Constables on Patrol

714

August 22

11:22 p.m. – A domestic dispute drew the attention of constables and EMS. One individual was arrested for third degree domestic battery.

August 23

11:28 a.m. – Constable searched for but did not encounter a reportedly suspicious person toward the eastern edge of town.

12:08 p.m. – Constable told trespassers near downtown they would be cited if caught on the property again.

12:31 p.m. – Constables, ESFD and EMS all responded to report of a vehicle rollover on a street just east of downtown. They found there had been no rollover and no injury.

2:10 p.m. – Witness claimed a woman was being pushed into a vehicle in the western side of town. Constables went to the scene and found the witness had been wrong. Everyone was okay.

2:30 p.m. – Owner of a business accidentally set off the burglar alarm.

10:24 p.m. – Tenant being evicted from her apartment was throwing her things into the yard and playing her music a peak volume. Civility prevailed after constables visited with her.

August 24

6:15 p.m. – Employees at a bank were preparing to leave for the day when someone began banging on the doors. They decided a constable on the scene might ease their nerves as they walked to their cars. Constable complied and also scoured the area for anyone suspicious.

7:11 p.m. – Motorist driving on a street east of downtown almost ran over a male lying in the roadway. Constable arrested the individual for public intoxication and resisting arrest.

August 25

6:05 p.m. – Two males were fighting outside a residence, and the witness was concerned the scuffle might escalate. Constables arrived to find it was a landlord-tenant dispute, and combatants agreed to a truce.

8:31 p.m. – A semi got stuck trying to navigate a street by the old high school. Constable went to help, but the semi was already gone.

9:45 p.m. – Motorist on US 62 claimed she twice almost ran into the same woman dressed in black. Constable found no one in the area matching the description.

11:23 p.m. – Caller told ESPD there was a naked man in the vehicle next to her, but he was gone when the constable got there.

August 26

3:18 p.m. – Person who had been told repeatedly not to sit in front of a business was there again. Constable on patrol convinced the person to move along.

8:38 p.m. – Motorist backed into another vehicle in a parking lot.

10:22 p.m. – Another motorist told ESPD there was an erratic and possibly intoxicated driver up ahead. Constable stopped the suspect vehicle and found the driver to be just fine.

10:36 p.m. – Constable responded to an alarm at a restaurant but found everything okay.

August 27

1:27 a.m. – Constable went to a motel because guests in a room were being very loud. Upon his arrival, calm and quiet reigned supreme.

6:35 a.m. – Concerned observer saw a suspicious vehicle with lights off passing through a neighborhood. Constable never encountered the vehicle.

10:57 a.m. – Caller claimed vehicles were parked close to a street in the western part of town. Constable went to the scene and did not see any vehicles on or near a roadway.

3:51 p.m. – Someone removed bags placed over meters where city workers were working.

5:11 p.m. – Central dispatch sent along the call regarding parked motorcycles downtown being pushed over.

9:40 p.m. – Mother at home with her child told ESPD a male was banging on her door and windows. Constable arrived, and a friend gave the door banger a ride home.

10:24 p.m. – Individual at a lodge said a female had come to his door claiming her husband had beat her. Constables encountered her walking along US 62. She told them her husband had not hit her. They had had a verbal argument only.

11:35 p.m. – Three males were fighting in a bar. Constables arrested two of them for public intoxication.

August 28

12:11 a.m. – Witness saw a driver sideswipe three vehicles on a street in the north part of town. Constable encountered the vehicle and arrested the driver for DWI (second offense) and careless and imprudent driving.

1:16 a.m. – Individual staying a motel told ESPD his roommate locked him out of the room and would not let him back in. Constable intervened, and the individual got a different room for the night.

3:36 p.m. – Water pipe burst in a neighborhood north of downtown. Public Works was notified.

4:14 p.m. – Central dispatch

reported a 911 call from an address near downtown in which the caller claimed his roommate was going to poison him. Constable went to the address but no one was there.

10:19 p.m. – A wife reported a person was following her and her husband on a street leading from downtown. The person also had torn up a sign along the way. Constable spoke with the individual.

11:16 p.m. – A possibly inebriated female was in the middle of town yelling. Constable on patrol spoke with her and called a taxi to take her to her motel room.