The following are excerpts from the Portsmouth police log. A charge does not indicate a conviction.
Tue., Oct. 8
- 8:45 a.m. A caller said a man in his 60s tried to steal oatmeal from a store. He was unsuccessful and fled on foot.
- 12:37 p.m. A caller said a raccoon was on a porch. The animal was moved along.
- 12:51 p.m. Robert Patrick Chase, 27, of 229 Raleigh Way, Portsmouth, was charged with theft and receiving stolen property.
- 2:26 p.m. A caller said a man may have tried to take an upskirt photo of his girlfriend on Lafayette Road.
- 11:06 p.m. Authorities responded to Lafayette Road for a man who passed out after huffing a spray can.
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