It's been too long since I've posted some of the local shenanigans (and Nevada County has been busy), the evidence being that I have too many stacked up to fill any four or five blog entries! No worries! I'll just whittle them down a bit. Some of them are really pretty mundane, like the complaint about annoying phone calls (who hasn't been there?), or the call about the skunk with its head stuck in a jar (you see that every day). Let's just call this Police Blotter--Holiday Edition.
"9:41 p.m.--A caller from the 11200 block of Pekolee Drive reported a woman had just hit him over the head with a bottle and he didn't know why. He thought it might have occurred because of an argument he had with the woman over breaking his leg at work earlier in the day. Officers responding found the man was refusing medical attention and the woman left for the night." [where to start on this one?]
"1:28 a.m.--A woman from the 19000 block of Ocelot Drive reported someone had broken into her home and was standing in the kitchen. The person turned out to be her daughter-in-law, who accidentally scared her." [Perhaps it was the Black Beauty Face Mask and Green Glow Eye Cream...]
"11:18 p.m.--A woman from the 300 block of Northstar Place reported her neighbor threatened to do "horrible things" if she didn't turn off the lullaby music she was playing for her baby." [Of course, the only thing that puts baby to sleep is Metallica at 110 dB]
"6:30 p.m.--A caller from the Rood Center [county building] reported a "suspicious letter" on the floor. The letter was found to be mail that had been dropped by an employee." [I guess you CAN be too careful...]
"10:41 a.m.--A caller from a business in the 200 block of Mill Street reported a BB hole in the window. The hole turned out to be a smudge on the window." [Oh, come ON, people!]
"11:40 p.m.--A caller from a business in the Brunswick Basin reported a "creepy guy", was in the store. Officers were unable to locate him." [Wonder if they synchronized their definition of "creepy guy", first...]
"3:16 p.m.--A man from the 500 block of Whiting Street who appeared to be elderly reported his neighbor threw tree limbs on his lawn, and when he asked his neighbor to stop, the neighbor swept debris onto his feet. He was advised this was a civil issue. The man said he would beat up his neighbor make it a criminal issue." [Ah, the wisdom age brings...]
"5:07 p.m.--A caller from a business on South Auburn Street reported a man looked like he was trying to get money out of a towel machine." [I'm picturing one of those wall-mounted thingies in a restroom, are you?]
"2:18 a.m.--A man from the 10000 block of Bouler Street reported he was angry at people living in his house, then hung up. He called back to apologize, then said he was angry again at people in his house who sold his belongings and took the money. He said he would just kill them, then said he wouldn't. He then said he did not want to be contacted by a deputy, it would just make him angry again." [Right. We wouldn't want to risk that. Maybe we would. Not really. But then, again...]
"12:39 a.m.--There were reports of loud singing on First Street. Happy New Year." [Exactly. Happy New Year!]
