Bizarre Beat
The Bizarre Beat topic gives police officers a place to get news articles of the weird crime news and funny police reports, including the naked protesters, drunks in clown costumes, and all other oddball encounters cops have on the street on a daily basis.
The internet poked fun at a post about a ‘large boulder the size of a small boulder’ in the road
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used a photo of the unusual traffic stop as an opportunity to educate the public on the state’s Move Over Law
A group of mediums told Sheriff Chris Quire he would find 17-year-old Haley Martin in a neighboring county the night before she was found alive
State troopers cited a 62-year-old man for driving in the carpool lane with a decorative skeleton strapped to the front passenger seat
A video posted on Twitter shows officers shoveling the pastries into buckets to remove them from the street
When authorities attempted to arrest Daniel Booth, he ran away and dove into a pond
Police posted a Facebook video of the suspect, who glided out of a Walmart store with a cart of stolen goods
You never know what you’ll see during a career in law enforcement
The suspect stole the 15-ton vehicle from a construction site and dumped a load of bricks from the forklift into the road while evading authorities
Officials say the man was dressed in uniform and identified himself as an on-duty firefighter as he broke into a garage
Gwinnett County Police say a man broke into a Taco Bell early on the morning of Christmas Day and took the time to make himself some food
Steven Young was arrested in Washington, D.C. after commenting on a sheriff’s office Facebook post requesting help to locate him
The department posted the unlikely lost-and-found story on Facebook
The suspect later hit two marked police vehicles with the mini vehicle and pinned an officer inside a third
Deputies are still searching for the suspect
The department tweeted that ‘hilarity ensued’ after deputies responded to a call saying a woman was screaming for help
Investigators are itching to get their hands on who released live bed bugs in a Walmart changing room
The carjacking suspect drove from Missouri to Oklahoma before releasing the passenger and the goat
State Trooper Chris Thorson said five cars and one 18-wheel semi-truck were trapped in the tumbleweeds
This list will have you shaking your head in disbelief
Employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports
Franklin Alas drove at speeds over 100 mph before the detective pulled him over
When stopped, Baruch Ezagui claimed he was going to work at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan
A 1962 ban on throwing projectiles in Wausau lumps snowballs into the same category as rocks and other items that can cause serious harm
More than 55 years ago, the case made headlines nationwide and led to a massive search by FBI agents and police
Police say a man stole $500 from a sketch artist but left a caricature of himself behind
Quent Lankford stole a car, broke into a convenience store, and call the local sheriff’s office to confess to both
The man was a suspect in a pair of deadly shootings hours apart
The turkey wanted to gobble up the ticket
While responding to a call about Krispy Kreme doughnuts falling from a trailer, the officers took the opportunity to wax dramatic on Facebook