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 man’s body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office, precluding the harvesting of organs
News outlets quoted viewers who said it took officials about two hours to capture the gator
Police spotted Edward Dickard driving the cart on a highway after stealing one of the electric shopping carts worth $4,000 from the store
A report of an assault in a vehicle turned into a pursuit that ended with the arrest of Fellony E. Hudson
Martin Duram’s ex-wife has said that after the slaying, the pet parrot, Bud, repeated “don’t (expletive) shoot” in Martin Duram’s voice
A mother, who was in the backseat when police pulled over the taxi, told officers she had hailed the cab earlier, not realizing it was stolen
The alleged thief, who was arrested, could still be heard screaming in pain as he was treated in an ambulance
An ECD probe struck a lighter in the man’s hand
The teen’s injuries were so severe that an LEO was tasked with driving while EMTs kept the victim in stable condition
The man told the responding deputy that someone entered his car and took $50 and about a quarter ounce of cocaine
Jansen Simon said he was traveling with friends when they left him on the side of the road
A woman shot her boyfriend in the head after he asked her to kill him because he thought the leader of a cult they belonged to was a reptile posing as a human
The bull ran into the yard of Cindi Knox and Phillip Ledesma. He said most officers aren’t trained to be cowboys but that he gives the trooper credit for trying
Emily Morin was out on bail following a drug possession arrest, but returned to the police station hours later demanding the drug’s return and was arrested on another charge
As Salvatore Tragale approached road construction and tried to stop, one container flew off the truck bed and into the southbound lane, while the other containers spilled onto the highway
One note read, “Please help. I’m stuck in here and I don’t have my phone. Please call my boss ...”
His parents seek unspecified damages in the federal suit against his school district, an officer and prosecutors
SWAT officers entered the house and with the help of a police dog located the man, who was found inside a couch that had been modified
Kelly Tufts says town police are OK with the sign, but some passing drivers have given offensive hand gestures
Police say “free samples” of tainted heroin may have resulted in the hospitalization of at least eight people over the weekend
The man’s injuries aren’t life-threatening
The officers handcuffed Brandon Thompson in the front so he could place the ring on her finger
Eduardo Barros asked his girlfriend during the argument if she “called the sheriffs” and the device recognized that as a voice command
Bryan Allan Martin crawled out of his overturned car with the toddler in his arms
The case felt, police said erroneously, like it had been torn from the pages of the book and movie “Gone Girl”
The pursuit reached 112 miles an hour before spike strips were deployed
She was paid $50 per package
Porsha Session was sentenced to three years in federal prison for tipping off Jamaican drug dealers who were linked to Mexican cartels
The judge says he wanted to teach the teens to make better judgments so they won’t be back in his courtroom
The investigation and search warrant stemmed from “numerous complaints” of suspicious, possibly drug-related, theft, and nuisance activity