Small Town Misfit

Middleburg Heights, OH
Police observed a driver traveling about 20 mph with his car’s hazard lights on. The tire on the car was flat and smoking.

The man was pulled over. As he got out of the car, he started to walk toward the officer’s cruiser. Police told the man to go back to his car and he stumbled backward into traffic.

The man told police he was just trying to get home.

The man’s breath smelled of alcohol and he had bloodshot and glassy eyes.

The Brook Park man eventually got home but not before making a stop in jail.

Found in the News Sun

Tracy, CA
A caller said she invited a former neighbor to park in front of her home on the 2100 block of Deborah Street, but the guest overstayed his welcome and apparently started living out of his white Chrysler LeBaron in the caller’s driveway. The call was reported at 4:46 p.m. Tuesday.

Found in the Tracy Press

Atlanta, GA
In Buckhead, an officer saw a blue 2007 Jaguar with California tags. A computer check revealed the Jaguar was allegedly stolen in Los Angeles. The officer arrested the driver, a Beverly Hills man, who admitted he had a gun in the glovebox. A 33-year-old woman was in the passenger seat.

The officer ran a check on her — she had no outstanding warrants, so the officer said she was free to go. A few minutes later, the woman tried to remove a black leather computer bag from the Jaguar, the officer noted.

The leather bag contained $37,000 cash. The woman said she knows nothing about the car, cash or the gun — and she was on a date with the man. The man said a friend he knows as “D” let him borrow the Jaguar — and he believes D’s real name was Darrell, but he isn’t sure. He said the $37,000 cash is from a clothing line that he owns. They both went to jail.

Found in Creative Loafing

Cincinnati, OH
The unusual noise coming out of a portable toilet in Sycamore Township’s Bechtold Park caught the bike cop’s ear
When the officer popped open the door, here’s what he saw, according to the arrest report:
Gil Duff.

Sitting on the john.

Pants pulled up.

Snoring away.

An open beer can beside him.

The officer arrested Duff, 45, of Deer Park, on charges of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

The report said this the third time Duff’s been seen “passed out and intoxicated” in a public place.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Walnut Hills, OH
Some men will go to great lengths for a close shave. Witness Rodney Tye. Police say Tye, 42, of North Fairmount, walked out of a Walnut Hills Kroger with enough razors to clear-cut the gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Tye is accused of swiping nearly $400 in Gillette razors Monday night.

The store’s alarms went off as Tye walked out the door, according to the arrest report, and an officer saw a large bulge under his shirt.

Within that bulge were Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razors, Gillette Fusion blades and a whole variety of shaving implements totaling $394.87, police said.

Tye was charged with theft and criminal trespass.

Officials said Tye has been arrested there before.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Bozeman, MT
A door was in the northbound lane of South 19th Avenue. “Some type of animal head” was in the southbound lane of North 19th Avenue.

Found in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Chaska, MN
A man and his 15-year-old son were in a truck traveling on County Road 140. The father was driving, while his son was hanging out the window, striking mailboxes with a silicone gel wrist support. A witness called the police. Officers located the truck a short time later. A marijuana pipe was found in the father’s possession. He was charged with criminal damage to property, reckless driving, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia. The son was charged with criminal damage to property.

Found in the Star-Tribune

Kalispell, MT
7:42 p.m. A mom called in to report that her “evicted” son crawled in through the window and drank some of her milk.

Found in the Flathead Beacon

Kalispell, MT
12:09 a.m. A man who was lying face down on the train tracks at the Whitefish Train Depot was taken to North Valley Hospital.

Found in the Flathead Beacon

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The evil code is apparently a trojan called “Downloader.”

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Travis

UPDATE: Thanks to some helpful tips from readers, we’ve found the problem. Someone is injecting code into individual posts that installs this nasty critter. I’ve removed all of the bad code for now, and I’ll keep an eye out for more infestations!

Atlanta, GA
A 31-year-old man said for the last two years, an unknown person has falsely claimed his two kids on his or her income tax return. According to the police report, one child’s middle name is “Believe” and the other child’s middle name is “Peace.”

Found in Creative Loafing

Durango, CO
4:15 p.m. An officer was needed at Mercy Regional Medical Center to handle an agitated and intoxicated husband while his wife was in labor. The man was gone when officers arrived.

Found in the Durango Herald