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 Sgt. Nisha King said such a heist has never happened at the department
Authorities say 36-year-old Dustin Pedersen robbed a bank in Ohio and used the money to buy his fiancee an engagement ring
Anastasia Alewine wasn’t the first baby born in South Carolina in 2018, but it’s doubtful anybody made a more spectacular entrance into the world
An off-duty sergeant was driving when Brandon Freeman, 29, turned on flashing red lights and signaled the sergeant to pull over
Police searched the man’s car and found two bags containing about a pound-and-a-half of marijuana
The driver transporting the chickens was unaware that the birds fell off the truck and did not stop
Jeffrey R. Liimatainen, 26, reportedly threw a boot and punched Officer Adam Cooley in the chest before threatening his family
Officers responding to a call were greeted by a furry surprise
Police said Michael Neu, 67, has participated in financial scams over the internet and phone and has wired some of his money to co-conspirators in Nigeria
A Florida judge says a sheriff’s office must retain custody of a horse whose owner was charged with drunken driving while riding the animal
A baby seal that wandered far from the ocean has been returned to the sea with the help of some police officers
Sheriff Rick Staley called the case one of the “most bizarre domestic violence cases” he’s seen
When a man wearing a pillow case and brandishing a knife approached the Wendy’s counter on Christmas Day, a customer didn’t hesitate to take action
A resourceful Pennsylvania wildlife conservation officer has helped to engineer a daring prison escape
Two suspects were arrested by police in the stolen car not long after the unlocked Honda Civic was taken as it warmed up
Nicole Hunter was in a waiting area of the police station when she pulled cocaine from inside her clothing and tried to snort it
The stylist asked the customer to stop fidgeting when he nicked the customer’s ear with his clippers before running them down the middle of the man’s head
After the drone delivered drugs at a parking lot, the customers would then drive by the couple’s home and throw their payments on the lawn
Police say the man had a pole, a fake scope, a spring and two table legs fastened together to look like a rifle
Troopers were notified about a suspicious package that was found beneath a Christmas tree in the pedestrian waiting area
Mail carrier DeShaune Stewart, who was facing dismissal, was naked when he killed his supervisor and a postmaster
Police said the package addressed to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had been gift-wrapped and was marked as being from “the American people”
Police in one Massachusetts town issued an all-points bulletin for a Miss Betty Miller, but it was not because she is a suspect in any case
Police said Patrick Jiron, 80, and his wife Barbara Jiron, 70, had an estimated $300,000 worth of marijuana
Officer Robert Voorhees fastened himself to a rope and made his way to the edge of the pond to save a dog who fell through the ice
There was so much alcohol at the house that the ambient air inside the home registered a .01 on a department-issued breathalyzer
Melissa Allen is accused of trying to steal more than $1,000 in goods from a Target during a “Shop with a Cop” event attended by more than 50 cops
The Colorado man offered to trade illegal homegrown marijuana for an SUV listed on Craigslist, which happened to be owned by a sheriff
We’ve gathered up the 15 funniest, strangest, and most unbelievable stories of the year
The victim says she tried to stop 54-year-old Tracy Mitchell, who was holding a pocket knife and a picture frame, before being stabbed in the leg
