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		<title>The Blotter: Shots, Sheep, Sno-Cones</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/25/the-blotter-shots-sheep-sno-cones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from recent City police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 9:45 pm Corner of Simcoe and Newbury Streets: Officers from the 27th Precinct respond to reports of shots fired. Upon investigation, officers discovered that the sound was caused by a 1973 Ford Maverick owned by Edward Willis, 22, of 1785 W. 37th Street. Willis was issued $547 worth of tickets for safety violations. 2 am 1200 block of N. Merkel Street: A 20-year-old man was treated at Nilsson Hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg. Detectives were only able to locate the scene of the shooting based upon the victim&#8217;s blood trail. There has been no arrest and no motive given. 4:03 am 3800 block of Van Dam Street: Harbor Division officers arrest Summit Heights resident Hugo Allen, 34, for theft of services after attempting to walk out of the Harborfront Diner without paying for 3 cups of coffee, a cheese omelet, hash browns, four sausages, two stacks of pancakes, and four glasses of orange juice. Allen also had an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Sloppy Blows, Newsstands Moved, Pets and Children Saved</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/09/11/the-blotter-sloppy-blows-newsstands-moved-pets-and-children-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/09/11/the-blotter-sloppy-blows-newsstands-moved-pets-and-children-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 10:30 pm Corner of Merriman and 112th Streets: Two men, both wearing NFL jerseys, are arrested outside Stoats&#8217; Sports Bar. Apparently, an animated debate whether to go RB-RB-QB or RB-QB-WR in the first three rounds of a fantasy football draft took an ugly turn, and the men began trading &#8220;sloppy, drunken blows.&#8221; 2:15 am 7000 block of Blick Avenue: Three men apprehended in the back of pizzeria with several bottles of accelerants, ignition devices, envelope containing $5000 in cash. Investigation pending. 6:00-6:30 am Various locations, Downtown: Six vendors report that their newsstands were moved to different locations around the Downtown/Central Corridor area overnight, with substantial damage to each. Several witnesses reported a &#8220;tow-truck-like&#8221; vehicle dragging the structures through the streets. 11:20 am 1200 block of East Plumer Avenue: Officers respond to reports of a man exposing himself in the cereal aisle at the Safeway. 1:38 pm 800 block of Jarvis Street: Two men and a woman report their cars were apparently damaged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Who Will Protect Gotham Now?</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/08/21/the-blotter-who-will-protect-gotham-now/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/08/21/the-blotter-who-will-protect-gotham-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Pierce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 7:29 AM 700 block of Westmont Street: 26-year old man found sleeping in backyard hot tub of ex-girlfriend. 10:41 AM 1300 block of Farmer Avenue: Vandals have swapped prices on lot models at Uvalde’s Used Autos. Police are unable to locate perpetrators, but successfully quell a public disturbance when a number of customers all insist on purchasing a 2005 Lexus sedan that has been marked at a price of $29.99. 10:58 AM 1600 block of Villers Street: Assault and battery reported at Lula’s Hair-Did beauty salon. A 28-year-old female is taken into custody and charged with attacking another customer with her artificial fingernails. 11:14 AM 1400 block of Eudora Way: Police, acting on tips from an informant who has been working with them for over eight months, break up a gambling ring operating out of the basement of a residential home. Eleven people are charged with illegal betting, RICO violations, and animal cruelty for operating the city’s largest kitten racing racket to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Potato Guns Are Surprisingly Illegal</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/07/31/the-blotter-potato-guns-are-surprisingly-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/07/31/the-blotter-potato-guns-are-surprisingly-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hoyt Schermerhorn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. (Note: More violent, standard items do not frequently show up here, as they are covered in the local papers with regularity.) 7:23 am 3700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue: A group of students are arrested after carrying Davidson High School principal Stephanie Allen&#8217;s 2007 Mini Cooper into the school&#8217;s second-floor cafeteria. The students, who are all underage, are charged with grand theft auto, operating a motor vehicle without a license, disorderly conduct, local and state hazardous-materials infractions, vandalism, property destruction and a parking violation. 9:02 am 1700 block of Marway Lane: Tandem bicycle reported stolen. 9:27 pm 2000 block of Dunn Avenue: Gupta’s Stop ‘n’ Pop calls in a shoplifting incident. When police arrive, suspect claims that Gupta offers free in-store refills on fountain drinks. Mr. Gupta explains that the policy was never meant to be offered in perpetuity, and the suspect, who has been continually refilling his 44-oz. Mountain Dew since 1:30 PM the previous day, is violating the spirit of the contract. No charges are filed, but suspect is politely asked to leave. 12:52 pm 2100 block of Villers Street: A 22-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Monster party, pets in trouble, misc.</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/27/the-blotter-monster-party-pets-in-trouble-misc/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/27/the-blotter-monster-party-pets-in-trouble-misc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. 9:17 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: A 7-year-old girl reports to 911 that &#8220;monsters are knocking at my door.&#8221; Dispatch sends a cruiser to reassure the girl, only to find people dressed as Frankenstein and the Werewolf knocking on her door. Police interviews reveal a wrong address on a &#8220;Halloween-In-Summer party&#8221; Evite is to blame. The partiers leave and police calm the girl down. 9:26 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: The girl calls back, reporting more monsters. Police are sent back out to the house, and direct Freddie Kruger, 24, and Jason Voorhies, 25, to the right address, and again calm the girl. 9:45 pm 300 block of Pacific Lane: Baby with gun. 9:37 pm 200 block of Euclid Avenue: The girl calls again. A City Desk review of the 911 tape reveals the girl is hyperventilating while describing &#8220;a man with fangs and a black cape&#8221; at her front door. Police return, direct Dracula to the right address, post an officer in front of the house for the rest of the night, and take the girl into protective custody. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blotter: Mischief, Various</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/12/the-blotter-mischief-various/</link>
		<comments>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/12/the-blotter-mischief-various/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, The City Desk periodically offers up selected items culled from local police reports. 12:08 am Harding Park, Officers disperse a group of people loitering in the park after hours. 1:01 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 2:17 am 300 block of Bay Street: City EMS reports a break in and vandalism to an ambulance parked at LeFleur&#8217;s Donuts while the paramedics were taking a lunch break. 2:42 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 3:01 am 4700 block of McKinley Avenue: Officers respond to silent alarm at a Kwick Stop Market finding clerk unconscious behind counter. 3:12 am 3400 block of Spring Street: A woman reports excessive noise in adjoining house. The responding officers could hear nothing. 3:47 am 2700 block of Huron Street: Officers respond to a 911 call of a cow in the roadway. 4:37 am 3400 block of Spring Street: Officers respond to a complaint of excess noise. Beverly Fouineur, 86, arrested for wasting police time. 5:14 am 21000 block of State Road: Gerald Crass, 18, [...]]]></description>
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