Constables on Patrol

664

March 21

10:54 a.m. – Restaurant manager reported two patrons left without paying their bill.

6:43 p.m. – Central dispatch passed along to ESPD there was a trailer in the road in front of the high school. Turns out the trailer was in the road further down Lake Lucerne Road and out of city limits, so ESPD sent the call back to CCSO.

6:18 p.m. – Motel manager asked ESPD to check on an apparently abandoned vehicle parked behind the motel. Constable determined the vehicle was not stolen and advised the manager the vehicle could be towed at the owner’s expense.

6:27 p.m. – Waitress reported a couple at a different restaurant left without paying for their meal.

6:55 p.m. – A mother was concerned with how her daughter and son-in-law were treating their 15-month old child.

March 22

2:05 p.m. – Passerby noticed a male passed out on the sidewalk in front of the library annex. Constable learned the person was not inebriated. He had simply sat down to read for a while and had fallen asleep.

9:30 p.m. – Individual was reportedly walking in the road. Constable on patrol did not encounter him.

9:38 p.m. – Report came in about an erratic driver, but constables never saw the vehicle.

March 23

12:34 a.m. – Central Dispatch reported a vehicle had left a road in the western part of town and had run into a tree. Constables found the vehicle, and no one was around. Vehicle was towed.

2:42 p.m. – Motorist reported an erratic driver but constables never saw the vehicle.

6:23 p.m. – Observer called in a suspicious person in a vehicle parked at a business. Constable responded and called EMS. Person was transported to ESH.

7:40 p.m. – A male drove away from his house even though he was not supposed to be driving. However, his car died, and his mother went to pick him up.

March 24

3:29 a.m. – Resident near downtown reported smelling smoke. Constable checked the area but advised it was smoke from a Forestry Dept. burn.

5:24 p.m. – Constable was responding to report of a male yelling obscenities when a second call came in of a male and female hollering at each other. Constable could not find either of them.

9:22 p.m. – Apparently people at a local restaurant were asking other patrons for drugs. Constable responded, but the subjects had already left.

11:38 p.m. – Customer in a bar said a vehicle had sideswiped his vehicle. Constable took a report of a hit and run.

March 25

9:26 a.m. – Employees opening a business triggered an alarm.

11:11 a.m. – Constable on patrol checked out a vehicle with a flat tire allegedly parked for a week on a neighborhood street above downtown.

12:09 p.m. – Resident in a neighborhood on the other side of downtown claimed vehicles were parked so that emergency vehicles would not be able to get through. Since the caller was a cardiac patient, this situation was a concern. Constable visited the scene and determined no vehicles were obstructing the roadway.

1:56 p.m. – Concerned resident reported someone had broken into the neighbor’s house and items had been taken. Constable filed a report.

2:36 p.m. – Motorist reported tires were spilling out of a trailer being pulled down a road in the northeast part of town. Constable stopped the driver, who stated his employees were collecting the spillage.

3:22 p.m. – Supposedly there were suspicious activities in the north part of town, so constables added extra patrols in the area.

10:09 p.m. – There was an accident on private property.

11:22 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for no driver’s license and possession of a controlled substance.

March 26

12:14 a.m. – Passerby noticed two males jump from a vehicle parked near a business. A female driver remained in the vehicle. Constable responded and found one male and one female. He advised them to leave the premises. Constable did not find any damage to the building.

1:51 a.m. – Resident was playing music too loud for the hour. Constable responded. Volume assumed an appropriate level.

3:11 a.m. – Guest at a tourist lodging reported her sister’s boyfriend was inebriated and had a gun. They had taken the clips from him, but asked for assistance from a constable. The male was gone when the constable arrived.

7:45 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license and no proof of insurance.

11:11 a.m. – Merchant downtown complained music in the park was so loud she could not hear her customers. Responding constable determined the music was within acceptable limits.

2:34 p.m. – Constable spoke with a person who claimed she was getting threatening messages on social media.

5:27 p.m. – Constable took a report of a stolen license plate.

8:13 p.m. – There was a hit and run accident, and the constable got a report from a witness.

8:25 p.m. – Domestic upheaval got the attention of constables. One person was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct, fleeing and resisting arrest. Another person was arrested on a warrant out of Rogers PD.

10:25 p.m. – Witness told ESPD a male had flattened a tire.

10:36 p.m. – Constables searched for a child reportedly walking along US 62, but did not find anyone.

11:27 p.m. – Resident on North Main told ESPD he had heard a woman scream. Constable responded, and the woman said she had been asleep, but the constable cleared the building just in case.

March 27

9:08 a.m. – Careful observer noticed the flag at a motel was upside down. Constable discovered the flagpole had been damaged. Flag was taken down pending repair of the pole.

9:39 a.m. – Individual claimed another of her tires had been slashed.

12:57 p.m. – Motorist came upon a box of nails in the road in the north part of town. Constable cleaned up the roadway.

2:52 p.m. – ESFD personnel reported they had witnessed a nude female trying to climb out of the sunroof of a vehicle, but the driver took off going south on Hwy. 23 at a very fast rate of speed. The vehicle was out of city limits, so information was passed along to other authorities.

4:22 p.m. – Irritated observer claimed a particular vehicle regularly parks in a spot on a narrow downtown street, turns on its flashers but obstructs traffic. Constable on patrol advised the driver not to do it anymore.

6:13 p.m. – Unsettled resident on a hillside east of downtown saw what appeared to be a male dressed in camouflage sitting in the woods holding a rifle. Constable went to the scene and found a 13-year old male playing with a plastic, broken BB gun.

7:16 p.m. – Individual complained his neighbor disturbs the peace by working on a vehicle at all times of day. Constable chatted with the mechanic.

10:14 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for speeding and DWI.

March 28

3:35 a.m. – Individual covered in blood walked into a tourist lodging. Constable searched for but never encountered the person.