Small Town Misfit

Orange County, CA
A student in eighth grade told her mother Wednesday that she saw a man tied to a tree with duct tape on his mouth in the 4900 block of Warner Avenue.

The girl said she saw a man get out of a silver pickup truck and put more duct tape on the tied-up man’s mouth. Police responded but were unable to locate a man tied to a tree. The incident was reported at 4:21 p.m.

Found in the Orange County Register

Chattanooga, TN
A woman on Forestdale Lane said her husband began acting crazy soon after she got home. She said he got naked and went outside.

She was able to get him back in the house, then he started slapping her.

Police came to the door and a naked man answered. Officers got him to put on some pants.

The wife had red marks on her face and back from the slapping, police said.

Found in the Chattanoogan

Grass Valley, CA
4:31 p.m. - A woman called from the 10000 block of King Way to report a fight between her grandmother and her 12-year-old son. The grandmother allegedly swung a guitar at the juvenile, then both the grandmother and the juvenile started throwing forks. A deputy mediated the situation.

Found in the Union

Rio Grande, NM
2:10 a.m. — A Santa Clara Apartments caller requested an ambulance for someone experiencing an overdose of alcohol. The caller advised dispatchers to “just hurry the (expletive) up.” The line went dead before more information could be obtained, so dispatch called the number back, and the woman answered, “(expletive) you, hurry up.” An officer followed the ambulance to the Española Hospital because the woman had an active warrant and was “getting out of hand.” After doctors gave her a medical clearance, the woman was transported to the Española Jail for her warrant.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Goleta Valley, CA
The Isla Vista Foot Patrol assisted the county fire department after a 19-year-old male fell from a Del Playa Drive cliff onto the beach below. Following his tumble, witnesses called for help when the injured male began complaining of pain in his right leg.
During an interview with deputies, onlookers said that the Santa Monica visitor had been partying in the area prior to taking the fall. After drinking a few mixed cocktails, they say, he “took off running toward the ocean” unaware of the steep drop-off.
A medical team transported the man to Cottage Hospital for treatment.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Columbia, SC
A 47-year-old man learned this golden rule on Nov. 27. The man was arrested on Fairfield Road and left his keys in his truck, saying he assumed it would get towed. But it didn’t. So, naturally, when he returned to get his truck it was gone. He began walking to try to find his vehicle and after while he saw it sitting in the yard of a 30-year-old man. But that’s where the car stayed because the doors were locked and 47-year-old couldn’t get into his truck because he didn’t have his keys.

Found in the Free Times

Columbia, SC
A 44-year-old woman called police Dec. 1 because she had been receiving harassing phone calls for more than a month. She said different people kept calling looking for a man named Larry. She elaborated that she repeatedly told the callers, whom she thought were from a bank, that there was no Larry at her home on Woodcrest Drive. When police responded to her complaint a deputy called the offending number and found that the calls were coming from a mental institution.

Found in the Free Times

Oakley, OH
Two men were arrested and charged Thursday night after Cincinnati police say they posed as Norwood police to get into a man’s home and steal $120 from him.

Josh Harber, 25, of East Walnut Hills, and Kenneth Bush, 20, of Norwood, are scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. on charges of robbery and inpersonating a police officer, Hamilton County court records show.

The men flashed a badge at the door of a home in the 3000 block of Robertson Avenue just before midnight Thursday, police said. They said they were Norwood police officers and needed to speak to the victim about a suspect they were looking for, according to court records.
But once they were inside, they patted the victim down and took $120 off him, records state.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Eau Claire, WI
At 10:53 a.m., a University Police sergeant responded to a report of a vehicle in the Oak Ridge parking lot that had been running since the day before.

The officer found the car with its engine running but no key in the ignition. Using the vehicle’s license plate number, he found its registration information and contacted the owner.

The owner said she had parked her car on Tuesday afternoon and hadn’t been to it since. She said she has a remote car starter and might have accidentally hit the remote while she was in her residence hall room.

The woman shut the engine off.

At 11:37 p.m. the next day, an officer found the same vehicle running with no one inside. The officer contacted the woman who said she planned on taking the car in to get it fixed.

Found in the Spectator News

Clovis, NM
About 4 a.m. Dec. 4 an officer responded to a home in the 100 block of Hinkle Street for a man with a knife.

A woman said her boyfriend had gone crazy and threatened everyone in the house because he said American women have no respect for men from Mexico.

She said he grabbed her by the hair and held the knife to her chest.

The man, whom officers noted was intoxicated, was arrested for battery on a household member, aggravated assault and kidnapping.

Found in the Clovis News Journal

Campbell, CA
2:18 a.m. Dec. 8 A driver waiting in line at Jack in the Box said a person in a vehicle who tried to cut in front of him got out of the vehicle and threatened him with a knife, then kicked his vehicle, jumped on the hood and punched the windshield.

Found in the San Jose Mercury News

Orange County, CA
A woman said her 17-year-old son had taken mushrooms, was on a “trip” and had “urinated everywhere in the house.” She said she tried to wait it out but he was pushing her and she could no longer control him, 3:43 p.m.

Found in the Orange County Register