Best of police blotter: It’s an odd trip down memory lane

The Lake Oswego Review, Jan 2, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Here’s one final look back at 2008 in what we have come to call the Best of the Lake Oswego Police blotter:

1/3/08 1:48 p.m. The owner of a property on Meadowlark Lane said a Honey Bucket portable toilet had been placed in her yard. Police found that the Honey Bucket was actually on a neighbor’s property. It may have just seemed a lot closer than it was.

1/18/08 9:52 a.m. A man called police asking for animal control regarding a “vicious toy poodle” that he was unable to control because he is disabled. An officer contacted the caller’s brother who assisted with the dog.

1/18/08 9:56 a.m. At Rite-Aid on B Avenue, an officer reported finding another officer’s ticket book outside and wanted to turn it in.

1/20/08 8:23 a.m. At a home on Third Street, a woman said her Christmas cards had disappeared. In addition, the woman said she had received calls from a company saying someone was going to be released from prison. An officer followed up and found two reasons for the woman to be grateful: The person being released was her son and the officer helped find the Christmas cards in a bedroom.

2/8/08 1:38 p.m. An officer disposed of a deceased rat.

2/12/08 6:54 p.m. Garbage had just been dumped on McVey Avenue, where people were driving through it.

3/01/08 10:10 a.m. A gray poodle was found in a man’s yard on Kenola Court. The poodle had painted red nails.

3/18/08 12:26 p.m. A woman identified only as Ruth called police to say she was “stuck in a hole,” according to a police report. Police found she was stuck between a couch and chair and helped her out.

4/4/08 3:53 p.m. A probable lunatic was wearing scrubs under clothes and claiming to have “gotten away from the hospital” on Kerr Parkway.

4/11/08 5:36 p.m. Juveniles were caught fornicating in a car on Quarry Road.

4/18/08 7:30 a.m. Five mailboxes were found slaughtered at dawn on Fir Ridge Road.

4/19/08 7:41 p.m. A passer-by saw two people walk along the train tracks on State Street, then go arm and arm into a grassy area under a trestle.

4/28/08 1:00 p.m. The suspicious person seen sifting through the recycling bins on Palisades Terrace turned out to be a raccoon.

4/30/08 10:08 a.m. On Boones Ferry Road, police mediated a dispute involving multiple shopping carts and a green Toyota Prius.

5/2/08 4:41 p.m. A man was making scary faces at a seven-year-old child on Lords Lane.

5/7/08 12:26 a.m. A flock of starlings – yes, birds – invaded the bedroom of a home on Brookhurst Drive. Police shooed approximately 50 winged raiders from the abode.

5/12/08 12:45 p.m. A purported homeless camp, discovered on Iron Mountain, turned out to be an elaborate fort built by kids.

5/16/08 10:48 a.m. At the Farmers’ Market, police aided in the search for a missing red wagon.

5/18/08 4:46 a.m. Five very large spiders caused a panic in a home on Fifth Street.

5/29/08 10:09 p.m. A practical joke got out of hand on Boones Ferry Road, where a man who somehow ended up in a Dumpster at a pizza joint was unable to get out again.

5/30/08 5:46 p.m. A man suspected of urinating on his neighbor’s deck on Touchstone blamed his dog.

5/31/08 12:41 a.m. A man seen running through a residential neighborhood was apparently dodging his cab fare.

5/31/08 4:39 p.m. Two kids walked into a State Street store carrying a walker and looking for a knife to cut the handlebars.

6/2/08 2:00 p.m. A goat was on the loose in the Milwaukie area. All police were on the lookout.

6/2/08 9:21 p.m. Several kids were plotting to build a cinder block wall in front of the doors of one of the high schools.

6/6/08 7:15 p.m. An eight-year-old boy called police after arguing with his sister about shutting off the television.

6/10/08 10:55 a.m. A man called police to say he’d been buying drugs from bad people.

6/10/08 7:42 p.m. A man left his keys on the top of his car on Tenth Street, then couldn’t find them.

6/15/08 11:11 a.m. Police were summoned to view overgrown grass on Glacier Lily Drive.

6/19/08 11:17 p.m. Boaters on the Willamette River pulled over to a Lake Oswego home and stole the patio furniture.

6/21/08 1:30 p.m. A peacock on Bonaire Avenue apparently had its legs tied together.

6/23/08 8:32 a.m. A person who found money on the ground on North Shore Boulevard volunteered to keep it until its owner could be found.

6/23/08 10:46 a.m. A strange odor was reportedly coming from a Port-a-Potty on Sixth Street.

6/23/08 4:16 p.m. A child called police to say his or her mother wouldn’t let them leave the house.

6/25/08 2:55 a.m. An apparent domestic squabble in a car on Highway 217 turned out to be two men and a woman having a tickle fight. Police located the trio in a hot tub at a hotel.

6/25/08 9:21 p.m. Teens suspected of breaking windows behind the Speedy Linguine were really just smashing a television set.

6/27/08 2:36 a.m. An intruder in a house on El Greco turned out to be a very drunken man who had gone into the wrong home.

7/7/08 4:01 p.m. A jogger on Rainbow Road was repeatedly dialing 9-1-1 from a cell phone, which was bouncing in the pocket of his or her sportswear.

7/8/08 9:36 p.m. Children on Eaglecrest Drive were told by police to do what their mother says.

7/9/08 9:27 a.m. A woman who was harassed over taking a disabled parking space on Monroe Parkway was, in fact, disabled.

7/9/08 4:53 p.m. A woman laying on a sidewalk on Pacific Highway was not injured, just lying on the sidewalk.

7/14/08 6:59 p.m. A resident voiced concern about noise from a 50-foot waterfall soon to be installed at a neighbor’s house on Alder Circle.

7/17/08 4:59 p.m. Ducklings were stuck in a storm grate on Ladd Street, where a rescue attempt tied up traffic.

7/20/08 7:26 p.m. A dog was sidling over the property line of a residence on Wembley Park Road.

7/28/08 5:04 p.m. A homeowner accused of piling junk in her driveway was preparing for a garage sale on Laurel Street.

8/1/08 6:20 p.m. A watermelon was found in George Rogers Park with a knife next to it.

8/2/08 8:27 p.m. People were pretending to fornicate in a driveway on Lords Lane.

8/2/08 9:40 p.m. Yelling and pounding in an apartment on Jefferson Parkway was coming from a man who was trying to train his puppy.

8/5/08 8:25 p.m. A drunken woman was swimming in the lake to her apparent detriment.

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