Police Blotter

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Ha!  Found this gem in the local paper.  People are smrt.

A Cary woman reported that she saw a 2000 Acura for sale for $6400 on craigslist.  She inquired April 24 and the owner said he was currently in Scotland.  The victim agreed to purchase the vehicle and wired the money but has not received the vehicle.

[phattymatty]

http://www.theunion.com/article/20070523/NEWS/105230144/-1/BLOTTER

• At 1:40 p.m., a woman called 911 from a pay telephone at a gas station on the 16000 block of Penn Valley Drive to talk to a deputy. The woman was advised to call the nonemergency number, but she said she could not afford the 50 cents. Deputies contacted the woman and advised her not to use 911 for a taxi service. The woman had a bike and was advised to move on.

[phattymatty]

• At 8:12 a.m., a caller from the 10000 block of Cole Way reported finding a backpack with beer inside.

[DH]

Ha!  Found this gem in the local paper.  People are smrt.

A Cary woman reported that she saw a 2000 Acura for sale for $6400 on craigslist.  She inquired April 24 and the owner said he was currently in Scotland.  The victim agreed to purchase the vehicle and wired the money but has not received the vehicle.

Genious!

[Seabiscuit36]

not exactly blotter but holy crack

Driver smoked crack before hitting 40+ people at street fair
Associated Press

Posted Monday, June 4, 2007 at 12:42 pm
The woman charged with plowing a car through a crowded street festival over the weekend had been "smoking crack all day long," Police Chief Cathy Lanier said, citing statements from the woman and witnesses.

Tonya Bell, 30, remains in police custody and was scheduled to appear today in District of Columbia Superior Court for arraignment. She has previously served time in prison for charges involving cocaine, The Washington Post reported.

Neighbors and rescue personnel threw children out of the path of the speeding car Saturday evening, preventing more serious injuries. But at least 40 people were hurt, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Sunday.

A 4-year-old boy with a broken leg was the only person still hospitalized a day after a woman's car sent people and strollers flying, leaving debris and injured bodies strewn in her wake.

"I can't believe that we're actually saying that, right now, everyone is going to pull through," Fenty said. He credited "some unbelievable heroism" by citizens and rescuers.

Authorities believe Bell, of Oxon Hill, Md., was going about 70 mph when she tore through Unifest, a church-sponsored street festival in Southeast Washington.
Witnesses were disturbed by Bell's expression as she drove the car with flattened tires and broken windows into the crowd. She appeared to be laughing, said Linda Greene, who saw the incident from her porch.

Bell was treated for an ankle injury, police said. She was preliminarily charged with aggravated assault while armed. The "armed" designation is because she used a vehicle.

Marcellus Jackson's father saved the 4-year-old boy's life by throwing him out of the way of the speeding car, Fenty said. The father, Vincent Hayes, was then hit by the speeding car head-on but was OK.

"The car just passed so fast, and all of a sudden I just heard people screaming," said the boy's mother, Denise Jackson. "I turned around, and it was like bodies falling out of the sky."

The boy was expected to be released from the hospital Monday, said Emily Dammeyer, a spokeswoman at Children's National Medical Center.

Some questioned why Bell was not stopped after she was seen driving erratically and striking an unmarked police cruiser 20 minutes before the rampage. Police Cmdr. Patrick Burke said officers had followed Bell's 1991 Volvo, but were told to stop because the traffic violation did not pose a threat to officers. They responded after people were struck but didn't use their weapons because of the risk for so many people in the crowd.

Instead, officers risked their lives and threw two motorized scooters under the station wagon to bring it to a stop, Lanier said. Two officers suffered minor injuries. One woman said her husband reached into the car and put it in park.

Officials were still waiting for toxicology results, but Burke confirmed that some witnesses said Bell may have been smoking something and laughing as she drove through the crowd.

Bell had a 7-year-old girl in the car with her whose identity wasn't released. The child was not injured and was taken by Child Protective Services.

Burke said additional charges expected today would likely include assault on a police officer while armed.

[PhillyGirl]

Bell had a 7-year-old girl in the car with her whose identity wasn't released. The child was not injured and was taken by Child Protective Services.

I hope this woman ends up in the "good riddance" thread sooner rather than later.

[Diomedes]

The kid in the car was safer than the ones on the street, obviously.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Wal-Mart, 5/19 4:15 am – 5:10 am.
A manager reported that a subject attempted to obtain a refund for a television
which he had just stolen from the electronics department. Stephen P., 47, was
arrested for felony shoplifting and fraud. Portch was incarcerated at the
Regional Jail under no bond.

[Diomedes]

Didn't one of Dubya's former advisers do that too?

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Bogey's, 1380 Central Park Blvd, 5/7 1:30 am – 7:30 am. A patron reported that he was
assaulted while sleeping inside his vehicle. After leaving the bar, the victim fell asleep in
the passenger seat of his car in the parking lot and was awakened by a male subject
sexually assaulting him. The only description the victim could provide was that he
believed his assailant was a white male. The investigation is ongoing.