ONE-TWO PUNCH: After being followed home, a man was assaulted in the alley behind his house by an angry mother-son team. The woman, who got out of her car yelling, claimed that her husband was sleeping with the man's wife. As if mom screaming weren't enough, the man also had to fight off her son, who roughed him up and left him scraped and bruised. The pair then drove off, swearing to come back and finish what they'd started. The man called the police, although he had no idea who his assailants were or where they went. Even so, the man told cops he was sure his wife wasn't sleeping with the woman's husband.
A LURE OF A THEFT: Attempting to lower Wal-Mart's always-low prices, two men crammed 14 extra plastic shrimp into a value box of fishing lures in plain view of the store's security guard. The faux-cop let the men get all the way to the register, pay and start walking out of the store before he reeled them in. Sources say the fishermen weren't gutted. Just shamed.
A WEAK ALIBI: If you're going to steal a car stereo, best not to announce it within earshot of the owner. Looking out his window, a St. Petersburg man observed five kids checking out his car, and then heard one say, "Looks like I'm going to have a stereo tonight." The man went outside, told the group they would "have no stereo here," and sent the kids running. Cops soon tracked them down, the lead would-be-felon saying he never had any plans to steal the stereo. After all, he would get into too much trouble, as he was already on probation for burglary.
CHEERS: After gassing up his car, a local bar owner was the victim of an attack by a "deadly missile." The missile turned out to a brick, thrown at the rear passenger window of the car by one of the establishment's regulars. Sometimes it's better if everybody at the bar doesn't know your name.
SLEEPING BEAUTY: A man reported his necklace stolen from around his neck as he slept in his bedroom in south St. Pete. More unusual was the necklace itself: a 30-inch rope chain complete with a $6,000 gold charm depicting "man and sheep."
IT'S A STEAL A girl was caught at the Sears on Tyrone granting herself the five-fingered discount on a white bikini and a pink top, valued at $72. Juvenile delinquents pilfering beachwear – it's the first sign summer's just around the corner.Blotter items from the files of the SPPD.
This article appears in Apr 27 – May 3, 2005.
