- March 24, 2025
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9:44 a.m., 1500 block of Main Street
Illegal dumping: The owner of a small downtown retail establishment complained to an officer that his neighbor was dumping cardboard boxes in his waste receptacle in the alley behind his business. He wanted the refuse removed from his bin and placed on the offender’s property.
An officer met with the subject who advised he was unaware of the private use of the dumpster and agreed to remove the offending cardboard. He advised he was opening a new restaurant in a few weeks and had large amounts of waste of which to dispose.
10:50 a.m., 3600 block of Pin Oaks Street
Family disturbance: A juvenile hiding from his father in a clothes dryer called an officer in fear of getting in trouble for not following orders to go to bed. It was a dispute that turned into a game of hide-and-seek as the defiant youth was hiding and running from room to room. He had also locked himself in a bedroom, apparently not his own, which resulted in the frustrated father breaking down the door.
The juvenile said his bedtime was 10 p.m. but he was refusing. His father eventually began yelling at him due to the rebellious behavior, at one time grabbing him by his ankle as he hid behind a sofa. The officer explained that his father can grab him as a result of his misbehavior. The youth said he was never struck by his father.
The boy’s mother eventually arrived home as the incident was ending. She received a description from the officer of the incident, and the boy a lecture about being disobedient. No further action was taken.
9:14 a.m., 500 block of North Jefferson Avenue
Civil dispute: For the fourth time within 24 hours, officers responded to a civil dispute between two subjects. On this occasion one subject said his roommate had locked him out of the building after, in an effort to avoid further conflict, stepped outside the back door to relieve himself — rather than in the bathroom — in communion with nature. When he returned to the back bedroom door, he alleged the female housemate locked him out.
His access blocked, a brief argument ensured before the woman called law enforcement, she said, because he approached her and falsely accused her of locking his bedroom door. She reiterated to the officer she wanted the man to leave the premises.
As in their previous interaction, the same responding officer advised the woman of the civil process of eviction and cautioned her against denying the man access to the room in which he resides.
The man advised he hoped to be able to move within a few days.
3:05 p.m., 1500. block of 22nd Street
Civil dispute: Upon arrival, officers observed the complainant point at a white van whose driver was attempting to leave the area. She advised that when she arrived home, a man was blocking access to her driveway. She said as she and her 9-year-old granddaughter exited the vehicle, he began cursing, telling her to, in inappropriate parlance before a child, to "leave him alone.” She said he then grabbed a brick and exclaimed, "I'll kill all you (expletive deleted)!”
The officer observed a doorbell camera video that backed up the woman’s account of the encounter. She said he does not wish to press charges and only wants the man to “get help and leave her alone,” according to the incident report.
The man told officers he yelled at the woman because, he claimed, she tried to run him over with her car when she pulled into the driveway.
Both parties said they wish for the other to leave them alone and agreed to not speak with each other.
8:45 a.m., intersection of Ringling Boulevard and Pine Place
Criminal mischief: The project superintendent of the recently opened new roundabout at the intersection arrived on the job site to observe that, sometime overnight, unknown subjects had destroyed landscaping and spray painted a racial slur on a median.
The complaint had the landscaping replaced prior to calling law enforcement and estimated the damage at as much as $1,000.
