Constables on Patrol

385

May 22

3:55 p.m. – Merchant reported someone wrote a check on a frozen account.

4 p.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD to a possible rolling domestic conflict on its way to town from the east. Constable stopped the vehicle but was told there had been no dispute at all.

10:00 p.m. – Alarm rang out at a business on Main Street, but the constable found everything secure.

10:19 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of an individual on a warrant out of Green Forest.

May 23

5:30 a.m. – Central dispatch reported a 911 hangup call from a local motel. Constable did not find anyone there who had made the call.

8:42 a.m. – Constable responded to a lockdown order at ESH because an employee’s ex had violated a protection order.

10:12 a.m. – Residential alarm was triggered. Constable found no signs of attempted entry and a neighbor had not seen anyone there.

10:36 a.m. – Constable went to the high school for an alcohol-related incident. Student was released to a parent.

12:31 p.m. – Vehicle ran off the road and into a utility pole alongside US 62. Tow truck removed the vehicle.

1:34 p.m. – Constable filed a report of an accident on Main Street.

6:30 p.m. – Traffic accident resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license and on an outstanding warrant. A passenger was also arrested on a warrant.

May 24

1:35 p.m. – Resident near downtown claimed her home had been broken into overnight.

May 25

1:47 a.m. – Commercial alarm again rang out at a business downtown. Constable found the door secure and nothing was out of place in the store.

8:20 a.m. – Individual on Hwy. 23S reported two apparently abandoned vehicles in a parking lot with items scattered around. Constables went to the scene and called the owners of the vehicles. Owners said they would move vehicles.

8:54 a.m. – Motel employee reported to work to find the front door unlocked and money missing from the register.

9:02 a.m. – Witness called in an erratic driver who eventually pulled into a parking lot on North Main. Constable went there, but the vehicle had already left.

12:22 p.m. – Observer told ESPD an individual walking down Main Street appeared to be intoxicated and possibly disabled. He fell into traffic and was almost hit by a passing vehicle. Constables searched for but did not encounter the person.

7:44 p.m. – Caller claimed three young males and a female just north of downtown were possibly being destructive. They then walked toward the middle of town, but constable did not cross paths with them.

8:40 p.m. – Motorist on a narrow street near downtown reported two vehicles were parked so that he barely could sneak through. Constable advised the vehicle owners to scoot their vehicles a bit closer to the sidewalk.

9:07 p.m. – Alarm was triggered at a business. Constable learned an employee who had been in the bathroom did not know the alarm had been set and exited through a side door. The employee explained what happened to the owner and the constable. Owner said he would review surveillance video.

10:08 p.m. – Alarm rang out again at the same downtown business as in the morning. Constable again found the place secure.

May 26

12:23 a.m. – Same person who said the residence had been broken into two days previous claimed there was a trespasser on the property. Constable did not find anyone.

12:38 p.m. – Individual causing a disturbance in a business was arrested for disorderly conduct.

6:58 p.m. – Person at a restaurant called about a domestic situation. Constable took down her account.

7:35 p.m. – Someone broke a car window in a parking lot.

8:18 p.m. – Observer told ESPD a person walking US 62 in the eastern part of town seemed lost and disoriented. Constable responded and saw the person crawl behind a sign. Constable arrested her for public intoxication.

10:10 p.m. – Alarm went off again at the same business downtown. Constable called the owner and left a message.

May 27

12:11 a.m. – Constable responded to a noise complaint downtown, but found a quiet street with no one on it.

1:26 a.m. – Witness claimed a possibly inebriated female was walking down the middle of US 62 just west of downtown. Constable scoured the area and did not encounter her.

1:59 a.m. – Constables got word of domestic upheaval in a neighborhood above downtown. They were told everything had been totally verbal but time apart for the night might be appropriate.

2:43 a.m. – New employee accidentally set off an alarm in the middle of the night.

6:51 a.m. – Resident saw two young teens at the house next door. They told the constable they were looking at it because it was for sale.

9:03 a.m. – Innkeeper reported someone during the night stole items from motorcycles parked in the parking lot.

12:30 p.m. – Several calls came in about a domestic event at a business in the commercial area on US 62. Participants claimed they had had a verbal disagreement.

2:47 p.m. – Motorist told ESPD the vehicle up ahead was being driven erratically on its way to town from the south. A constable surveilled the vehicle as it headed safely out of town toward the east.

2:58 p.m. – Resident claimed there was a disturbance in a neighborhood, but the responding constable could not locate it.

10:38 p.m. – Once again the alarm was set off at a business downtown. Everything was secure.

11:54 p.m. – Convenience store clerk told ESPD he had refused to sell beer to a very intoxicated individual who left headed toward town. Constables did not encounter the vehicle.

May 28

9:09 a.m. – Person wanted to report a theft of property but was advised it would be a civil matter.

11:38 a.m. – Staff at a tourist lodging reported a vehicle had gone missing from the property since the previous afternoon.

12:49 p.m. – There was a hit and run accident in a parking lot on Main Street.

1:55 p.m. – ESH reported a patient who had been administered narcotics insisted on driving home. Constable determined the person made it home safely.

7:21 p.m. – Neighbor asked for a welfare check on the dog next door because the dog’s owner had been gone since yesterday. Constable learned from another neighbor the owner had come by earlier.

11:50 p.m. – Constable searched for a possibly intoxicated driver downtown but did not encounter the vehicle.