Small Town Misfit

Sacramento, CA
A Samurai sword attack on July 5 left a man with wounds to his chest and arm, and a collapsed lung.

Gregory Daniel Huizar, 26, was arrested and faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing his wife’s ex-boyfriend, according to Sacramento police.

Huizar kept a second Samurai sword in his car, police said.

Found in the Sacramento Bee

Tracy, CA
3:47 p.m.: A woman on the 1800 block of West 11th Street told police that a man approached her at her job and offered her $50 if he could take pictures of her feet for his foot fetish Web site. She declined, but he left his name and phone number. Another woman from the same shopping center called at 6:04 p.m. and said that a man who wanted to take pictures of her feet had also approached her. She said that he drove away in a silver Mercedes.

Found the Tracy Press

Goleta Valley, CA
A 49-year-old man cited for allowing gasoline to flow down his driveway and into a public sewer drain remained, according to the report, unfazed by his wrongdoing.

An anonymous caller reported a heavy odor of gasoline in the air along San Dimas Avenue. It was 10 a.m. when deputies investigated the source of the smell. There, they observed the smelly, bright green substance flowing from a driveway into the nearby sewer. Following the path, they met with a man working on his vehicle. In response to the citation, the man claimed he did not know it was illegal to dump gas into the gutter.

“Well, it won’t happen again after today,” he quipped.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Grass Valley, CA
At 9:27 a.m., a caller from the 10000 block of Wellswood Way reported his son got a bloody nose in a fight with another person who started it because the son had stolen a bong from him.

Found in the Union

Sacramento, CA
An 18-year-old man who led Elk Grove on a 4-mile pursuit - in a golf cart - last week was not so lucky.

Andrew Paul Aye, 18, was arrested after trying to break into the Ace Hardware store on Elk Grove-Florin Road at 1:35 a.m. July 3.

When officers arrived, Aye fled on foot then hopped into a golf cart, leading police on a low-speed chase through Old Town Elk Grove.

He faces charges of attempted burglary, driving without a license and evading police.

Found in the Sacramento Bee

Columbia, SC
Police responded at 11 p.m. Thursday to a reported assault at an RV park. The victim told police she and her husband were sparring. The two are kickboxers. Another man asked if he could spar with her, and she agreed, getting the best of him. He got upset, picked her up, body-slammed her and started choking her, she reported. Another man pulled the suspect off. The suspect, a park employee, told police that he informed her she was violating a fireworks policy and she asked if he wanted to spar, but he declined. The suspect said he was then assaulted.

Found in The State

Clovis, NM
Around 6 p.m. July 1 an officer responded to a home in the 1300 block of Davis Street for a juvenile who had sprayed bug spray on his mother.

On arrival the woman told the officer her son didn’t actually spray her but had upset her when he used the spray during daylight hours when she had purchased it for use at night.

The officer noted it was the second time that day the woman had called in a problem with her son and changed her story when the officer arrived. He also noted she had a history of similar calls and was often intoxicated when police responded.

He told the woman she could not call the police for false incidents and her misuse of 911 needed to stop immediately.

Found in the Clovis News Journal

Columbia, SC
While recently waiting at a bus stop on Main Street a 51-year-old woman was approached by a 53-year-old man flashing the whole kit and caboodle. The woman told the man that he needed to put it back in his pants. The woman states that the man acted as if he did not know his pants were unzipped. The woman looked away and the man began asking what color her eyes were and told her that she needed a man. The woman told the man that it wasn’t any of his business. The man was arrested and taken to jail for indecent exposure.

Found in the Free Times

Parma Heights, OH
A woman was caught pirating a wireless connection from the parking lot of the Big Creek apartment complex. A police officer working security for the apartments located the woman in her car about 11:45 a.m. Thursday near the leasing office. The city prosecutor is reviewing possible theft charges against the woman.

Found in the Parma Sun Post

Rio Grande, NM
3:19 p.m. — A Santo Niño Lane caller said a man was on a couch outside her home cussing at her.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Rio Grande, NM
5:49 p.m. — A Las Lomas Apartments caller said about seven individuals were threatening her because she was parked in the wrong space. She said they had bats and possibly guns. Police reported that everything was okay and no gun was involved. No report was wanted.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Erie County, NY
A one-legged turkey was reportedly in the middle of Willow Ridge Drive. The complainant said the bird was unable to move to the side, but it chased the patrol car that responded.

Found in the Bee News