Small Town Misfit

Emeryville, CA
“Piedmont police logs show that on April 24, a resident “complained of man who asked her if she knew what made plants sprout from the ground.’”

Found in the East Bay Express

Thanks Davis!

Grass Valley, CA
10:42 a.m. - A caller said vandals smeared peanut butter on her property at Pleasant Hill Road and suspects it might be a neighbor.

Found in the Union

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Brazoria County, TX
A 47-year-old Pearland woman accidentally shot herself in the side with a revolver during target practice in the 18000 block of Amoco Drive in Pearland, Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Charles Bankston said.

“Apparently they were target shooting and she was going to do some kind of quick draw behind her back, goofing around and she shot herself in her side,” Bankston said.

The woman shot herself on the left side, just above her hip and the bullet exited her back, Bankston said.

Found in The Facts

Thanks Kathy!

Rio Grande, NM
4:43 p.m. A Ruff Cuts Pet Salon employee said a new customer was complaining about her grooming. Dispatchers advised the caller that 911 is for emergencies only.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Rio Grande, NM
5:33 p.m. An Arby’s employee said three women were trying to sell sex to the restaurant’s customers and doing drugs by the dumpster. Police advised the ladies to leave.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Columbia, SC
An officer was patrolling around Piedmont Avenue on April 25 when he heard someone holler “you are going to school” and then someone say something back to the yeller. The cop walked over to the house where he heard the commotion coming from and found a father and his 17-year-old son arguing. The father told the officer that he is tired of his son sitting around not going to school. The son asserted that he “isn’t doing a damn thing” and if his father puts a hand on him he’s “going to jump him.” The officer told the son to go to his room but instead the teenager started cursing out his father. The officer told him not to do that again. But the boy swore at his father again as he was walking into his room. So the officer arrested him and took him to jail for disorderly conduct.

Found in the Free Times

Columbia, SC
A 28-year-old woman said she and her mother got into a fight at a West Avenue apartment April 26. The woman elaborated that she picked up a kitchen knife with her right hand and stabbed a wall, causing the knife to cut her right pinky finger. The woman then walked to a hospital for medical attention (and maybe anger management help).

Found in the Free Times

Kalispell, MT
2:50 p.m. A motorcyclist freaked out after a man driving a truck cut him off on Main Street. The pair drove side by side and yelled at each other for a short distance. Thee angry men then pulled over into a parking lot of a business south of Kalispell to fight. The motorcyclist smashed the back window of the man’s pickup with his helmet. When a deputy arrived both men had calmed down and admitted to their stupidity. The biker offered to pay for the smashed window.

Found in the Flathead Beacon

Kalispell, MT
11:11 a.m. Deputies responded when someone from the Mountain Villa apartments called in to report that their neighbors were fighting and they could hear a woman screaming “stop!” When deputies arrived they found a man and his wife sitting in front of a large flat screen television – with surround sound blasting – playing the video game Super Mario Cart. The couple was yelling and having fun with their awesome Wii game.

Found in the Flathead Beacon

Atlanta, GA
On Lanier Street, a 47-year-old man said he and his roommate “Car Wash” had a verbal spat — and Car Wash got kicked out of the house. He said Car Wash got upset and stole his TV and stereo from his room before leaving. Car Wash threatened to return and steal more stuff, he said. The man plans to take out a warrant on Car Wash, as soon as he gets Car Wash’s real name from his landlord.

Found in Creative Loafing

Goleta Valley, CA
Following the sound of squealing tires, deputies were led to a man driving under the influence of alcohol. Once the driver noticed he was under surveillance, he and his passengers attempted to abandon the vehicle in the parking lot of a Hollister Avenue convenience store. However, they were nabbed immediately.

On his way to jail for driving while intoxicated, the 25-year-old man told authorities he had a gun in the trunk of his car.
“I’m a member of the Winchester Gun Club. I know the right way to carry a gun in the car. It’s unloaded in a locked box in my trunk,” he acknowledged.

A car search revealed the pistol was, in fact, loaded and being transported in an unlocked gun carrier. He was additionally charged with possession of the loaded firearm.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Goleta Valley, CA
Alone and walking uncomfortably close to the oceanside cliffs along Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista, an unsteady 20-year-old was stopped by deputies. When asked where he was headed at 2 a.m., the wobbly man pointed toward the ocean and replied, “I’m going home.”

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice