THURSDAY, MARCH 1
An officer patrolling near the Welcome Center saw a male known to have an active warrant walking on Mildred St. The officer contacted the male and told him he was being placed under arrest for failure to appear. The males backpack was searched for weapons and drugs, and they found a clear plastic bag containing methamphetamine. The male said that it was probably his brothers.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Dispatch aired a report of a disturbance at some apartments. A caller had said that two people were fighting in the parking lot. Four officers were nearby and were given a description of the car one of the people had left the scene in. The car was seen traveling west, and the officer followed it as it turned into the parking lot of a motel. He found it parked with the engine off, and approached the car with his spotlight turned on. A female stepped out from the drivers side, and the officer asked her what was going on. She showed signs of intoxication and told the officer that nothing was going on. She told the officer that she was having problems with her boyfriend at the apartment so she just left. The officer observed no injuries on her, and asked her how much she had to drink, to which she replied Just a little. She claimed to have no ID on her and when asked her name and date of birth, she hesitated when providing the information and seemed to not know her birth date. She again provided the false name and birth date, and gave an age that did not match up with the birth date. After she was handcuffed and escorted to the patrol car, she apologized for lying and said that she didnt want to get in trouble because she had a warrant.
SUNDAY, MARCH 4
Three officers responded to a residence in a local trailer park in reference to three intoxicated males who were causing a disturbance and were about to fight. While en route to the location, one of the officers was told to intercept one of the males who was running east on 7th St. wearing jeans and a white T-shirt. The male showed numerous signs of intoxication, and when asked where he was running to, he said that he was at a party. When asked why he was running, the male said that he was not, although he was so out of breath he was having difficulty speaking. An officer at the trailer park had spoken with the reporting party and found that the male had been involved in a fight with two other males, who had run in different directions and were gone when officers arrived. The male refused to give any other information about the males he had been fighting and was told to go home and go to sleep. A short time later, dispatch advised that someone had called in a description of the same male at another trailer park trying to break into cars. The officer arrived at the location, and a resident pointed at the male who was running behind one of the trailers. When the officer contacted him, the male stopped running and faced the officer with a boxing stance, fists up and in front of his face. After he presented the officer with a fighting stance, the male was tackled to the ground. Other residents at the trailer park advised the officer that the male suspect was a resident of the park. None of the vehicles had been broken into. The male was taken into custody and issued a summons for underage consumption of alcohol. At the jail, the male requested to the jail staff to blow into a PBT, stating I want to see how drunk I am.
Dispatch advised that a car was just stolen from a residential address, and the owner had watched someone push his vehicle down the road, then jump in it and take off and head east. The officer was parked and observed the stolen car headed east down Main St. and pulled into the parking lot at Walmart. When the officer activated his emergency lights and attempted to contact the driver, the driver exited the car and ran. The officer gave chase and caught him a short distance from the car and ordered him to the ground at gunpoint. He was handcuffed and placed in the patrol car while a second officer handcuffed the passenger in the stolen car, a 13-year-old male. He was transported to the police station and his mother was called. The officer questioned the driver of the stolen car, who told him he was 14. His mother was contacted and asked to come to the police station. The cars owner was told he could come pick up his vehicle. The juvenile car thief told the officer that he and his friend were walking around town and he asked his friend if he wanted to steal a car, to which the friend said yes. The boys found a car with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition. The driver got in while the friend pushed him for a short distance, and they started the car, the friend got in, and they took off. He told the officer that they just wanted to drive around town for awhile. When asked why he ran from the officer, he said that he was scared and didnt know what to do. The friend told the same story.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6
An officer met with a woman for a report of fraud. The woman said that she had money removed from her bank account in the amount of $312.50, and that she believed that this was related to previous theft of $299.47 from her account in February due to the fact that the address used for her was identical and incorrect in each instance. Her bank was unable to track the debit. The woman had been advised to close her bank account back in February when the first fraud occurred, and was advised again to close the account. She agreed, and said that she would now do so.
