Posted: 6/27/2006 1:01:02 PM EDT
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Summer Guide Sun, Fun and FeloniesA summer sampling of one week in Orange County crime* By R. SCOTT MOXLEY Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 1:00 am Illustration by Bob Aul Three men armed with hammers and baseball bats assaulted each other on a residential street. Several adults threw food at other customers inside a Del Taco. A group of men tossed a dead body into a trash dumpster. A man took off his clothes and drove away in a black Camaro. A fight broke out in a pet store. Two men carrying rifles walked through a public park. A man hurled obscenities and threatened his neighbor’s children for singing. Two eighth-grade students smoked marijuana as they walked down a street. An intoxicated female drove her convertible Mercedes in endless circles in a parking lot. A cement mixer was stolen. Four drunk, homeless men in the park verbally abused passersby. Someone fired a gun at the beach. An obese, 5-foot-4-inch man robbed a Carl’s Jr. Middle-aged neighbors fought because one leaned on the other’s car. A man walked up to a woman, said, “Good morning,” and then exposed himself. A man holding a black bag screamed at an unoccupied school building for 35 minutes. Juveniles poured soap into a hot tub. A man shot a neighbor’s dog with a rifle. Prosecutors said a middle school teacher was “grooming” her 14-year-old student for sex. A man locked himself in his bedroom for three weeks in order to kill himself, emerging only to buy liquor. The driver of a Dodge Intrepid sped through a front yard. A customer ordered $600 worth of food at a restaurant, fled without paying and returned to complain about the food’s poor taste. A woman lay down on her apartment balcony, screamed, cried and knocked over furniture. A man went door-to-door asking residents if they’ve seen Jesus. Three teens stole a 30-pack case of beer from a store. A drunk man hid in a lady’s bushes and moaned. Someone dumped a clothes dryer in the middle of the road at night. Two 17-year-olds smoked marijuana inside a church. A man with a handgun stole beer from a 7-Eleven. Police shot a 19-year-old man with a taser after he tried to enter a vehicle already occupied by two women. A man wearing a red bucket over his head and somehow driving a van stopped near a 12-year-old girl and said, “You’re hot!” A waitress went ballistic after her boyfriend tossed her drugs away, attacked him and was then arrested. A 49-year-old man admitted he was drinking alcohol and arguing with his wife, but claims he wasn’t drunk when he fired his .357 Magnum at a neighbor’s window. Three men fought in the street, finished, put their shirts on and then ate lunch together at Panda Express. An illegal immigrant with five aliases was arrested for peeking into a woman’s bedroom window. A police raid found drugs in 10 middle school lockers. A man drove his car into a wall. An intoxicated woman walked in and out of traffic on the highway. Someone spray painted “Why?” onto a car. *Culled from news and police accounts during the first week of June |
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Moxley is a county treasure, but the best police blotter column ever is in the Arcata Eye. Example from last week: "9:55 a.m. A person walking past the Larson Park tennis courts looked down to observe an unleashed dog’s jaws clamped around his leg. " |
