THURSDAY, FEB. 23
An officer was stopped at an intersection when he observed a woman that he recognized driving on a side street and noticed that her husband was in the passenger seat. The officer had dispatch check her status, and was advised that the woman was the protected party on a criminal restraining order, with her husband named on the order as the restrained party. After the vehicle was stopped, it was noted that there was a young child in the back seat of the vehicle. The husband in the passenger seat was asked if he was aware of the restraining order between him and his wife, the woman driving, and he told the officer that he thought it had been dropped. The woman spoke up and said that she had filed paperwork with the court to have the restraining order modified and dropped. Due to their statements, the officer contacted County Court and spoke with a clerk to check their records. The clerk advised that the restraining order was still in effect and that there had only been one motion filed regarding the order, and that had been to waive the supervision fee. The husband was advised of this information and was taken into custody and was issued a summons for violation of a criminal protection order.
Dispatch requested an officer to respond to a residence in reference to a disturbance, and contacted the female renter of an apartment, noting that the front doors frame near the dead bolt was damaged. She told the officer that she had received a text from a good friend who asked if he could come over and talk to her; he came over a short time later and they were talking in the living room when someone started to bang on the front door. The male friend ran into the kitchen and hid because he didnt want anyone to know he was there. She said that all of a sudden the front door swung open and her friends wife came storming in to her apartment yelling and cursing at her, and demanding to know where her husband was. At that point, the male friend walked out from the kitchen. The renter told her friends wife to leave several times, and the woman became enraged and began swinging her car keys at her, striking her in the head several times. The male grabbed his wife and escorted her outside and told the reporting party to stay inside and lock the door. The husband and wife argued outside the apartment for several minutes, when the wife suddenly busted the front door open and proceeded to hit the renter in the head with her keys and fists. The reporting party said that she was willing to pursue criminal charges against the woman. The officer attempted to contact the husband and wife who had already left the scene, and if unable to reach the wife, an arrest warrant will be obtained for her.
FRIDAY, FEB. 24
An officer was dispatched to a local bank for a call of an intoxicated driver in a pickup truck at their drive-through window. The officer attempted to pull the truck over after it left the bank, but the driver did not pull over until the patrol cars siren was activated. The male driver exhibited signs of intoxication and when asked how much he had to drink, he admitted that he had had about 10 beers in the last 10 hours. He also stated that he was on his way to pick up his girlfriend and was going to go and get some help with alcohol rehabilitation. The driver failed voluntary roadside maneuvers and when asked to blow into a breathalyzer in the same way he would blow up a balloon, he stated that he could not blow up a balloon even when he was sober. He was taken into custody for further investigation of DUI.
SUNDAY, FEB. 26
An officer responded to an address for a report of someone opening someones mail. A witness said that he saw an unknown adult male walking southbound on the frontage road near a cluster of mailboxes. The male opened an envelope, looked at the contents and then threw the envelope and its contents on the ground. The witness said that he went outside and saw several other opened pieces of mail lying on the ground near the mailboxes. The officer located the male matching the witnesss description. The male denied opening the mail and said he had seen two homeless males walking, and they must have done it. The male was positively identified by the witness. He again denied opening the mail but admitted he had hit some mail boxes and they popped open. The male was taken into custody and on the way to the jail he said that he saw the mail on the ground and kicked it and the mail must have come open then. The opened mail was gathered to be taken to the post office in order to be re-delivered to the addressees.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
Dispatch received a call about a male that was trespassing on a property. On arrival the officer saw a male that he recognized from previous contacts standing on the sidewalk in front of the residence, and an adult male standing in the doorway of the home with two young boys with him. While two other officers stayed with the man on the sidewalk, the officers spoke with the resident, who had a pistol in his hand. He said that the male had been on his porch kicking and hitting his door and screaming to get in. He stated that this had started earlier this day when he and his two children were in the house, and the unknown man walked in via the unlocked front door, saying that he had been told that he could party there. After exchanging words, the resident had to forcibly throw the male out of the house into the front yard. He then left to go to the store with his two sons, and when he returned, his neighbor told him that the male had returned to the house while he was gone and had been pounding on the front door. They didnt see the male anywhere, and he and his sons were inside the house watching TV when he returned and began pounding on the door and yelling. He said that his boys and him were getting scared and that is when he retrieved his gun and a baseball bat. He yelled at the male to get off his property and showed him the gun, and had one of the children call 911, and the male retreated to the sidewalk. The resident and his children appeared shaken by the afternoon and evenings incident with the male. The neighbor had witnessed him standing outside of the house for about 40 minutes when the family was gone. The male was taken into custody and issued a summons for trespassing and disturbing the peace.
An officer was requested by dispatch to respond to a residence for a report of a stolen vehicle. A woman there told him that she had gone outside and started her van to let it warm up and then went back inside the house. When she came back outside about 10 minutes later, the van was gone. The missing van is silver with a large black cargo container on the roof. The woman told the officer that there were six to eight cases of Girl Scout cookies in the back of the van valued at $275, and 156 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory candy bars for a fundraiser, valued at $312. There was also a Nintendo DS game in the van, valued at $100.