police log

I love reading the police botter in the local paper. It almost always makes me laugh. Here are some recent entries.

• A caller at the Rood Administrative Center reported at 11:12 a.m. that a man was talking to himself and his backpack. The man reportedly said, “I just want you to remember that I finished my box first.”

• At 7:43 p.m., a caller at a gas station on East Main Street told dispatchers that he wanted to go to jail because it was too cold outside.

• At 1:09 p.m., a caller on the 13000 block of Idaho-Maryland Road reported people on all-terrain vehicles had been entering her house through a crawl space. Now, she said, they had removed part of her roof so they could come in through the top of the house. Deputies found no evidence to support the allegations. Several hours later, the woman called to say that the same people had thrown a dead animal onto her deck.

• A caller on Nevada City Highway, near the old Togo’s restaurant, reported at 7:37 a.m. that for the second day in a row, as he was going for a walk in the area, he saw a man’s feet sticking out of some bushes in the area. Deputies did not find anything.

• A caller reported at 5:15 p.m. that a man wearing a blue or black jacket was carrying a rifle on Scandling Avenue. When police responded, they found a man wearing a black jacket carrying an umbrella.

• A caller on the 14200 block of Old White Toll Road reported at 11:34 a.m. that a keg had been stolen from outside her home sometime the previous night.

• At 10:25 a.m., a caller on the 10000 block of Lime Kiln Road reported a suspicious man was on his property and had asked to retrieve marijuana he had buried there.

• At 8:12 a.m., a woman on the 300 block of Sutton Way reported she had a restraining order on her neighbors. That day, the woman said, she had seen the neighbors dumping a plant on her porch.

The previous day, the caller continued, her neighbors vandalized her mat. Police could not find the restraining order

• A caller on the 300 block of American Hill Road reported at 1:58 p.m. that there was a woman on her front porch acting strangely. The woman reportedly had her legs tied together. Police found the woman, who said she was a victim of a kidnapping. Police determined that “she was under the influence of something,” according to a report. Police told her to call them back when she was sober.

• A horn on a county vehicle parked at the Rood Administrative Center reportedly began blaring at 10:31 a.m. Deputies could not disarm the horn until about 10:50 a.m.

• At 5:10 p.m., a caller on the 500 block of S. Pine Street reported that the water at the residence had turned milky and smelled.

• A caller at First Baptist Church, on the 300 block of Main Street in Nevada City reported at 2:46 p.m. that someone was sleeping behind the church.

• A caller reported at 3:13 p.m. that he had been flagged down by a man near Bear River Bridge on Highway 174. The man reportedly told the caller that there was a body in the water. Deputies found a fully clothed dummy, described as a Halloween decoration that had probably been illegally dumped into the water, underneath a blanket in the water. The dummy was retrieved to prevent further calls to authorities.

• At 9:53 a.m., a caller on the 10700 block of Walker Drive reported the theft of a 200- to 300-pound unpainted gnome statue.

• At 12:31 a.m., a caller on the 11100 block of Alpine Lane reported that people were shining lights into the residence and going in and out of walls. Authorities opted not to respond.