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Monday, May 30
7:12 a.m. – A suspicious pickup reported on US62W eluded the long eye of the law.
9:35 a.m. – A Spring St. gallery sign reported stolen was in the custody of a neighboring shop owner who noticed it left out at night.
11:47 a.m. – A shoplifter who “did not actually take any merchandise” was reported at a S. Main St. shop.
12:52 p.m. – A usually-alert carriage driver missed his chance to report a collision on N. Main St. between a mini-van and a motorcycle.
1:50 p.m. – A detective reported a minor traffic accident on US62E.
2:17 p.m. – A suspected shoplifter reported earlier succumbed to temptation and was arrested at a Spring St. leather shop.
3:12 p.m. – A burglary was investigated at the Harmon Park community building.
4:06 p.m. – An officer neither saw nor heard fireworks reported near Deer Ln.
8:30 p.m. – A US62E shop owner introduced officers to an irate customer.
9:48 p.m. – An officer was asked to eyeball suspicious characters at a US62E used car lot; neither salesmen nor customers were seen.

Tuesday, May 31
7:10 a.m. – Authorities reported a possible burglary at a Huntsville Rd. motel.
9:20 a.m. – Funny money was reportedly passed at a US62E bank.
9:40 a.m. – A US62E shop owner wondered what the Tuesday edition of Thursday’s Farmers’ Market was all about.
11:15 a.m. – The music died before an officer visited a Wall St. residence.
4:07 p.m. – An officer was asked to follow up on a possible burglary reported earlier.
4:42 p.m. – People reported helping themselves to items outside a W. Van Buren thrift shop left before an officer arrived.
6:32 p.m. – An officer declared it a “stand off” when a Benton St. resident refused to pay the operator of a moving van.
6:56 p.m. – Unknown trouble was reported at a karate studio.

Wednesday, June 1
12:33 a.m. – A Singleton St. resident reported “noises like someone is trying to get into her basement” but no prowler was found.
4:43 a.m. – Tension created by trespassers in a US62E motel hot tub melted away.
10:32 a.m. – A private property accident occurred at a Passion Play Rd. gas station.
10:55 a.m. – A tram and a delivery truck collided at Pendergrass Corner.
3:28 p.m. – A US62E trailer park resident with a “check book problem” was referred to sheriff’s personnel.
5:59 p.m. – “Tenant trouble” was reported on Oakridge.
8:09 p.m. – An open door was reported at a S. Main St. shop.
9:07 p.m. – A Rolex watch was reported missing at a US62E motel.
11:21 p.m. – A complainant reported trouble with her teenage son at a US62W motel.

Thursday, June 2
2:03 a.m. – Two drunks touring Spring St. were arrested.
10:20 a.m. – Items were reported stolen from a W. Van Buren thrift shop.
11:50 a.m. – A subject named in an outstanding warrant surrendered at the station house.
2:50 p.m. – An officer was unable to make contact with a Norris St. resident.
3:22 p.m. – Officers escorted a funeral.
5 p.m. – A carriage driver reported a maroon Dodge “nearly broadsided a trolley” at the intersection of Main and Spring Sts.
5:36 p.m. – A US62E motel guest departed without paying.
11:46 p.m. – A traffic stop near the intersection of East Mountain and US62E resulted in an arrest.

Friday, June 3
1:13 a.m. – Three officers arrested two wanted subjects during a traffic stop on US62E.
8:43 a.m. – A motorist who failed to pay for gas from a US62E station agreed to make amends.
5:54 p.m. – A Corvette was crunched on S. Main St.
9:54 p.m. – A Wall St. resident reported “possible gunfire or fireworks.”

Saturday, June 4
12:18 a.m. – A N. Main St. hotel employee complained about loud music at a nearby nightclub.
12:35 a.m. – Responding to a complaint of an “altercation involving a knife” at a downtown tavern, a subject named in an outstanding warrant was arrested for assault.
12:40 a.m. – A subject was arrested while fleeing the scene of an altercation involving injuries on Main St.
12:52 a.m. – Security personnel reported an altercation at a Mountain St. bar.
1:20 a.m. – Security personnel asked the police to take custody of a subject involved in an earlier altercation.
2:16 a.m. – A traffic stop on US62W resulted in three arrests.
9:26 a.m. – A motorist on Prospect Ave. was forced off the road by a trolley.
9:30 a.m. – An officer informed a boater at Lake Leatherwood there’s no such thing as a free launch.
9:43 a.m. – Solar lighting was stolen on N. Main St.
11:35 a.m. – Sheriff’s personnel reported a possibly drunk driver on US62W.
2:40 p.m. – A vendor selling food and drinks on a downtown sidewalk was advised to stop breaking the law.
2:43 p.m. – Motorcycles parked in loading and red zones on Spring St. were marked and cited.
4:32 p.m. – A carriage driver complained about iron horses parked near a S. Main St. pub.
6:06 p.m. – Loud motorcycles were reported at a US62E hog bar.
9:02 p.m. – An Armstrong St. B&B operator complained about a vehicle blocking her driveway.
9:55 p.m. – A vehicle was reported blocking a fire hydrant on Benton St.
9:59 p.m. – A Mountain St. resident was surprised when a tourist walked into his house thinking it was a B&B.
10:13 p.m. – Four officers responded to a security guard’s report of a fight behind a Mountain St. pub but found nothing worth reporting.
10:44 p.m. – People refusing to leave a Kansas St. residence had a change of heart once the law arrived.
10:53 p.m. – A downtown hotel operator reported a fight on the third floor.
11:05 p.m. – Four officers responded to a report of a fight in front of a downtown public rest room.
11:22 p.m. – Police arrested a combative patient in the care of EMS personnel for public intoxication.

Sunday, June 5
12:34 a.m. – An altercation at a downtown hotel resulted in an arrest.
1 a.m. – A drunk passed out near a S. Main St. bank was arrested for being snockered.
1:27 a.m. – Officers were unable to locate drunk men reportedly motoring all over US62W.
1:29 a.m. – A private property accident was reported on Armstrong St.
2:03 a.m. – The chief assisted an officer in dispersing a rowdy group whooping it up on the balcony of a Huntsville Dr. motel.
2:10 a.m. – A motorcycle accident at the intersection of US62E and Hwy. 23S resulted in a DWI arrest.
2:30 a.m. – An altercation at a US62E convenience store parking lot fizzled out before an officer arrived.
2:39 a.m. – Drunks at a US62E motel agreed to stop pestering other guests.
2:49 a.m. – Officers investigated a possible assault on Pine St.
8:12 a.m. – An illegally parked vehicle preventing Sunday market vendors from setting up was towed.
8:50 a.m. – A mailbox was vandalized on Hayes St.
9:05 a.m. – A Jordon St. jogger reported being chased by a dog.
2:20 p.m. – A car was reported vandalized during the night near the junction of Owen and White Sts.
3:40 p.m. – A Ridgeway resident reported her vehicle vandalized.
3:48 p.m. – “Unsightly” litter and garbage were reported at a Mill Hollow Rd. residence.
4:40 p.m. – Vandalism was reported near the post office.
8:16 p.m. – A complainant reported a subject attacked his car near Pendergrass Corner.
8:28 p.m. – Subjects drinking beer in a US62E liquor store parking lot were asked to leave.