YPD Week in Review

Between Dec. 5-11, we had 2,267 calls for service that came into our dispatch center, which generated 212 police reports. Here is a list of some of the calls for service that we handled:

• 911 calls –1113

• Alarm calls – 45

• Assaults - 10

• Burglaries – 20

• Criminal damage – 7

• Disorderly conduct/Disturbances – 65

• Domestic disturbances – 40

• Fraud – 13

• Noise disturbance – 32

• Overdose - 4

• Reckless driver - 28

• Runaway juveniles/Offense – 14

• Calls for service at our schools –20

• Sex Offenses -14

• Shoplifts/Thefts – 46

• Shots fired – 9

• Stolen vehicles – 16

• Suspicious subject/Incident/ Vehicle – 111

• Traffic accidents –83

• Trespass – 37 Our Animal Control Unit responded to 173 calls for service and our officers made 172 traffic stops, issuing over 36 citations.

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got to spend some quality time with family and friends. Things have been busy here and I haven’t had a chance to get these out in the last two weeks, but here it is.

Now let’s see what shenanigans happened around town...

This lady, let’s call her Sherry, had an argument with her boyfriend. He left in his car in an attempt to separate himself from her. Well, Sherry followed, collided with the back of his car and proceeded to obliterate someone’s front yard before leaving the scene. Sherry was spotted attempting to hide her vehicle in a parking lot and officers were called. When an officer made contact with Sherry, there was that alcoholic beverage smell lingering with every word she spoke. The field sobriety test was an epic fail and Sherry was taken to the station and processed for DUI. Sherry blew over twice the legal limit and received her jammies and warm bed to sleep it off.

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This lady, let’s call her Maggie, got mad at her boyfriend for allegedly cheating and the argument began. The boyfriend, in an attempt to separate himself from her, left the residence. Maggie followed and continued the argument at each stop. At the final stop, the argument escalated and his car became the victim. A few shattered windows later, Maggie was arrested and jammies were issued.

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This guy, let’s call him Danny, apparently does not like stop signs or even the word stop. Danny rolled through three different stop signs before pulling into a convenience store parking lot. An officer, who attempted to pull Danny over after watching him roll through the first stop sign, pulled up behind Danny’s car with his red and blues on. Danny got out of his car and nonchalantly started walking to the store, totally ignoring the cop car behind him. After several commands from the officer, Danny finally turned around but kept walking. The officer yelled stop and just like rolling through the stop sign, Danny took off running. Always up for a good cardio workout, the officer joined the fun run. During the run, Danny stopped at a residence and knocked on the door. Maybe it was a friend’s house and Danny wanted to invite him. The friend must have been busy because Danny didn’t wait, he took off again as the officer got closer. Maybe to mix things up, Danny added jumping fences to the run and may have been surprised that the officer kept up with him. Another officer decided

to join in on the run and as she was getting her pace, Danny tripped and ended the fun. It appeared that Danny may have had a few beers and smoked some marijuana earlier that day, which earned him his jammies and flip-flops.

***** This guy, let’s call him Kenny, rear-ended a vehicle and took off. Officers located the vehicle and when they made contact with the driver, they were immediately assaulted by the odor of alcohol. The driver denied hitting anyone, but the physical evidence “paints” another picture. When asked if he had been drinking, Kenny said, “a lot.” When asked why his license was suspended, Kenny said for a DUI. When asked if he would perform field sobriety tests, Kenny said he did not want to waste the officer’s time. This accident happened late in the afternoon and on a weekday. Thankfully nobody was injured and Kenny is now sporting the latest fashion craze with his orange jammies and flip-flops.

***** This guy, let’s call him Carl, also took the drunk driving challenge and failed. It appeared that Carl was driving along, minding his own business, when a properly parked car jumped out in front of him. Although Carl admitted to drinking, it wasn’t hard to figure out as he was standing with his own little imaginary dust devil swaying back and forth while talking to the officer. Maybe Carl wanted a redo since he already had a prior DUI arrest. Carl got his jammies and was tucked into bed.

***** This guy, let’s call him Mike, went into a local department store and did some shoplifting. Mike found himself a new shirt he liked, pulled the tag off and put the shirt on. Mike did the same with a pair of pants, a belt and some sunglasses. Maybe looking all spiffed up made Mike feel like treating himself to a few beverages because he meandered on to the liquor aisle and proceeded to fill his pants with some bottles. As Mike clanked his way past the cashier and out the front door, he was met by Loss Prevention inviting him back into the store for a friendly chat. When questioned by the officer, Mike admitted to all his misguided actions and then proceeded to threaten the Loss Prevention guy. Oh, Mike, you should have quit while you were ahead. At least there were no tags to rip off of his newly acquired orange jammies.

***** And finally this guy…let’s call him George. George was driving while under the influence of alcohol and proceeded to take out a speed limit sign, an informational sign and landed on a water pipe. George resembled the curious kind while performing his field sobriety and ended them by saying he was…..well…..let’s just say out of luck. George was checked into the local bed and breakfast and given his orange jammies.

***** OK, one more…. These four, Larry, Moe, Curly and Steve, who are all under the age of 21, entered a local store and hijacked two cases of beer. They got into a car and fled the scene. An officer in the area saw a vehicle that resembled the description and conducted a traffic stop. I’m guessing when they were stopped someone in the car only had time to yell “just say we were going to a friend’s house” because that’s what they all said, but nobody knew where the “friend” lived. Anyway, as one officer was watching the store video and giving the descriptions, another officer was looking at these four and verifying the descriptions of the ones who took the beer. My, my, my how friends stick together. Remember, these aren’t your grandparent’s era video surveillance. Most stores will get a good mug shot of you stealing their stuff. Oh, and jammies were also issued in the end.