SMALL TOWN CRIME WAVE 8.9.10

July 18th City of Glendale
Three woman were arrested for disorderly conduct after a fight with a 22-year-old a woman outside La Quinta Inn. All of them had been at a party at the hotel and the fight started over a man also at the party. The three said the 22-year-old started the fight when she swung a portable pink stripper pole at them.

July 24th City of Mayville
A 74-year-old woman contacted the police to report the theft of three solar yard lights...and a pink flamingo from her yard.

August 4th City of Shawano
A woman called police to report she heard her car making funny noises. When she got out of her car and checked, she found tin cans tied to the car with fishing line.

August 3rd City of Beaver Dam
A 24-year-old woman called police to report that a children's pool had been stolen from her home on Washington Street. Investigating officers found that the pool had actually been at another woman's residence for the last two weeks because the 24-year-old caller had taken it there. The caller admitted to lying about the pool being stolen and was warned about obstructing an officer.

August 3rd City of Shawano
A woman on Richmond Street found a mother pine snake with babies in the her front lawn. He landlord was instructed to either leave them alone, or just smack the them over the head with a shovel.

August 2nd City of Beaver Dam
A woman called 911 and reported that she had a drinking problem. The woman would not give her name but said that she would meet police in a parking lot on Madison Street. The woman hung up the phone and when police called back she became very uncooperative. She never showed up in the parking lot and police tried to contact her several times unsuccessfully.

August 4th City of Shawano
Police received a report of a disturbance at the KFC restaurant. A woman called to report that her chicken tasted like fish and restaurant employees refused to give her different food.

July 26th Village of Fox Point
A 21-year-old woman was cited for reckless driving after two people said she almost hit them and then made an obscene gesture. The woman initially denied driving saying it was a friend behind the wheel and she was in the back seat with a dog and the witnesses might have seen her raise her hand to control the dog. She finally admitted to being the driver but still denied making an obscene gesture, saying she'd have known if she had done so adding "because, believe me, I know how to flip people off."