Police & Sheriff calls, July 19-22
July 19
Fraud: Police received a walk-in complaint about a DoorDash delivery that led to a phone scam at 11:14 a.m.
Disturbance: Police were called to the 700 block of John’s Dr. at 11:33 a.m. when a caller reported a disturbance between a 28-year-old woman and a man, age 34. No further details were included in the blotter.
Hockey jerk: Police were called to the 600 block of Green Ave. at 12:55 p.m. when a caller reported someone had struck a wheelchair bus with a hockey puck, damaging it.
Suspicious: A 54-year-old man called police to the 1800 block of College Ave. at 2:36 p.m. to report a man sitting on a front porch there, chainsmoking and “acting strange.” No further details were included in the blotter.
Busted: A 51-year-old man with two open warrants was arrested after someone reported his vehicle was parked in front of Nice As New, 24 Park Ridge Dr,. at 4:06 p.m.
Vandalism: Police were called to Wood Street Rental, 2240 Wood St., at 4:09 p.m. when a caller reported someone had broken phone booth windows.
Would-be break-in: A 40-year-old woman reported to police at 4:37 p.m. that an unknown person was attempting to kick in her front door on the 400 block of First St.
Suspicious: Police were called to KASH Playground, 1201 West Whitney St., at 4:58 p.m., to report a suspicious older man watching the children play. No further details were included in the blotter.
Trespasser: Police were called to Culver’s, 332 Division St. North, at 5:35 p.m. when a caller reported a homeless woman sitting in front of the business with a sign attempting to panhandle. She was asked to move along and referred for assistance services.
Drive-off: A 44-year-old male employee called the police to the BP gas station, 4928 Main St., at 5:44 p.m., to report someone had pumped $20.62 in gasoline and then driven off without paying.
Iced out: Police were called to The Store, 201 West Clark St., at 7:20 p.m. when an employee reported she’d been harassed by a 51-year-old man because she wouldn’t sell him an ice cream sandwich. No additional details were included in the blotter.
Whiner: A man called police to the downtown square at 8 p.m. to report that another man had flipped him the bird.
Kids: A 61-year-old man called police to the 300 block of Vincent Ct. at 8:17 p.m. to complain that neighborhood children were riding their bikes through his yard and that he “never sees any parents around.” No further details were included in the blotter.
Gun, but maybe not: Police were called to Main St. and Strongs Ave. at 10:32 p.m. when a caller reported that it looked like a man on an electric bicycle had a “gun strapped to his back” but he couldn’t be sure. No further details were included in the blotter.
Wrong way: A caller reported to police at 10:37 p.m. that they saw a wrong-way driver near County Hwy. HH and County Hwy. R. No further details were included in the blotter.
July 20
Suspicious: Police responded to the former Shopko lot, 1200 Main St., at 2:06 a.m. when a caller reported two males “messing around with equipment in the lot.” No further details were included in the blotter.
Who knows: A verbal argument was reported in the downtown square at 2:38 a.m. but no location was included in the blotter.
Crash: Police responded to a two-vehicle collision in front of Shippy Shoes, 5474 Hwy. 10 East, at 3:18 a.m. One woman was transported to an area hospital by ambulance.
Disturbance: Police were called to the 4300 block of Clarice’s Cir. at 8:01 a.m. when a 47-year-old woman reported that an intoxicated man struck her with his vehicle. No further information was included in the blotter.
Slumped: Police conducted a welfare check on a man who was “slumped over on a bench” in front of the Portage Co. Library, 1001 Main St., at 11:24 a.m. No additional information was included in the blotter.
Crash: Police responded to Wilshire Blvd. and Main St. at 1:08 p.m. when a 50-year-old woman fell from a three-wheel motorcycle and was injured. She was transported by ambulance with an ankle injury.
Bad neighbor: A caller from the 1000 block of Brawley St. called police at 4:25 p.m. to complain that his neighbor was “throwing weeds” into his yard.
Theft, we think: Police were called to Kwik Trip, 3533 Stanley St., at 10:09 p.m. when an employee reported something was stolen about an hour before. No further information was included in the blotter.
July 21
Threats: Police were called to Kwik Trip, 3258 Church St., at 12:30 a.m., when an employee reported that a regular customer and known man, 40, had threatened to shoot them. No additional details were included in the blotter.
Welfare check: Police stopped to check on a person, whose age and gender were not included in the blotter, standing in front of Icon, 956 Main St., at 10:38 p.m. The person told officers they had “an issue with people not being allowed in” to the bar but no other information was included in the blotter.
Late-night ballers: A caller reported to police at 1:50 a.m. that people were playing basketball and being loud at the Emerson Park courts. The people were told to move along.
Rollover: A 28-year-old man was cited for several unlisted traffic offenses at 2:34 a.m. after a one-vehicle collision at Clark and Division streets. No additional information was included in the blotter.
Screamers: Police were called to Clark and Church streets at 2:36 p.m. when a caller reported “two people on foot yelling and screaming at each other.” Officers were unable to locate the persons.
Threats: A 63-year-old woman called police to the 500 block of Washington Ave. at 7:58 p.m. to report that her neighbor, a 62-year-old man, had threatened to kick her in a longstanding neighbor dispute.
Fisticuffs: A 33-year-old woman called police to report “elementary school kids yelling and rolling on the ground beating each other up” at Emerson Park, 1402 East Ave., at 8:23 p.m.
Attempted break-in: A 24-year-old man called police to the 2100 block of Ellis St. at 9:27 p.m. to report that he had two kids caught on surveillance camera attempting to break into his home and that they’d caused damage to the door.
Smashed: A caller reported seeing a smashed window at Skyward, 2601 Skyward Dr., at 9:49 p.m. No further details were included in the blotter.
Bad boyfriend: A 39-year-old woman called police to EconoLodge, 5110 Main St., at 3:20 a.m., to complain that her boyfriend took her phone away and he then left the room.
July 22
Slumped: Police responded to Church and Wisconsin streets at 7:57 a.m. to check on a 24-year-old woman who was “slumped over the wheel” of her vehicle. No further information was included in the blotter.