Ed. Note: the following crimes are the true stories published in the Waterbury Record – a local Vermont newspaper. I’ve connected some of the dots for you and local law enforcement, but I’m not yet a consulting detective, so you’re left to your own devices to put these capers to rest…
Aug. 8, at 10:13 a.m., an Apple iPod valued at $500 was reported stolen from a staff member’s desk at Thatcher Brook Primary School.
Aug. 8, at 5:12 p.m., a man drove away from Champlain Farms on North Main Street without paying for $50 in gasoline. He came back later and paid.
Aug. 8, at 6:01 p.m., a dog had been left in a car parked at the Vermont State Hospital parking lot for at least three hours. Police found that the windows were cracked and the dog had enough water, and determined that the dog was fine.
Aug. 10, at 11:01 a.m., a white dog was reported running loose in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot. It was gone when police arrived.
Aug. 11, at 10:47 p.m., two kids were riding their bikes down the middle of Stowe Street. They were told to stop.
Aug. 12, at 8:57 p.m., a man walking his dog across a North Main Street crosswalk claims a driver ignored his walk sign and nearly ran them over.
Aug. 13, at 10:53 a.m., vandalism was discovered in a locker room at the Waterbury swimming pool on Butler Street. A person defecated on the floor and urinated in a locker. Police said the same thing happened last summer, and are asking the public for information about the incident.
Aug. 15, at a 9:08 a.m., an Acorn Drive man said he had not seen his wife since 11 the night before. She returned home shortly after, saying her car had broken down and she had stayed a co-worker’s home in Bradford.
Aug. 15, at 11:53 a.m., a car with Colorado license plates was abandoned in the Best Western Hotel parking lot on Blush Hill Road. The car was packed to the brim with bags of garbage. Police had the car towed, but could not reach the man to which it was registered.
Aug. 16, at 11:24 a.m., a family fight was reported at a South Main Street apartment. Turns out it was just a verbal dispute.
Aug. 16, at 5:15 p.m., a mother was spotted yelling at her children for breaking an iPod valued at $500.
Aug. 16, at 7:40 p.m., a 13-year old boy was putting holes in the wall at a Whalley Park residence.
Aug. 19, at 8:34 p.m., a 13-year old boy was spotted throwing onions at passing cars from a North Main Street apartment. Police asked the boy to apologize to neighbors and to clean up the onions.