lot along 4100 State Street closed to the public at night, deputies spotted an illegally parked truck. Upon further investigation, the search revealed two men and a dog sleeping on a makeshift mattress in the truck bed. A search also uncovered two crack pipes. Once awake, the men denied ownership of smoking paraphernalia, quickly passing the blame on a “hooker” they had met earlier.

“We had a hooker in there earlier,” one subject explained. “She probably left it.”

Refusing to provide more information about the “hooker,” one of the men eventually took responsibility for the illegal paraphernalia. He was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Happy Anniversary! Today marks one full year of Small Town Misfit. Last year on October 14th we kicked things off with what still may be my favorite police blot of all time.

Since then, we’ve published 835 police blots and collected 6,920 comments. Small Town Misfit was featured as Yahoo’s pick of the day, and we even got a writeup in Enternainment Weekly. Not bad for our first year!

Stay tuned, I’ve got some fun ideas to soup up the site in the coming months.

Thanks for reading!

Travis

Logan, UT
An individual believes that her neighbor has taken her cat and is going to eat it. She would like an officer to come down and check all of her neighbor’s freezers.

Found in the Utah Statesman

Waynesboro, GA
A Rincon man reported that his vehicle suffered extensive water damage while he was at Brigham Landing last Saturday.

He told deputies he was attempting to unload his boat from a trailer when he accidentally backed his vehicle into the Savannah River.

Found in the True Citizen

Olmstead Falls, OH
A 29-year-old Westlake man was arrested Sunday afternoon for assaulting five police officers just a few hours after he was married.

The incident happened when a sergeant pulled over a car on Columbia, near John Road, for speeding.

The driver, the groom’s brother, was given a sobriety test, when the groom began bothering officers about the test.

When told to get back in the vehicle, he refused, at which point officers tried to arrest him.

The man resisted, then started kicking and wrestling with officers. An attempt to subdue him with pepper spray was unsuccessful.

After several minutes, the suspect was detained and taken to Southwest General Health Center.

He was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, two counts of aggravated menacing and three felony counts of assaulting an officer. Olmsted Township also filed one count of menacing and two felony counts of assaulting an officer.

The bride and her father were also cited for obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.

Found in the News Sun

Chagrin Falls, OH
Saturday, someone broke into an American Street home and used the washer and dryer. A pane of glass was broken in the rear of the home.

Nothing was missing but the resident said her washer and dryer had been used. She suspected her former tenants but they denied breaking in and the door locks had been changed so their old key wouldn’t work.

Found in the Chagrin Herald Sun

Saugus, MA
A male walked into the station to report he was harassed by an employee of Sears at the Square One Mall. The male said he was purchasing a pair of shoes and an employee stated, “He looks like a heroin addict.” The male was referred to Lynn District Court if he wanted to pursue the matter, 12:19 p.m.

Found in the Saugus Advertiser

Grass Valley, CA
At 8:34 p.m., a woman called from the 15000 block of Goldcone Drive to report finding nine suspicious-looking holes dug on her property, each approximately three to four feet deep and two feet across.

Found in the Union

Columbia, SC
Police were called to a home at 2:30 p.m. Monday after two women got into a fight over who was going to get the master bedroom in the residence. The woman who called told officers that the other woman had slapped her and scratched her in the face, eyes, arm and chest. She said she was hit in the mouth and her lip was cut.

Found in the State

Atlanta, GA
Last January, a 25-year-old woman was hired as a dance instructor at a dance school on Buford Highway. Six months later, she told the school’s owners that she had stage-four ovarian cancer. The owners sent letters to the woman’s friends, business associates and parents of the dance students, making them aware of the woman’s battle with cancer. Well-wishers sent money and gifts to the 25-year-old. The owners of the dance school gave her two checks totaling $3,300. They estimate that she got at least $5,000 in money and gifts.

In August, the 25-year-old said she was having surgery at Piedmont Hospital. Turns out, she wasn’t at the hospital at all — and the owners got suspicious. They confronted the woman, and one day later she confessed to the hoax. The owners filed a police report for the woman’s arrest for theft by deception.

Found in Creative Loafing