Best of the Blotter: People in Pajamas, Trunk Sitting, Barking at Dogs

Mystery Cleared

Police were called to a church parking lot after a witness reported seeing a woman wearing a nightgown wandering around, looking disoriented.

Police spoke with a friend of the woman's who said it wasn't a nightgown -- it was just the way the woman dressed. And she said she wasn't disoriented; she hadn't been to Mass in three years and couldn't find the entrance.

More Jammies

A passerby asked police to check on an elderly man in pajamas walking in the middle of Howe Road with a walker.

Police identified the man, who was walking home from the BP station with his beer in a bag. 

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A Willow Wood Drive resident called police about 4 a.m. to report a woman driving up and down the street, stopping at mailboxes.

Police couldn't find the car, but did notice that all the boxes had newspapers in them.

You Beast

An employee at a Drake Road business called for help because a large raccoon was sitting on a Dumpster behind the building and she was concerned it would pounce on anyone who took out the garbage.

Another employee scared away the masked culprit before police arrived.

Fuzzy Answer

A 911 hang-up call sent police to a Whitney Road apartment, but the caller had little to say.

Officers got no response when they knocked, but the tenant eventually came to the door and said she had been asleep and did not hear them.

She said she did not dial 911 and believes her cat must have done it.

Keep the Honking Down

A resident complained about a loud noise coming from the area of on Pearl Road. Police were unable to find anyone making noise other than crows and a flock of geese. The geese were loud, a report said.

Well, Pretty Much

A Brittany Place resident called police after spotting a bag in the street in front of her house with "infectious waste" printed on it.

Police opened the bag and found an empty cup and cigarette butts.

Trunk Sitting, The New Fad

 Police were called at least four times in a week by people concerned about a woman sitting in the trunk of her car.

The woman told police she needed someplace quiet to sit. Witnesses saw her at Walmart and Panera.

Officers explained she could not sit in business parking lots, but offered to let her sit in the lot in front of the police station, where they promised no one would bother her.

Man Arrested for Barking at Dog

A teenager faced a second-degree misdemeanor charge for barking at a police dog.

The incident took place outside , where a group of more than 20 teens had gathered, apparently to race.

While an officer was talking to the group, the 19-year-old stuck his head up to the open rear window of a cruiser and started to bark at Achill, a police dog, "in a challenging tone, causing Achill to have an aggressive response," a report said.

He was arrested to taunting a police dog.

Caller Threatens to Save their Souls

An employee at  got a call from a man who made an unusual threat: salvation.

The caller first asked if the store carried a certain book. When the employee said it did not, the caller got upset and called the employee an athiest, and that "he was going to come and save their souls."

Really?

A resident reported that her neighbor is harassing her. The woman is claiming her neighbor owes her $3 for helping defrost her freezer five or 10 years ago.

The victim denies owing the money.

Looking for Butts, not Bucks, at ATM

Employees at the  called police about a couple hanging around the ATM.

A report said the man and woman were there after closing, lingering around the ATM but not using it. They returned the next morning and did the same thing, the report said.

Police spoke with the pair, who said they were hanging around to take the cigarettes out of the ash tray. 

They were told to find their smokes elsewhere.