Wednesday, Oct. 1
1:29 p.m. A bad parking job led to an arrest after a business in the 2400 block of E. Main St. reported that someone parked halfway in the road and the parking lot. When that person was contacted, it was discovered that she had a warrant for her arrest and had been drinking.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
5:32 p.m. An officer responded to the McAndrew Baseball Fields for a report of an intoxicated male subject yelling at children. The man was apparently inside the dugout and yelling at children as they entered the field to play baseball. When the officer entered the dugout, he observed a man surrounded by empty Natural Light beer cans and a bag of chips. The man was arrested for disturbing the peace.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
9:45 p.m. After observing a vehicle on E. 7th Street drive 44 mph in a 30 mph zone, an officer pulled the vehicle over and observed two cases of beer in the backseat, some with the caps missing. When asked to exit the car to perform roadside maneuvers, the man was asked to say the alphabet without singing it and was only able to get to the letter Q. He was also asked to count backwards from 47 to 35. The man counted from 47 to 30 and then skipped to 20 and continued mumbling random numbers. He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
11:47 p.m. A man reported that a window in his home near the 600 block of Ash Street had been broken and a flat screen TV, 20 DVDs, video games and an Xbox 360 were missing.
Thursday, Oct. 2
11:10 p.m. An officer was called to a local fast food restaurant for a report of a customer harassing the employees. When the officer arrived, only one vehicle was in the parking lot and it was running. When the officer approached the male driver and asked him why he was harassing the employees, he said he just wanted to get his cheeseburgers. The man in the car had bloodshot, watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. The man said he was too drunk to pass roadside maneuvers and agreed to go to jail and get a breath test.
Saturday, Oct. 4
2:26 p.m. An officer responded to Wal-Mart for a report of theft and upon arriving found two adults and a 2-year-old child. The adults reportedly had concealed clothing and gloves and other items totaling about $175 in a diaper bag, but paid for groceries. The man said he needed a jacket for his job and it was getting cold. The couple said they were poor and needed some items for the winter and that they had not eaten in two days and had to make the decision between paying for food or clothing. They were both given summons for shoplifting.
Sunday, Oct. 5
12:04 a.m. A man was arrested for alleged domestic violence after entering an apartment in the 500 block of South Madison. The victim said the man knocked her to the floor, punched her in the face and head butted her.
Monday. Oct. 6
7:59 p.m. An officer responded to the 2200 block of East Main Street for a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian accident. When the officer arrived he found a young male laying face down in the middle of East Main Street. The man had blood on his face and was laying there with a Bud Light bottle. The officer asked which vehicle struck the man and was told none. The man apparently was shoved out of a vehicle. When the male got up, he was dazed. The officer asked what happened and the man held up his middle finger and shouted profanities at the officer and said that he “ain’t no snitch.” Medics arrived on scene and transported the man to the hospital. When a family member arrived at the hospital, the officer was able to figure out that the man was likely in the car and the man attempted to hit the females in the car with a glass beer bottle. That is when they stopped the vehicle and pushed the man out of the car to get away from him, according to the family member. When the man was questioned again at the hospital, he continued to yell obscenities and held up both middle fingers. The man continued to tell the officer that there was no one driving the vehicle and that he would not discuss the events that led to him lying in the middle of the road covered in blood. When the officer asked if the man was drinking he said he shared a 30 pack of Bud Light. The man was only 20 years old and was issued a summons for underage consumption of alcohol and left in the custody of the hospital staff and his relative.
Tuesday, Oct. 7
10:03 p.m. Two sisters were arrested for disturbing the peace at a motel in the 300 block of West Main Street after a fight over borrowed clothes led to a physical altercation.
