East metro police blotter

FEB. 5

Theft. A Roto-Rooter employee finished doing some drain work at a house in the 300 block of W. 9th Street and left his drain snake machine by his van while he spoke with the homeowner. When he came back outside, the drain snake was gone.

FEB. 6

Theft. A witness saw a man remove two hubcaps from a van in the parking lot at Coborn's, 225 W. 33rd St. The witness obtained a license plate number and called police. A vehicle matching the plate description was located and stopped in a nearby parking lot. The driver was identified. He stated that he pulled into Coborn's and happened to see hubcaps that match his van, so he took one of them, circled the lot and returned to get another one. Police recovered the stolen hubcaps and issued the man a citation for theft.

JAN. 18

Burglary. A garage in the 2900 block of Rice Street was burglarized, and a boat and four-wheeler were stolen.

JAN. 21

FEB. 7

Theft. Between 7:30 and 7:35 a.m. two people reported thefts from their vehicles while they were dropping off their kids at Kindercare, 1925 Cty. Rd. D. A purse and its contents were stolen from one of the vehicles, and a bag containing an Apple laptop, and school books were stolen from the other vehicle.

FEB. 8

Burglary. A house in the 2500 block of Cypress Street was burglarized. The back service door to the garage was kicked in to gain entry into the house. The interior of the house was ransacked; jewelry, bonds, a DVD plater, camera, and a bottle of Crown Royal were stolen. A fireproof safe in the garage was opened, and bonds and a sapphire ring were stolen from the safe.

FEB. 7

JAN. 21

Road rage. A person in one car threw potatoes at another car during a road rage incident that began near Hwy. 35E and Hwy. 61.

JAN. 21

Noise complaint. Deputies were dispatched to an apartment in the 1000 block of County Road D on a noise complaint. Several people were found intoxicated and one man argued belligerently with deputies, claiming that he "knew the law." The man then fought with deputies and was arrested. He squirmed and was able to move his handcuffed arms from his back to his front. He reached around and got out of the squad car and started to walk away, but was caught. The man did this again when he arrived at the police station. He explained that his shoulders were double-jointed and he could "do this all day long."

JAN. 19