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Prowler

March 19 – While on a traffic stop at Dogwood Avenue, a complainant reportedly flagged down an officer for help. "The complainant told me that earlier in the day he noticed a set of strange footprints on his back porch," the report said. "He also pointed out a chair with the back in a reclined position, and the legs knocked off the floor protectors. The complaint added that he has no shoes with that sole print and that he never sits in the chair with the back reclined and has never dislodged the chair from the floor protectors." The complainant’s wife told the officer earlier in the morning, she heard strange noises outside. They were given a case number.

March 19 – An officer was making rounds at the RHES when he saw a vehicle stopped at the Linwood and Ivey Streets intersection. "The vehicle backed up and turned his lights off, sitting in the middle of the roadway," the police report said. "I watched them for a moment or so and the vehicle did not move. When I started driving toward them, he took off still without lights, but turning the lights on." The vehicle was stopped and the driver reportedly didn’t have any license or identification. He provided his name and date of birth, which was in 1987. "I told him he needed to call his parents and try to get me a license number," the report said. "I was able to talk to his mother. She told me who he really was and gave me his correct information." The officer learned the boy had never had a license and had been suspended for "serious school violations." He was given citations and taken to jail.

March 19 – On Hwy. 144, police were tipped off of a possible drunk driver in a white Chevy S-10. The vehicle was spotted at a red light. "The light turned green and the truck did not move. After about 30 seconds a vehicle stopped behind the truck, activated its horn. The driver of the suspect truck appeared to wake up and began moving east bound through the intersection," the report said. It was pulled over after crossing over the center line. "The driver stopped in the roadway briefly then made an almost 90-degree right turn, crossing both east bound lanes and drove onto the curb in front of the Court House Annex." The officer reported the driver to have slurred speech, but said he hadn’t been drinking. He was asked to consent to a field test, which tested positive for the presence of alcohol. The driver was under 21 and reportedly consented to a sample breath test. He blew a .079 and .074 BAC. He was taken to jail and nothing else was found in his vehicle.

March 19 – While conducting a security check at the Francis Meeks plaza, an officer noticed an unsecured door leading to the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. He entered the building and found all the inside doors to be locked. He made contact with a deacon and asked him to come and make sure everything was locked up and in order.

March 20 – While conducting a security check at the Kingston Building, an officer found an unlocked door leading upstairs. The door at the top of the stairs was locked, however, so nothing else was done.

Animal at large

March 18 – An officer was called out to Cherokee Street in regard to a pitbull running at large in the neighborhood. The complainant said he was taking a walk and ended up being chased by the dog. "He stated the dog barked at him and charged toward him several times," the report said. "The complainant pointed out the last known location of the dog," which the officer then went to go investigate. The dog was spotted, jumping over a fence into a backyard on Robinson Loop.

"I went to the front door of the residence and found that the dog had jumped back over the fence to meet me at the door. It barked at me but then retreated to the backyard again." No one answered the door, so the officer walked around the property and realized no one lived at the home. "The resident across the street confirmed my suspicion and advised me that the previous tenant had left his two dogs in the backyard." There was also an iguana in a cage that "appeared to be alive but had very little movement," and did not have a working heating lamp. Animal Control was called.

The owner of the animals said he was evicted on March 12 and had nowhere to put the animals now. He said he left the dogs at the residence until he could find a suitable home for them and had just made arrangements for the dogs and for the iguana to be returned to the man he originally bought it from. The man was cited for allowing his dogs to run at large and has a court date in April. Animal Control made arrangements to follow up with the iguana.

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