Blotter: Lying on the Sidewalk and Sports Arguments

Friday, July 20

• 2:42 a.m. — Police received a report that three men got out of a cab at and ran away. They then called another cab and left.
• 2:55 p.m. — A caller told police someone stole a cell phone at . A suspect was later identified, and the business asked that he be issued a trespass notice.
• 8:05 p.m. — Tires plus reported a man was causing a disturbance by arguing with a female customer. Police issued a trespass notice.

Saturday, July 21

• 3:55 a.m. — Police investigated an unspecified burglary at a Seventh Avenue North home.
• 3:55 p.m. — A bus driver reported that a man was making obscene gestures at him. The man got off the bus at Fifth Avenue South and Excelsior and was waiting for the next bus.
• 7:24 p.m. — Police went to the following a report of two drunk men who’d been arguing about sports and both claimed to have been assaulted. Officers talked to the men, who left the scene.
• 7:56 p.m. — A girl called police and said her father hit her mother. The mother got on the line and said everything was fine. The man left before officers arrived.

Sunday, July 22

• 12:26 a.m. — Someone wrote an obscene word on a vehicle by keying it while it was parked at .
• 1:40 a.m. — Police contacted a woman who was lying on the sidewalk near . They took the woman to her home.
• 3:32 p.m. — Police investigated an unspecified burglary at a home on the 900 block of Ninth Avenue South.
• 6:06 p.m. — A caller reported an unspecified theft at the .
• 6:09 p.m. — A resident complained to police about noise coming from a microphone. When officers investigated, there was nothing unusual and no one with a microphone.
• 9:51 p.m. — A caller told police a man was standing near the intersection of Blake Road and Second Street Northeast with what looked like a fishing pole or arrows. A employee said two vehicle left the nearby gas station quickly.

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