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Sunday, January 6, 2013

OMGPD: Odd Questions at a Funeral Home, a Mystery Guest & More Odd Police News

Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

'Just tell me where the dead bodies are' Concord Police responded to a report of a suspicious man at Dee Funeral Home. The caller said the man asked unusual questions, including where the home kept dead bodies, and then suddenly placed a $20 bill on the desk before walking out with no explanation: http://patch.com/A-0CRG Does this remind anyone of the bookstore shoplifting scene from the movie Notting Hill? A Watertown man got caught trying to steal three DVD movies from Best Buy. Security spotted him put the movies down his pants and try to leave the store, but, yes, he was caught: http://patch.com/A-0Npj Never mind In Sudbury, a North Road resident reported he thought he saw someone break into his neighbor's house across the street. …

Johnny Uppercut

6:41 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Thanks for the response, Dennis! I just have a problem with the word 'necessity' because if that becomes the legal precedent, then what kind of food can be bought? High fructose corn syrup isn't necessary for the body, so do we outlaw food that contain it? People are going to abuse the system, but it's a minority and the majority shouldn't be punished/deprived of rights.   more ›

Saturday, December 1, 2012

OMGPD: Toilet on the Lawn, Spitting on the Windows & Shooting Kitty

Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Workers place toilet on woman's lawn, charge $20 to remove it On the morning of Nov. 15 in Burlington, a September Lane caller reported that workers from across the street placed a toilet on her lawn and were refusing to remove it unless she paid them $20. Police spoke with the workmen, who agreed to remove the toilet without incident: http://patch.com/A-zPkg Never mind A School Street resident notified the Acton Police Department on Nov. 15 about two male subjects with backpacks who were trying to enter a house through a window. When responding officers investigated, they determined the two males were brothers who live at the residence and forgot their keys when they came home from school: http://patch.com/A-zF7K When they're not drinking…

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