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Excerpts from police calls are a regular feature in allnine Bee Group newspapers. Some of the more un-usual reports from 2016 are reprinted here. Each is anactual listing from a local town or village policeb l o t t e r. Illustrations by Josh Flanigan

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● A “Peeping Tom” on ScamridgeCurve was a teen sneaking into thehouse to avoid his mother.

● A Hirschfield Drive resident re-ceived a text message from an un-known source that said, “I hid the body.Now what?”

● A Courier Boulevard resident saidsomeone placed a Confederate flag onher vehicle.

● An employee at a Harlem Roadstore said someone stole six cases ofc a n d y.

● Nothing was missing from aWilliamstowneCourt apart-ment, but theburglar left be-hind his glassesand a newspa-p e r.

● Hundreds offliers containingthe com-plainant’s ad-dress werethrown around aGarden VillageDrive apartmentcomplex.

● Threethieves made offwith $246 worthof candy from aGeorge UrbanBoulevardstore.

● A PrincetonAvenue man complained that his apart-ment stunk because a neighbor wasintentionally blowing body odor smellsinto his unit.

● A man on Penora Street said whatappeared to be LSD strips on his per-son were just pieces of paper he keepsin his wallet.

● A couple walking around a Depewgrocery store about 1 a.m. took thelarge entrance mat, rolled it up andfled.

● Black candle wax was dripped in-side a downstairs room at a Main Streetchurch, but the church doesn’t useblack candles.

● A driver who struck a hydrant at anEast Aurora intersection was trying touse a rake and paint roller to free hisc a r.

● A woman who got locked inside aNorth Buffalo Street ATM enclosure did

not have a phone and after two hourskicked out the glass to free herself. Shewill pay for the glass.

● A Wagner Avenue man said his carwent missing while parked in a neigh-bor’s yard. Police spoke with a neigh-bor who said he had the car towed.

● A Genesee Street woman saidsomeone was walking around outsideher window. The noises were made bythe wind.

● A woman in Depew reported topolice that she had been struck byanother vehicle. Her license was found

to be suspend-ed, and she wastaken into cus-t o d y.

● A Cheek-towaga coupleaccused ofshining a laserinto a neigh-bor’s windowactually wereusing it to playwith their cat.

● A man de-nied entry to aGenesee Streetstore before itopened report-edly moonedthe employeesbefore leaving.

● A driverslumped overthe wheel on

Philip Drive said he’d gotten a flat tireand decided to take a nap.

● A canine Colts fan was collared onCreekbend Court. The small black Labwas wearing the team’s jersey but nodog tags.

● A woman stole crab legs and candyfrom a Union Road store, but her purseand wig were left in the parking lot.

● A man on Sebring Drive told policea muskrat was chasing his daughterand wouldn’t leave her alone.

● A woman on Garden Village Drivewanted police to intervene because aneighbor was “talking bad” about her.

● An Amherst woman said a neighborwas stealing potatoes from her yard.The multi-hued spuds include somethat are red, white and blue.

● A Lasalle Avenue resident reportedthat he is suspicious of people whohave moved onto the street because

they didn’t greet him with a “hello.” Theresident admitted he didn’t offer anygreetings either.

● A hamster newly purchased from apet store broke free on the drive homeand got stuck in the dashboard.

● An accused shoplifter at a WestSeneca Tops was likely preparing forEaster. Carrot cake and a ham werestolen.

● An Alpine Place resident com-plained that the odor coming from aneighboring apartment smelled likedrugs. The smell was fried chicken.

● Police escorted a man from a Gene-see Street church. He was interruptinga service so he could preach in thepulpit.

● Three youths in a North FrenchRoad convenience store were askingpeople to buythem “cerveza.”They fled beforepolice arrived.

● A DelawareAvenue womantold police it wastoo hot in herapartment andshe had to get outof there.

● A loose bi-chon named P.Diddy was seenat a Dean Roadbusiness, but se-curity couldn’tfind the pooch.

● A womanwearing a red hatand having no teeth was asking Nia-gara Falls Boulevard motorists for mon-e y.

● An American Campus Drive womansaid a former roommate put onions onthe couch and chicken under the cush-ions.

● Depew police answered a noisecomplaint at 11 p.m. and found a manusing power tools to build a backyardchicken coop.

● Two women screamed, swore andwanted to fight an employee over theprice of shoes at an Amherst store.

● A man with only a learner’s permitran a red light in Depew. The owner ofthe car, who was the passenger, hadonly an expired learner’s permit.

● A car was stopped in Lancaster forhaving 10-15 air fresheners on therearview mirror, but police still smelledan odor of marijuana.

● A woman whose car was stuck ona West Seneca fence said she’d had along day and consumed two drinks.She was charged with DWI.

● An apparently thirsty man admittedto taking two beers from a West SenecaTops and drinking them in a Petcorestroom before being caught.

● A man without a valid license drovehimself to his probation officer’s office.The officer reported him to Depewpolice.

● Police advised a man who washitting golf balls at kids playing baseballon a Maryvale Drive soccer field.

● An aggressive goose kept dive

bombing employees as they entered aWehrle Drive business.

● Orchard Park police were waitingfor a man when he returned a car theday after he took it on a test drive. Hehad 11 suspensions on his license.

● An intoxicated woman told Depewpolice she “didn’t want to” when askedwhy she waited three days to reportbeing attacked by three people.

● Police responding to an eight-per-son fight on Walden Avenue learnedthat a birthday cake had sparked thebrawl.

● Adding insult to injury, a youth whostole a Donald Trump sign in Elma alsogave the complainant the finger.

● A disturbance was reported at anaddress in Clarence. A couple werearguing about who would do the dish-

es.● A man with

handcuffs, bullet-proof vest and gasmask seen talkingto motorists at aUnion Road inter-section was laterfound working in ahaunted house.

● A Central Av-enue driver, askedfor any paperworkregarding his sus-pended license,said, “I threw it inthe garbage.”

● At a TransitRoad grocerystore, a woman

reportedly paid for a cart full of items butattempted to leave the store with nearly$60 in makeup in her purse.

● An intoxicated man told police heleft his Williamstowne residence for 20minutes and returned to find that twopairs of Chuck Taylor shoes were miss-ing. The shoes were found on hisb a l c o n y.

● A “suspicious” person sitting in a caroutside a Harlem Road business wasjust afraid of the “shady charactersinside.”

● A woman pounding on doors in aWindwood Court apartment complexeluded police but dropped somethingindicating there is a warrant for herarrest out of Evans for criminal imper-sonation.

● A man was reported to be setting upcamp in the pine trees outside a TransitRoad grocery store.

● A Sweet Home Road residentasked police to scare her son becausehe was acting disrespectfully towardh e r.

● A man asking people for money ata Main Street fast food restaurant threwempty plastic bottles at those who re-fused him.

● An apparently nutrition-consciousthief made off with fruits, nuts and otherproduce from an Orchard Park grocerystore.

● A caller said items found in asuitcase behind a Genesee Street hotelcould be drug paraphernalia “or foreignfood.”

Clown sightings led to a policeresponse in Sloan. Three clowns werejumping in front of and chasing carson Reiman Street.

A Shepard Avenue resident reportedthat someone broke into her house to dol a u n d r y.

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● A visitor to Cheektowaga Town Parkflagged down a police car near thepools. Police said the person just want-ed to say hi.

● Responding to a report of suspi-cious people on Walden Avenue, policefound lovers in a car. The couple weretold “it’s not the right spot for this sort ofa c t i v i t y. ”

● A woman flagging down a Kenmoreofficer wanted to tell her boyfriend shemay be pregnant but wasn’t sure whichapartment he lived in and whether hewould take the news well.

● During a West Seneca traffic stop,a driver stopped for multiple violationsvolunteered that there was possibly awarrant out for her arrest in Cheek-towaga.

● Patrol Car 17 “won” a hide and seekgame for helping some women on OldUnion Road find an expert — andintoxicated — h i d e r.

● A Jenny Court woman returninghome from work found a note on herdoor thanking her “for the use of yourswing for my nap.”

● An Amherst complainant said roof-ing company employees were urinatingoff a roof and their supervisor thoughtit was funny.

● A verbally abusive man was report-edly throwing $100 bills at employeesof a Niagara Falls Boulevard restaurantso they wouldn’t call police.

● A man in a gas mask and carryinga leaf blower on Niagara Falls Boule-vard was just a state employee clean-ing sewer grates.

● The vehicle of a Baker Road speed-er had no registra-tion, inspection,insurance or mir-rors. The driversaid the truck wasa “project vehicle”he was gettingready for theroad.

● A driver whowas asked foridentification inWest Seneca hadto fumble througha pile of chicken wings, beer cans andenergy drinks to produce his license.

● When a Shepard Avenue girlsought the return of a guitar she lent,the borrower sent a photo of an instru-ment on fire. Patrols reported that theguitar was returned in good condi-tion.

● A woman in Depew whose car leftthe road and flipped over after anaccident blamed a “flock” of deer, butshe smelled of alcohol.

● A Depew woman allegedly threat-ened to chop off the fingers of a neigh-bor’s yard crew because they wereblowing leaves under her fence.

● On George Urban Boulevard, abounce house stake ruptured a gas lineand set off an alarm.

● A Williamstowne Court residentsaid he had received a suspiciouspackage. Police responded, but it wasa new cellphone he’d been expect-ing.

● A Garden Village Drive man en-tered his former apartment through awindow while drunk and fell asleep inthe bed.

● A Parkwood Avenue resident re-ported finding a possible pelvic bone inthe river — about five to seven yearsago.

● A Hedley Street caller said maleneighbors were yelling in a foreignlanguage and fighting. The men werepracticing kung fu.

● A man walking in the middle ofUnion Road was worried about wildlifejumping out at him if he stayed on thesidewalk.

● Police removed a raccoon thatappeared to be catching some rays ina Bowen Road sunroom.

● An unknown trouble complaint onSouth Blossom Road was found to bea resident upset with a nonworkingphone.

● A Hidden Ridge Court residentreported that someone stapled anAmerican flag to a “no trespassing” signstaked on his property.

● Suspicious people reported in var-ious parts of Cheektowaga were justplaying the new Pokémon Go game.

● A woman charged with petit larcenyinvolving the Kmart on Harlem Roadwas accused of stealing a smiley facespatula and body spray.

● A driver on Reading Road whosecar was fully involved in flames toldpolice he just bought it and was drivingit home.

● Callers were screaming at aTremaine Avenue business about a

delivery driver whoforgot the bleucheese. The man-ager wanted it tostop.

● Lancaster po-lice agreed to let aman’s girlfriendtake him home fol-lowing an incident,but he yelled ob-scenities and spiton the patrol carwhen leaving and

was arrested.● A Laurel Lane woman reported that

a shirtless man with “pants hanging offhim” was walking his dog. Police toldher that isn’t illegal.

● A Genesee Street woman insistedthat someone had stolen her Yorkshireterrier puppy. Police found the dogbehind a couch.

● A Borden Road caller said a cock-atoo in a nearby garage had beensquawking for hours. Some drunkenmen were trying to teach it a newword.

● A woman whose car was stopped inDepew gave the officer a passportinstead of a license. Her license wassuspended.

● A woman on Miller Road receivedmysterious packages containing sexu-al merchandise. They appeared to befrom China.

● Teens speeding through a Cheek-towaga cemetery told police the driver

was learning to use a manual trans-mission.

● An uninvited neighbor made abigger splash than expected in anElma pool — setting off the resi-dential alarm.

● A Zent Court woman saidneighbors were doing laundry inher child’s pool and had damagedan earlier pool by doing so.

● A complainant feared a foundletter might contain “dangerousp o w d e r, ” but it concerned the Lan-caster district mascot.

● An employee at a French Roadbusiness refused to sell a cus-tomer beer, so he scanned it him-self and left cash behind.

● A group of suspicious peoplewere reported at the Clarence SoccerCenter. The people were watching ameteor shower.

● A Harlem Road caller said two wom-en were attempting to hitchhike andwere doing calisthenics in the street.Police were unable to locate the pair.

● Police stopped a man driving with-out headlights on Transit Road andfound that his license had been re-voked in 2005.

● A Glenhaven Drive resident saidyouths in a tree were making too muchnoise for him to sleep.

● Traffic on Youngs Road was report-edly obstructed by a wild turkey.

● A vehicle that was parked at theClarence Soccer Center was wrappedin Saran Wrap. It was some sort ofprank.

● The assistant dog warden had tocorral a resident’s pig, which was wan-dering around the Wabash Avenueneighborhood.

● A man in a fedora and leather vestwas in a Raymond Avenue yard howl-ing at the dogs.

● A Borden Road caller complained toCheektowaga police about a “mid-dle-of-the-night cheer practice” at aneighbor’s house.

● A resident of Nantucket Drive Westcame home to find a vehicle in herdriveway and a woman sleeping in it.

● A mysterious man was reportedlyselling meat door to door on PoundRoad in Elma.

● West Seneca police weren’tswayed by the excuse of a man ac-cused of stealing a bike from Kmart. Hesaid someone had stolen his.

● An Orchard Park resident set off apotato launcher but didn’t secure thebottom plate, which hit him in theface.

● A Cheektowaga man said his neigh-bor repeatedly challenges him to fightbecause he supports Donald Trump.

● Children reported to be “hiding” inan Amherst yard were just waiting for aride.

● A car with a “be right back” sign onit had been parked on Herbert Avenuefor a couple of weeks.

● George Urban Boulevard neighborswere arguing about a year-old road rageincident. They were advised to “let itgo.”

● Cheektowaga police said a driving

school vehicle hit a parked car onMaryvale Drive.

● A Shepard Avenue resident report-ed that someone broke into her houseto do laundry.

● The Orchard Park Road Wegmansreported that a man stole steak andmilk and consumed them in thestore.

● A rock, four nails, a towel hook anda wooden rod were found in the under-wear of a woman arrested on ClintonStreet.

● A Carol Drive caller reported scream-ing and crying from a nearby house. Theruckus resulted from people chasing af l y.

● A woman charged with DWI byOrchard Park police told the officer,“You can’t arrest me. It’s my birth-d a y. ”

● A motorist on Hopkins Road saidanother driver looked creepy andshould be checked out due to his facepaint.

● People “with some sort of fire” wereseen on a North Seine Drive baseballfield. They were practicing fire jugglingskills.

● On Beach Road, two men weresetting off fireworks whenever the Billsscored. They were advised.

● A rooster was wandering aroundthe Nadine Drive neighborhood andhad awakened some residents.

● A Windwood Court resident saidshe kept hearing “creepy music like acircus clown” outside. There were noclowns.

● A suspicious package left on aSpringbrook Shores Drive front porchwas a sports bag containing a livecat.

● A caller in Kenmore reported thatsomeone brought a tiger into the build-ing. The person was having issues withmedication.

● A man traveling 120 mph in a40-mph zone on Orchard Park Road“wanted to see what the car had in it.”He received multiple charges.

● A Genesee Street caller reported aloose coyote, saying it was last seen onRoute 33 West. Police couldn’t locateit.

● Clown sightings prompted a policeresponse in Sloan. Three clowns werejumping in front of and chasing cars onReiman Street.

A West Seneca woman charged with DWItold the Orchard Park police officer, “Yo ucan’t arrest me. It’s my birthday.”

The assistant dog warden had tocorral a resident’s pig, which waswandering around the WabashAvenue neighborhood.

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