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.
Police in Pennsylvania were able to identify a suspect charged with stealing cash in part due to a “cartoonish” police sketch
South Carolina deputies said they found a woman holding her own eyeballs after she gouged them out
Police in Scotland had an hour-long standoff with a “tiger” that turned out to be a stuffed animal
Police say the man walked into the Dallas Central Patrol parking lot at the city’s marshal’s office detention center and started hitting the cars
Merrionette Park police Sgt. Jon Bruce said the device was not an explosive but was made to look like one
Attorney Jack Bradley said Cornelius Carey Jr. “always had mental issues and he’s on disability for mental issues”
A Florida trooper found a shoe box with two bricks of cocaine wrapped in tin foil in a woman’s vehicle, but it was too much for his scale
Police officers in Spain were surprised to find four tons of stolen oranges after a pursuit
Rolling down his vehicle’s window, Sheriff’s Cpl. Art Madden asked the animal to “please stop” and also made kissy noises, to no avail
No injuries were reported but police say it raised a few eyebrows among officers who thought they’d seen it all
Troopers sent K-9 Veda to apprehend the man before the suspect reportedly put K-9 Veda in a chokehold and bit her in the head
The officer tried to load Matthew Wenzler, who was found passed out drunk, into an ambulance before the suspect spit into the LEO’s mouth
A police report says the supervisor had turned away when melted cheese from the airborne burrito splattered her left arm, side and leg
For the second week in a row, a fan at an Eagles playoff game has been arrested for allegedly punching a police horse
The Gainesville PD is poking fun of the person who accidentally texted a cop for pot
Chief Emil Halfhill warned whoever is doing this mischievous act will be “charged with any damage caused by your mischievous behavior”
When deputies found Douglas Jon Francisco passed out in his car in a bank’s drive-thru, the suspect woke up and tried to order a burrito
Police said when they tried to test for his blood-alcohol level, Brian Fogg punched himself in the face, causing himself to bleed
Officer John Kuey recovered severed fingers for possible reattachment after a man working as a subcontractor got his hand caught in a shredder
When a Miami police officer encountered stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress, the dialogue sounded straight out of his stage act
Police said Taylor Hendricks walked over to a mounted officer and repeatedly punched the horse, striking the animal in the face, neck and shoulder
Police said the alleged thief was thoughtful enough to put traffic cones in place of the covers in an attempt to minimize the danger to the motoring public
Police said Robert Francis Krebs had a handgun when he entered a credit union and demanded money from the teller
This wasn’t the first python encounter for Officer Joseph Cabrera, who helped secure a 13-foot python back in April
Authorities said the driver, who admitted to using narcotics, struck a raised median, launching the car into the air before crashing into the building
A couple of villains tried to beat traffic Thursday afternoon, but only one of them was cited for bad behavior
Police said the suspect was not badly injured
Maeli Aguilar-Alvarez was reportedly intoxicated when police found the ribs in his trousers
Photos of a police squad’s breakfast in Wales went viral after one Twitter user said their protein-filled photos could offend vegetarians and vegans
Commander Inspector Kelvin Lloyd said whoever is interfering with the frequencies is putting people in danger
