Exploring the Curious Crimes that Plague Our Neighborhoods

Someone Really Wanted to go Duck Hunting

Police responded to a theft at at Dec. 29. The suspect stole a duck call. If you didn't have the money, couldn't you have imitated the noise yourself? We've all seen Daffy Duck cartoons, right?

He Must Have Needed the Money to Buy a Clue

If you are handcuffed and being detained in a sheriff’s deputy cruiser it’s probably not the best idea to steal the deputy’s wallet. But that’s what one man did after the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department arrested a suspect in a series of electronics and stereo equipment thefts Jan. 17 from vehicles on Stillbrook Estates Drive in Fenton. The man concealed the wallet in his groin, which was discovered at booking.

No Word on Whether a Bench Warrant Was Issued

Brentwood police responded to a theft from a home on Bridgeport Avenue Jan. 27 where a bench was stolen. Aren’t those hard to conceal?

Auto Zone Must Have Been Closed

A woman in Manchester reported Jan. 7 that someone broke the tail light of her car on Hanna Road and stole the bulb.

Sometimes Crime Really Sucks

A burglar with, apparently, some serious vacuuming to do, cut through a screen on a back porch Jan. 20 at a home on Plymouth Avenue in University City to steal a Shop Vac. Police have a suspect in the clean-up caper.

Would You Like Handcuffs With That?

It can be very annoying to arrive home with a fast food order and discover someone forgot to put the fries in the bag with the burger. One woman in University City was so ticked off Jan. 10 about her Jack-in-the-Box order being wrong that she not only yelled at the drive-thru worker but came inside the restaurant and attacked her.

The Give and Take of the Season

A resident on Baxter Acres Drive in Manchester reported two air-filled Christmas decorations in his yard were ruined after a 200-pound man tackled them on New Year’s Eve. In separate incident, a resident on Hanna Oaks Court reported Dec. 23 that she found a reindeer decoration in her yard that did not belong to her. It was taken into evidence. It is not known whether the decoration is part of the Town & Country deer relocation effort.