Small Town Misfit

Cleveland, OH
Two Texas men hauling 55 bales of marijuana hidden in a broccoli truck were arrested recently.

Facing charges of aggravated drug trafficking are Gilberto Martinez, 29, and Jaime DeLeone, 27. Total value of the marijuana they were transporting in a semi tractor-trailer was $1 million. Surrounding the 615 pounds of marijuana was a load of broccoli, according to Cleveland police and the Ohio Attorney General’s office. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s office also assisted in the investigation.

At 11 p.m. Sept. 6, agents and officers from those law enforcement agencies intercepted the truck at West 161st Street and Brookpark Road. Also recovered was various evidence, including a cell phone, satellite radio, some paperwork and other materials, police said.

Found in the West Side Sun News

Parma, OH
A Browns fan was smacked in the face with a pan full of clams and hot water after he insulted a Steelers fan Sunday during the football game.

Police were called about 3:45 p.m. to a Stumph Road apartment complex where the victim lives. He said he told his friend that the Steelers team and their quarterback were no good. The two men argued and the Pittsburgh fan took the pan off the stove and swung it at the Cleveland supporter. He left the scene before police got there, but faces a felonious assault charge.

Found in the Parma Sun Post

Orange County, CA
A caller Monday around 11 a.m. said a naked woman, who was described as being “very upset,” got out of a gray Pontiacand ran out into the street in the 21500 block Brookhurst Street.

The woman was reportedly walking into businesses, including a physical therapy office and a 76 gas station.

Someone put a gown on the woman and police picked her up so they could take her to a hospital for mental evaluation. While inside the police car, the woman kicked out the car’s back window.

Found in the Orange County Register

Goleta Valley, CA
A 76-year-old man landed in the emergency room after charging his neighbor with a stick. The neighbor quickly gained control of the situation, grabbing the wooden weapon and, ultimately, used it on his would-be assailant. The two men, both in their 70s, have been linked to an ongoing property line dispute, according to witnesses in the Plumas Avenue neighborhood.

Spotting his neighbor defacing his fence, the younger of the two admitted starting the brawl after being pushed to his wit’s end.

“I blew my stack and went after him with a stick,” he said to deputies from the hospital, where he was treated for cuts on his head.

“I don’t recall hitting him, but he got the best of me,” he added.

After citing the senior citizen for assault with a deadly weapon and tending to his wounds, the suspect was released from the hospital.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Atlanta, GA
Two officers were sent to deal with a man who allegedly broke into a car at Piedmont Park. A witness said a man went up to a Chevy SLV and took a hammer out of the truck bed — and then walked away. The man returned, picked up a rock and threw it at the driver’s side window — but the window didn’t break, the witness said. The man slammed the rock again, and the window broke, the witness said.

The man allegedly reached into the car and “took a white pillowcase filled with 47 pairs of women’s underwear and three Cheri porno magazines and then proceeded to walk away from the vehicle,” an officer wrote. Police found the man – still carrying the white pillowcase – on Monroe Drive. The man, age 38, was arrested for entering an auto. “The bag of underwear, magazines and the rock were placed into property as evidence,” the officer wrote.

Found in Creative Loafing

Rio Grande, NM
11:41p.m. — A caller said a man was punching the drive-thru window at Valley National Bank. Police couldn’t locate the subject.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Cleveland, OH
A motorist notified police Aug. 28 about a Jeep northbound on West 130th Street that looked suspicious. The man said the Jeep had what looked like a machine gun mounted on its frame.

Police found the Jeep, stopped it and reported it was indeed a machine gun. But it was inoperable. They also said the vehicle was licensed properly.

Found in the Sun Star

Amhurst, NY
A Noel Drive resident complained that the neighbor’s sprinkler was on and was getting her driveway wet. She didn’t want to wait for police but wanted them to tell the neighbor to move the sprinkler. When police arrived neither party was home, the sprinkler was on but the water wasn’t hitting the driveway in question.

Found in the Amhurst Bee

Amherst, NY
A Glen Avenue resident told police that there were two people taking pictures on the property and that they might be naked. The suspects were fully clothed professional photographers and not on the property.

Found in the Amhurst Bee

Atlanta, GA
On Archer Avenue, an 80-year-old woman said her grandson came by her apartment and asked her for money. She said no. Then, she said, her grandson twisted her arm, grabbed her change purse and took $200. She said she doesn’t know where her grandson lives. He is 42 years old and weighs about 250 pounds.

Found in Creative Loafing

Mukilteo, WA
A party called to report that a neighbor kid’s soccer ball went into her backyard. He then knocked on her door but she did not answer so he went inside her backyard to retrieve his ball. She was very upset about this and wanted trespass charges filed against the juvenile. Upon arrival, the officer discovered that the juvenile had not retrieved his ball. It was explained to her that the juvenile had acted reasonably and that charges would not be filed against him. The officers also had her throw the ball back into the juveniles yard.

Found in the Mukilteo Beacon

Rio Grande, NM
4:29 p.m. — A caller on Shadowood Lane said a woman who served a restraining order against him and his son just called his work to see if he was mad about the restraining order. He wanted to file a report for violation of a restraining order. Española police referred the case to State Police, because the incident took place in Pojoaque.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun