ROCHESTER — The following items, based on entries in the Rochester Police Log, were selected from 1,120 calls for service from Jan. 4 to 10: Taken from Foster’s Daily Democrat, the original is here.
Monday, Jan. 4
7:10 a.m. — A woman reports that last evening she was jumped by two men and two women and robbed of her bag containing $300 and other items. It happened near Blockbuster.
7:25 a.m. — A toter has been taken from its happy home on South Main Street.
10:29 a.m. — Criminal mischief has occurred at the Rochester Fairground. Someone drove through the main gate and smashed part of a fence departing.
11:25 a.m. — A man and wife fight on Betts Road.
1:04 p.m. — People in a white Crown Victoria are driving along Blackwater Road taking stuff out of trash bins.
2:47 p.m. — A snowmobile has flashed through a yard on Mandella Drive.
2:51 p.m. — A River Street resident reports a theft of items from her basement.
3:44 p.m. — A Coxeter Square resident’s driveway has been blocked by a neighbor’s snow.
4:43 p.m. — Tenants of an East Rochester Main Street residence have just been locked out by the brother of the former owner. The house is now owned by a bank. Yelling has erupted.
5:19 p.m. — A Glenwood Avenue woman reports finding meds, and asserts, more than once, that she did not steal them.
8:04 p.m. — South Main Street neighbors are making a din.
Tuesday, Jan. 5
10:47 a.m. — A man reports losing a set of four keys with two flash drives near the Square.
11:59 a.m. — A Tonka Street residence has been burgled and meds stolen.
12:10 p.m. — A man reports his girlfriend was pushed around by someone near Market Basket.
1:08 p.m. — Police are asked to go to the court where a man has a double-edged knife.
2:04 p.m. — On Eastern Avenue, a man in a blue sweat shirt is waving at traffic to slow down and then pounding the vehicles with snowballs.
2:53 p.m. — A woman is banging on doors and windows of the Route 125 Motel, hunting a man who has her vehicle title.
3:39 p.m. — While a woman from Cocheco Avenue was doing errands, a second woman barges into her house and accuses a boy of beating up her (woman No. 2’s) son.
4:29 p.m. — A Felker Street man got a watch as a gift, but now it’s gone missing, and boy, is he miffed.
11:27 p.m. — A friend of a friend has stolen a DVD player from a Springfield Court bedroom.
Wednesday, Jan. 6
12:37 a.m. — Yelling, punctuated by door-banging, irritates on Lafayette Street.
12:52 a.m. — The Ministry of Suspicious Walks checks out a River Street performer.
1:35 a.m. — A music-blaster gets a warning on Washington Street.
1:53 a.m. — Teens yell near Partridge Green Apartments. A girl is on the ground with a medical complaint. Police arrive, no one cooperates.
9:28 a.m. — A man is checking out vehicles in an Industrial Way parking lot. It’s OK. He is an insurance adjuster.
11:04 a.m. — There is concern for two dogs left in a room at the Riviera Motel. Their owner is in Frisbie.
12:09 p.m. — A Spaulding student has had a PlayStation Portable case stolen from his backpack.
2:39 p.m. — A pink wallet has been stolen from a woman at Walmart.
2:59 p.m. — On Emerson Avenue, a man reports threats about being dragged from his home in the wee hours. He will shoot any attackers with a hunting rifle if he thinks his life is in danger.
9:23 p.m. — Six rounds of ammo found near the Cumberland Farms pumps on Milton Road turn out to be empty nail gun casings which likely fell out of a contractor’s truck.
Thursday, Jan. 7
6:14 a.m. — A driver thinks he may have clunked a dog near the Common. It took off.
4:55 p.m. — In an apparent instance of road rage, a van driven by a woman in a red coat doggedly chases a car driven by a man. She starts near Walgreen’s, turns onto Wakefield, Union and then southbound on North Main back towards the Square.
5:46 p.m. — The 911 dispatcher receives, by cell phone, a whispered tip off that someone fell on Mount Everest. The call is traced to a child and police make a house visit.
5:56 p.m. — At MetroCast, a man, unable to channel his anger, makes loud threats. He is served with a No Trespass order.
7:14 p.m. — A man asserts that he has been beaten up by an ex-girlfriend.
Friday, Jan. 8
12:26 a.m. — A deer standing in Rochester Hill Road is at risk of becoming venison.
8:51 p.m. — A woman on Daffodil Hill Lane calls police after a disturbance. She will lock up her two Chihuahuas so that officers will not be mauled.
Saturday, Jan. 9
12:24 a.m. — There is a drunk boyfriend problem at McDuffee Brook Place.
1:36 p.m. — Chest pushing over a Direct TV installation job at a North Main Street apartment, peters out.
3:47 p.m. — A dud $20 bill has been passed at George & Ed’s.
8:13 p.m. — On South Main Street, jumping children vibrate a neighbor’s TV off its stand.
8:44 p.m. — Someone inquires about the legal implications of a neighbor setting up a video camera pointing at his building.
Sunday, Jan. 10
1:15 a.m. — A Portland Street woman reports her granddaughter is going around the house yelling and breaking windows. Police find the granddaughter had broken a mere one window when she locked herself out after stepping outside for a cigarette. No word on the yelling.
6:13 p.m. — An Echo Brook Road gentleman says “his drunk wife just punched him in the head.” Police check the downtown bars for the lady.
6:37 p.m. — After police investigate threats of butt-kicking, a female North Main St. resident, is arrested on a bench warrant.
