POLICE BLOTTERS

*Taken from the Corpus Christi Caller Times, at www.caller.com*

June 6, 2005

Birds of a feather have to flock elsewhere

A 76-year-old woman who lives in the 1000 block of Golla Avenue said she saw a man carry away a neighbor's 5-foot tall birdbath and base filled with water on May 23. She said the man, who appeared to be between the ages of 20 and 30, put the birdbath in the trunk of a vehicle and drove away. The stolen property was valued at $300.
It's one thing to steal the huge, heavy birdbath, but to steal it without taking out the water?

June 11, 2005

Man stabbed while talking on phone

An officer was sent to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial on May 27 to see about an 18-year-old man with stab wounds. The officer said the man had a stab wound to his right eyelid and brow and his left arm. The 18-year-old said he was on a phone in the 1900 block Gardenia Court talking with his "home girls" when a man between the ages of 30 and 40 approached him. The man said, "What's up?" and stabbed the 18-year-old in the face. Police said the 18-year-old became uncooperative after he was asked the names of the girls.
Police later released the name of the 18 year old as "Huggy Bear", who then claimed ownership of his "home girls" Pantene & Suquisha.

June 21, 2005

Item of the day : Man calls at 2 a.m. for 'Budweiser survey'

A 27-year-old woman told police that on June 18 a man claiming to be conducting a survey for Budweiser phoned her home in the 6000 block of South Staples Street. She said the man phoned at 2 a.m. and when she told him the time he responded: "It's only 12 a.m. where I'm calling from." She said her name is on a national no-call list and he sounded like he didn't know what he was going to say next.
I wonder if he was drinking on the job? There's no better job satisfaction than to sample your companies handiwork...

May 31, 2005

Woman accused of stealing underwear

5488 South Padre Island Drive: A 45-year-old woman was arrested after she was accused of stealing five pairs of control top underwear and four girdles, valued at $199 total, on May 13. A department store employee reported the woman put the items in the front of her pants and tried to leave the store without paying.
When strip searched by female officers, they discovered her desperate use of 44 already-strained pair of girdles & support hose. Suspect was then given suspenders & scaffolding.

June 29, 2005

5500 Saratoga Boulevard: A woman reported on May 15 that employees at a restaurant paged her on an intercom saying they'd found her purse in the men's bathroom. The woman said she checked the purse and discovered her American Express card was missing, along with her checkbook and a bank debit card.
I don't know what's worse, finding out you have just been robbed of credit cards & checks, or that as a woman, you left your purse in a men's room and the derelicts at the restaurant paged you overhead and annouced that juicy bit of info over the intercom...