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 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
The suspect slid down the chimney of a business and then found himself lodged inside, forcing him to call 911 for help
The statue, which depicts a sitting teddy bear covered in chocolate, was stolen from a Kansas candy factory a year ago
Nobody else was injured during the road accident or what the police describe as an assault on a passing vehicle
The off-duty deputy pulled over a woman, who was unsure if he was a real LEO because of the black “Punisher” t-shirt he was wearing
A police officer’s night took a surprising turn after he stopped to ask a driver about a series of break-ins
A deputy slipped and accidentally shot a hit-and-run suspect after the offender led police on a brief pursuit
A man pulled over for a minor traffic violation faces serious jail time after sending vulgar and insulting messages to the cop who stopped him
Deputies say the suspect decided to stand up, unzip his pants and urinate on the floor before going back to sleep in a booth
The man flashed a fake badge and gun at a Starbucks and claimed he was a detective
The deputy had glass fragments in his eyes as a result of the crash, but otherwise was OK
A woman heard a thumping noise in her home and called police about an intruder, which turned out a roll of duct tape that fell off a shelf and bounced down the stairs
Police said when the officers asked the woman to roll down her window, pot smoke billowed out
Officers said 27-year-old Sabra Bewley was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after the incident
Justin Thompson was hiding in the crawl space in his girlfriend’s home when he plunged into the kitchen, where an officer was waiting
Police say the 52-year-old woman, who was drunk, didn’t even know the sign was in her car
Hearing-impaired people tuning in to a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer got a message of gibberish
A Maine woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a home invasion victim was literally scared to death
When a deputy first arrived on scene, he said the man got out of car but then jumped back into the car and began to rummage through it
An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed
The teens used police cars on joyrides that took the vehicles as far away as Corona and Santa Clarita
Animal control worked with firefighters to free the three bull mastiffs after they escaped from their backyard
The note says the remorseful anonymous driver hit a parked car one evening in 1985 or 1986 and has asked police to find the driver
