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Panhandler arrested, then things get stinky
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
From the Best of the Police Blotter 2006:
Panhandler arrested, then things get stinky
Extras
DAYTON — April 7: Police officers responded to a call about a female jumping in front of cars in the 1000 block of North Main Street, stopping them and asking the occupants for money.
An officer observed the subject approach a vehicle in the drive-through line at First Day Financial Services Credit Union, 1030 N. Main St., and speak to the female driver.
The officer asked the subject if she had a panhandling license.
She said she didn't but that she wasn't panhandling. The officer asked the driver if the subject had asked for money. She said yes.
Police arrested the subject on a charge of panhandling in a prohibited place and not having a panhandling license.
She had no verifiable address or ID and was taken to jail. While en route, she told the officer "this is for you" and defecated on herself.
Man arrested after damaging neighbor's fence
DAYTON — April 12: Officers responded to a report of neighbor trouble in the 3000 block of Wayne Avenue. The neighbors were having a dispute over the property line and fencing. The complainant said she and the neighbors had been having words all day and she was afraid the situation would escalate. Her neighbor told officers that the complaintant's fence is several inches on his property. Both parties said they have lawsuits filed against the other. The officers advised this was a civil matter and would be determined by a judge.
The male suspect was becoming increasingly upset while the officers spoke to him. He said he'd tear down the fence and if the officers didn't want to come back on a fight going on they better stick around. He then began to walk away. The officers told him if he damaged the fence, he'd be arrested.
The suspect continued walking away. He went into the front door of his house, and out the back door to his backyard. The officers noticed he was carrying a mallet-type tool, which he used to bang on the fence. He tore down approximately four boards and caused damage to seven others, despite officers' orders to stop. He was arrested for disorderly conduct. When he was cuffed and placed in the cruiser he stated, "I'm sorry, my temper got the better of me."
Stop for gas costs driver his car
DAYTON — Sept. 2: A driver stopped to get gas at BP gas station, 2100 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd. The driver told the clerk which car he was buying gas for and the clerk told him there was no car like that on the lot. The driver went outside and saw that his car was gone. The keys were in the vehicle.
Armed robber has a soft spot for hardworking moms
DAYTON — June 1: A resident in the 100 block of Lorenz Avenue parked his mom's car in the garage and was getting something out of the trunk when a male approached, pulled a long-barreled revolver and said, "Give it up."
The complainant emptied his pockets and dropped it all on the ground. He told the subject to take whatever he wanted.
The subject picked up a Blue Tooth headset, cell phone, $4 and took the complainant's necklace. The subject asked whose car it was. The complainant said it was his mom's. "I ain't gonna take that cause your mom probably works hard," the subject said.
He then took the complainant's bank card and asked for the pin number. The complainant said he didn't know because he just got it. The subject gave the card back, told the complainant to turn around, then fled.
