Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Watch Your Language
The following arrest information was supplied by the Avon police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Nagel Road man called just before 10 p.m. on June 9 saying that two men were on his front porch and wouldn’t leave.
Questioning by police revealed that the Nagel Road man and another man were at earlier and had shined a flashlight into a parked car the other two men were sitting in. The Nagel Road man then called one of them a racial slur. The two men in the car told police they followed the Nagel Road man home to find out why he’d said that.
No arrests were made, and the Nagel Road man was advised on his behavior by police.
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Ouch
A Bentley Drive man told police that he was punched in the face after he confronted a truck driver about running a stop sign in his neighborhood. Police were unable to locate the truck driver.
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Scary Phone Call
A Jaycox Road man got a phone call shortly after 3 a.m. on June 7 from someone who identified himself as John DeMaul and said, “I just stabbed my wife five times. What should I do?” The man, who told police he didn't recognize the voice and knew no one by that name, told DeMaul to call 911, and DeMaul hung up. There was no number on the caller ID and police and CenturyLink were unable to trace it.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight … But Where?
A concrete lion statue was stolen from the front yard of a Pine Drive home overnight on June 7.
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