The Blotter: A woman said a driver almost ran her over after she threatened to call the cops
Sept. 14
A driver ran over a neighborhood street sign while leaving tire tracks in a resident’s yard during the night. A fraudulent check was deposited. A man came back to find a perfect tow hitchsized hole in his bumper.
Someone sprayed gravel into the neighbor’s lawn from across the street after spinning a vehicle’s tires in the driveway; they said they would clean it up.
Sept. 15
A 20 foot “Store Moving” sign was ripped off a store front. An intoxicated pedestrian walked into the side of a woman’s moving truck. A garage door was left wide open with nobody around.
Sept. 16
A toolbox was stolen from a trailer in the middle of the night. A boy’s bike was stolen from his front yard. An older man in a rusty green truck skimmed by a young girl on a bicycle. A floor jack was stolen from the bed of a truck. A dark green Saturn was driving on the wrong side of the road.
A woman said a driver almost ran her over after she threatened to call the cops. A juvenile said his friend’s arm had a bone sticking out of it; he may have been making it up.
Sept. 17
A brother and an ex-girlfriend went to jail over an altercation. People parked in a red van were breaking bottles against a building.
A woman out for a walk was bitten by a dog off its leash. A man running without shoes said he had taken shrooms; he
was worried about his mom, he wanted to talk to someone face to face, and he couldn’t explain why he was running.
Sept. 18
A dispute between roommates led to a car being driven over a fence and a hatchet being thrown at a wall.
An unknown man was sleeping in a van outside a woman’s home. A cat bit a human. A bike was stolen. Someone with a silver SUV was loading railroad ties onto a flatbed trailer near the old black train at Depot Park. A pack of teenage boys were in the middle of a neighborhood street playing loud music, cussing and verbally fighting. A woman wanted to know how to appropriately hook up her smoke alarms after seeing Chinese lanterns float over her house.
Sept. 19
A 93-year-old woman was combative. A semiautomatic pistol was reported stolen from a home. A neighbor was concerned the sprinklers near the track field had been left on for three hours and were getting too saturated. Parking for a baby shower congested the street. A homeowner kicked out a bunch of kids and threats about getting jumped were made.
Sept. 20
A woman left trash bags of garbage in the alley outside of garbage disposal. A man was trying to fix his trailer wiring to get his lights to work.