6:37 p.m. - A caller from the 1900 block of Nevada City Highway reported a man in a pickup truck drove it up on the hood of another vehicle. Responding officers arrested the man on suspicion of vandalism and booked him into the Nevada County jail. His vehicle was towed.
[Vandalism is all that warrants?]
8:14 p.m. A landlord reported tenants from the 300 block of Bennett Street were banging on his door after he had served them an eviction notice for throwing a barbecue off a second story balcony. Responding officers calmed the situation.
11:16 p.m. Officers checking on a man at Neal and Church streets and cited and released him on a Placer County warrant.
[I still do not get this whole "citation for a warrant" routine. What good is a warrant for somebody then?]
7:54 p.m. A caller from the 12000 block of Rough and Ready Highway reported a 19-year-old man was trapped in concrete.
[The lead to some interesting mental images, culminating in a fiendish super-villain death trap scenario.]
5:25 p.m. - A man was reported on Sutton Way at Olympia Circle wearing an orange jumpsuit, a George Bush mask, red horns and handcuffs, and he was holding a sign that read, "War Criminal."
[If you demonstrate against the regime alone in the woods, does it make a sound?]
12:14 a.m. - A woman from the 800 block of Old Tunnel Road reported a fire on the deck of the apartment below her that was beginning to reach her deck. The fire was out when emergency crews arrived.
[A very lively report, fire advancing, damsel in distress.]
5:52 a.m. - A woman from the 12000 block of Birchville Road reported her fiance was on probation and doing drugs.
[Don't worry though, you'll be able to change him once you're married to him ma'am.]
7:10 p.m. A mother in the lobby of the police department reported her husband was threatening to take her daughter away from her after she returned from a three-week drinking binge. The mother said she was a previous battery victim at the husband’s hands and wanted officers to contact them both at the home. Officers went to the home and preserved the peace.
[The Lost Weekend comes to Grass Valley. Fortunately the GVPD was there and preserved the peace.]
7:24 p.m. - A caller reported a verbal fight involving a man and woman who were disagreeing with an umpire at the Memorial Park softball field. Responding officers found the umpire did not want to press charges and advised the man and woman to leave the park and not return. Thirty minutes later, the man fell and hit his head while walking on Henderson Street.
[Which, hopefully, went a long way towards preserving the peace going forward.]
8:00 a.m. - A woman reported a reckless driver on Sutton Way who got out of a vehicle and went into a business. The caller said she would continue calling in reckless drivers and following them until the police department does something about them. About 30 minutes later, the driver called and reported the woman caller was following his vehicle in a threatening manner.
[There is a lesson in there somewhere.]
8:30 p.m. - A caller from the 100 block of Glasson Way reported a stolen helmet was that three shades of blue with flames coming from the skull. An officer took a report for theft.
[I am going to guess this isn't a bicycle helmet we're talking about.]
3:19 a.m. - A caller from the 10000 block of Wild Turkey Lane reported a verbal argument between an inebriated man and a woman.
[Wild Turkey Lane... this stuff just writes itself.]
10:28 a.m. - A caller reported a man in a straw hat with a long beard appeared to smoking marijuana behind the city library.
[ZZ Top is in town maybe?]
Source: The Union (http://www.theunion.com/)
Friday, August 22, 2008
Grass Valley Police Blotter vol. CVIII
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Circus is in Town
It was like a scene from a bygone era.
I was driving down Winchester Blvd. from Los Gatos and just before Pollard Rd. I saw a pair of diesel electric locomotives on the generally quiet siding that runs along Winchester for a mile or so.
As I drove along, the train behind the three Union Pacific engines came into view, a string of grey passenger cars at rest on the track, yellow steps placed on the ground so the occupants could disembark to walk around.
And on the side of each passenger car was, in big red letters, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
The circus was in town!
And what a way to find out!
As I drove along, people were getting on and off the train, sitting around in folding chairs, and generally relaxing.
I wish I had had my camera on hand. It was, for no real good reason, one of those moments I wanted to capture. The sheer joy of something as mundane as a train (okay, not so mundane to some... even to me... but to many) resolving itself into the circus.
I did find a picture on the web to illustrate what the cars looked like.
(photo credit to Harvey Henkelman)
It looks like the circus will be here through the last weekend before school starts in our district. Such timing. One last fling this summer.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Grass Valley Police Blotter vol. CVII
12:04 p.m. - A caller from the 100 block of South Auburn Street reported someone misusing the caller's credit card.
[It sounds like they were scanning it upside down.]
12:34 p.m. - A caller from the 1200 block of East Main Street reported a man dressed in dark clothing was hiding behind a business
[At half past noon on a Wednesday. Very suspicious!]
9:58 p.m. - A man from the 10000 block of Nishinam Gulch Road reported that his 15-year-old daughter assaulted him with a bottle of hairspray. She then locked herself in the bedroom and was screaming loudly, he said.
[I can hardly wait for the teenage years to come to our home.]
5:05 p.m. - A caller from the 200 block of West Main Street reported inappropriate behavior by what was described as a transvestite with a white wig driving a green Toyota up the street. The man was arrested for indecent exposure and booked into the Nevada County Jail.
[What is going on in Grass Valley on Wednesdays?]
7:58 a.m. - A caller from Vistamont expressed safety concerns for a 10-year-old boy selling pizza door to door.
[Anticipatory pizza delivery?]
8:30 a.m. - A caller from East McKnight reported a man with a pipe who ran through a stop sign in a Honda Civic.
[He was also hatless, repeat, hatless.]
6:05 p.m. - A caller from the 15000 block of Ricky Court reported receiving a call from a man who said he was hired to assassinate the caller.
[What time is good for you? Can I assassinate you before lunch? I have plans in the afternoon.]
3:35 p.m. - A caller from the 10000 block of Goodenough Court reported a subject was in urgent care after being shot in the finger with a BB gun.
[No doubt self-inflicted. Court marshal him.]
3:00 p.m. - A man in the lobby from the 100 block of Murphy Street reported finding several vegetables in his yard, possibly fired from a potato gun. The man said he filed a report because he was afraid his dogs could be injured by future flying produce.
[It is a hazard to both man and man's best friend!]
12:43 a.m. - A vehicle was repossessed on the 100 block of Glenbrook Drive, and the owner was unaware.
[Until they read the blotter this morning... or looked out in their driveway.]
3:15 a.m. - A vehicle on the 100 block of Race Street was repossessed and the owner was aware of it.
[And it didn't make a damn bit of difference, because they both lost their cars. Why is this it the blotter?]
8:59 p.m. - A caller from the 14000 block of Makikuja Drive reported vandalism to a house and theft of household items including the carpet.
[At least they didn't pee on it Dude.]
12:20 p.m. - A traffic stop on Freeman Lane resulted in a man being cited and released for driving a motorized scooter. The scooter was confiscated.
[That deserves at least a Nelson Muntz "Haw-haw!"]
Source: The Union (http://www.theunion.com/)
Worst... Spin... Ever!
People make mistakes every day, succumb to passions and desires they know they should resist.
But not everybody was running for president earlier this year nor do they harbor dreams of a vice-presidential glory, such that it is.
Which brings me to this Associated Press wire about John Edwards:
AP - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter. Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter but said that he didn't love her.The dry nature of this piece does not cut him much slack. Not that he deserves any, but look at what he gets.
- He cheated on his wife.
- He cheated while his wife was suffering from cancer.
- He admits to lying about it previously.
- He denies the allegation that he fathered the other woman's child. (But we know he is a liar and a cheat at this point, so what good did that do other than to draw more attention to the allegation? Merrie Spaeth would say this was an "I am not a bimbo" moment.)
- Oh, and while he slept with this other woman, he doesn't love her or anything. I am sure everybody feels better about that now.
I am sure this was timed for today when eyes would be focused on the Olympics, but there it was, the headline on Yahoo!
Friday, August 01, 2008
Grass Valley Police Blotter vol. CVI
7:06 p.m. - A caller said a man was beating a vehicle with a stick in a downtown parking lot. Arriving officers arrested a youth on suspicion of vandalism and took him to juvenile hall.
[People taking common sayings too far.]
5:56 a.m. - A caller from the 100 block of Alta Street reported her house had been toilet-papered, egged and tomatoed.
[Tomatoed?]
1:49 p.m. - A caller said the traffic light at Brunswick Road and Sutton Way was not cycling properly, and she had been sitting in the turn lane for more than 8 minutes while traffic backed up. Public Works was dispatched to the scene.
[She could be stuck there for days!]
11:05 a.m. - A man from the 10000 block of Maranatha Place reported his aunt had taken his stimulus check and was refusing to give it back to him, saying he owed her money.
[Hey, that check from the government was so you would buy new things, not pay off old things... no disrespect to your aunt.]
3:41 p.m. - A man walked into a business on the 100 block of Catherine Lane and said he was there to fix the air conditioning unit. When a worker checked on the man he was standing naked by the unit. Officers were called, but the man left before they arrived.
[This must be some sort of holistic approach to air conditioner repair.]
9:05 a.m. - A woman from the 14000 block of Torrey Pines Drive reported her husband was threatening to press charges against her.
[I'm not sure that is a crime.]
2:32 p.m.- Penn Valley Post Office reported that a white male had written a bad check to purchase $840 worth of stamps. A report was taken. The suspect is described as in his late 40s, 5-foot-7 with short sandy, blonde hair.
[They took a check for $840 worth of stamps? I suppose they should look for the guy selling below cost stamps at the flea market.]
6:33 p.m. - A caller reported a naked man is walking down Pleasant Valley Road and jumps into the brush whenever vehicles pass him. He is described as white and in his 40s. Officers checked the area but were unable to find him.
[Yeah, well, I'd jump in the brush too. But does he repair air conditioners?]
12:32 a.m. - A caller from School Street reported her roommate is threatening her. She said he made threatening statements in the past, wrote his name in blood on the refrigerator and left to go sleep in the cemetery.
[I'm glad that's all settled!]
11:42 p.m. - A caller reported a 4-year-old child was left alone and standing outside a Grass Valley bar while the two adults responsible argued and took turns going inside the bar.
[While it sounds idiotic, it does not exactly sound like the child was left alone.]
Source: The Union (http://www.theunion.com/)
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