SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
An officer was dispatched to a storage facility to speak with a male about a vandalism complaint against his ex-girlfriend who had damaged all of his stuff inside the storage unit. He explained that he and his girlfriend had broken up a week ago because she accused him of cheating on her. The male found a note inside his car the previous night from his ex-girlfriend that said he might want to go look in his storage, and then called him an expletive. The note had a smiley face on it. When the male went to his storage unit in the morning, he found a lot of his belongings broken, and chewing tobacco spit all over the other items. When asked why he thought his ex-girlfriend had done this, the male told the officer that the ex chews tobacco and she had a key to the storage unit. Some of the destroyed items included a fishing pole broken in half, a mirror and a neon light sign that had both been shattered, a water bed valued at $1,000 which had been ripped so it could not hold water, and a bedspread that had been ripped apart. There was a long handwritten note at the scene accusing the male of cheating and saying that he had broken her heart, which was taken into evidence. The officer then spoke with the ex-girlfriend, who admitted to going into the storage locker and breaking everything she thought did not have much meaning to her ex-boyfriend. She was placed into custody and a felony hold slip was issued for criminal mischief over $1,000.
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
An officer responded to a call from a woman who advised him that her American flag had been burned sometime during the night. The flag was taken from a pole in front of her house that is shared with a neighbor, and his Iwo Jima flag that was on the same pole had also been stolen recently. The officer examined the spot where the flag had been burned, and melted onto the wooden fence, which was not damaged. Photos were taken of the fence and of the burned flag for evidence.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
An officer was assisting another with another traffic stop when a vehicle pulled up behind their patrol cars. A female got out and stated that she had been hit and cut with a knife by her husband. The officer saw blood and what looked like muscle or tissue exposed from the cut on the womans hand. The officer followed the woman to her home to speak with the husband, who said that they had been playing softball and while driving home, his wife was hitting him and telling him their marriage was over. He said that he had been out of the Marine Corps for a couple of months, and that sometimes he blanks out. He stated that he got angry and told his wife to stop hitting him. He admitted to hitting his wife in the face, and that he had a knife in his car, but that he didnt know if he had cut her or not. He admitted to having had some beer several hours earlier. The husband was handcuffed and taken into custody, and during questioning, told the officer that he had blanked out when he got angry on a previous occasion as well. The knife, approximately 6 to 8 inches long, was found in the car with fresh blood on it.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
Two officers were dispatched to City Market in reference to a male subject who called dispatch and said he was armed with a pistol and wanted to speak with the police. The subject was known to police from prior contact, was standing near the open passenger side door to a pickup truck near the southwest corner of the business. The suspect asked if he had a pistol and would not answer. When asked again, he stated that the pistol was in his right front jacket pocket. The suspect was told to place his hands on top of the truck, and an officer retrieved a silver .45 caliber pistol that had a round in the chamber and four live rounds in the magazine. The suspect also had nine rounds of ammunition in one pants pocket, and another magazine loaded with five live rounds in the other pocket. The suspect told the officer he had purchased the pistol two days before. Two more officers arrived on scene to assist. The suspect was taken into custody and told officers that he had been trying to get a hold of his sister so she could to take him to rehab, and when he couldnt reach her, he called police. The male driver of the pickup told officers that he thought the suspect had gotten some meth the night before and wanted him to get some help. He brought the suspect to the store to purchase cigarettes, and did not know that the suspect was armed with a pistol. At the detention center, the suspect showed evidence of and admitted to being on meth. His criminal history showed that he had been incarcerated after a felony conviction for aggravated robbery.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27
An officer was dispatched to a residential area for a call of an intoxicated female urinating in a yard. The reporting party at a residence told the officer a woman had pulled down her pants and urinated in the front yard of her house; she was upset and stated that kids were walking by that had just gotten out of school at Kemper Elementary. The officer located a woman matching the description given, wrote her a summons for disturbing the peace, and advised her to leave the area.
