In my first “professional” job during college I worked for a small newspaper syndicate. There, we designed newspapers for pubs in AZ, FL, MD and DE. This is an excerpt from Police briefs:
Sadly, these are actual Police briefs taken from the Queen Creek Independent in Arizona…attached are my comments:
Domestic violence – caller at uncle’s house – says boyfriend pulled her hair and punched her in the mouth on East Horizon Trail – she is a couple months pregnant and tired of boyfriend punching her. <– Leave him…just maybe?
Domestic violence – caller says her boyfriend got upset because she went out last night – and boyfriend pushed her down. Caller is at East Desert Bell Way and is crying and will not calm down because she is afraid she is going to jail because she has warrants. <—if she has WARRANTS..newsflash..SHES GOIN ANYWAY!
Citizen dispute – caller found a horse and has it on her property – horse is neglected – owner there to pick up horse, but caller won’t give it to owner. Owner called and said neighbor refusing to release the horse on West Ivar. <—- hahaha…seriously?
Information report – on West Gold Dust Avenue – caller advised he has complained about his neighbors – ongoing problem – using water hose and trashing his property. <—-i guess when you live in AZ and have no grass…water is a problem
Trespassing – there are golfers on his property at North Skyline Court playing golf and he is afraid someone is going to get hit with the balls. <–YOU LIVE BEHIND A GOLF COURSE…IT HAPPENS!
Citizen dispute – on North Aladdin Road – caller having dispute with neighbor over fence line. Caller is ready to move her fence, but neighbor will not move his horses. <— heres a hint..when you move the fence..the horses will kinda move a bit too
Disorderly conduct – on Ivar – loud party with live band. Vehicle stuck in wash and child with her, child screaming and driver hitting her saying “Do you want me to go to jail?” then hits her again. <—- seriously?
Threatening – husband stated he was going over to take the friend that caller is with out of the house on East San Manuel Road.
Suspicious person/circumstance – on East Primrose Lane – someone rang door bell and knocked and asked caller for directions. <—OOOO noooo! dont ask for directions! ANYTHING but that!
Disorderly conduct – says subjects at South Butte are jumping off balcony into a pool and still being loud. <—if i had a balcony overlooking a large pool..hey..i’d do it too
Theft on North Cambria Drive – caller started her car and turned on the air conditioner, went inside to get keys, came back out and keys missing and car shut off, saw a kid nearby on bicycle. <—- darn kids!
Unwanted person – on Goldmine Way – says subject at his home and he doesn’t want her there. <—oooo
Information report – semi truck parked on the side of his house on West Dancer Lane and he wants to know if they are allowed to park in a residential area. <—is that REALLY worth calling the police about?
Theft of a weapon on East San Manuel Road. Knows it is a couple houses down. Other half calling and saying that she did not steal the gun, that she gave it to the neighbor to hold because the deputy told her to remove the gun from the house.
Weapon offense on Red Bird Lane – caller hid a boy there last week and now people are coming back with guns. A man put a gun to his head, but they left. <—Wow, they sure are friendly there in arizona
Suspicious person/circumstance – on North Caspian – four black males across street at vacant home for sale, seem to be casing it. <—casing? oh no…black ppl in Arizona..call the sheriff!
Suspicious person/circumstance – on West Silver Creek Lane – caller offered a job assisting in the sale of homes by a neighbor who is a real estate salesman and when she went to do it he grabbed her in a sexual manner.
Disorderly conduct on East Daisy Way – neighbors playing loud music and also believes that they are smoking marijuana. <—hahahaha
Harassment on West Yellow Peak Drive – subject she met on chat line is harassing her by phone now. <—DONT give your phone number to people online!
Suspicious person/circumstance on East Ascot Drive – neighbor is in violation of their HOA by running a business out of his garage and driving recklessly and doing donuts and screeching tires – suspicious of what neighbor is doing with his vehicles. <—how else would they be doing donuts?
