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RESISTING ARREST: Officer Salada, on GIVE and Strategic Violence Reduction patrol, recognized a suspect who was wanted on a warrant hanging out at a bus stop near Main and Ontario at about 8:30 p.m. last Thursday. Officer Joshua Salada turned his car to address the subject and exited his patrol car near Main and Ontario. The suspect relocated to a bench near 2100 Main St. Officer Salada exited his car and called the suspect by name. The suspect said “What’s up Salada” and, upon being advised of the officer wanted to talk to him took off running. The suspect ditched his jacket, shoes and an orange face covering as he fled. Salada followed him to Whirlpool Street where he unholstered his department-issued TASER and threatened deployment. The suspect laid down on the ground. While handcuffed, the suspect explained he fled because he knew he wanted a warrant and he feared jail.
EXPOSURE: Officers on Strategic Violence Reduction patrol near the 1000 block of Cleveland Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. Thursday observed a Niagara Avenue man with his genitals exposed, holding a beer and urinating in the parking lot of One Stop. They stopped to speak to the man who said “I will take a piss where I want to.” He was taken into custody without incident and charged with exposure of a person.
SCRAPPERS: Police were called to 4761 Packard Road at 11:36 a.m. Thursday for a report of a possible burglary in progress. Officers were met by the business owner who advised there was at least one person inside. Police heard banging, and noises from inside an industrial electrical box. One of the suspects, an 80th Street resident, attempted to climb out a window and said “if you don’t let me out, I’m gonna stab you.” He then threw a wrench and other items out the window. His partner, a 10th Street woman, was also captured. He was charged with menacing. Both were charged with criminal trespass.
SHOPLIFTING: Police were dispatched to 1504 Pine Ave. at about 8:35 a.m. last Wednesday for a report of shoplifting. Officers observed a suspect matching the description of suspect near 16th and Ashland. The suspect, a B Street resident known to police from previous interactions, was observed carrying several bags of chips and a milk crate. The chips were valued at $31.92. He was charged with petit larceny.
LISTEN TO THE OFFICER: Officers on patrol on the 400 block of 12th Street at 5 a.m. Wednesday when they observed a man who appeared to be tampering with a vehicle. The man said he was putting gas in his girlfriend’s car. The man, a North Mason Drive resident, kept changing his story and gave police a false name. The suspect started looking around, sweating and acting nervous. Police handcuffed him and placed him in a patrol car before he could run. On the ride to the police station to get proper ID the suspect admitted his identity and that he knew he had an outstanding warrant. Police charged him with false personation, pedestrian failing to use the sidewalk and obstructing governmental administration.
DWI: A BMW hits a power pole on Robbins Drive at about 6 p.m. Wednesday. The driver, a Grimsby, Ontario man, was charged with driving while intoxicated, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle, moving from a lane unsafely and reckless endangerment.
SHOULD HAVE FLED THE SCENE: At 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, police investigating a DWI accident advised a Kingston, Ontario man who had been a passenger in a car that hit a pole along Robbins Drive to move along. The suspect returned to the scene, spoke to National Grid employees who were working with live wires and began screaming obscenities. He was charged with obstructing.
