Blotter: Bogarding the Evidence

Bogarding the Evidence

An off-duty officer observed a suspect lurking in the bushes July 2. The smell of burnt marijuana alerted the officer to potential illegal activity. When he asked if the suspect had marijuana on him, the suspect replied: "I already smoked it all." But then the officer reached into the suspect's pockets and found a baggie with about three grams of leafy substance. The suspect said: "I thought I already smoked that." Public service announcement: Marijuana affects the memory. 

Sticking to Your Story

Questioning a man in an area with recent criminal activity, police asked him what he was doing at the apartment complex. The man said he was seeing his girlfriend who lives in Flowertown. The officer asked why he would be in Somerset to see his girlfriend who lives in Flowertown. The man then said he was seeing his sister at Somerset. When officers searched the man, they found marijuana. Public service announcement: Marijuana affects the memory. 

The Chamber of Secrets

While trying to clear the chamber to clean his gun, a man shot himself in the knee July 4. 

Wining for Friends

A woman arrested for shoplifting two box wines July 7 said she took the merchandise without paying for it "because I'm lonely."