Randomocity

From the Deland Police Logs

Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009

Day Shift:

Burglary – N. Woodland Blvd. – A juvenile made entry into a college dorm room where he stole some girl’s underwear. The Juvenile then used a knife to gain access into another university building. A student from the university arrived at this location where the juvenile fled the scene. Arriving units found the juvenile walking down the road. The juvenile admitted to the burglary. The juvenile was turned over to his parents. DYS would not accept the juvenile

And, from the Sheriff’s Office:

Case#:09-6173 Date: 2/26/2009 Time: 1436 Invest Asgn:
Header: THEFT Location:225 ENTERPRISE ROAD Business Name: ZONE:42

V-1 CITY OF DELTONA R-1 ELDER, JEFFREY (CITY WORKER) R-1 ADVISED 12 WATER METERS WERE TAKEN FROM SEVERAL RESIDENCES IN THE ABOVE AREA. R-1 ADVISED THE METERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THE METERS AT $240.00. R-1 JUST NEEDED A REPORT TO DOCUMENT THE INCIDENT. A COPY OF THE REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO LT. CHILCOT.

I’ve talked about the Catch-and-Release tournament for a while. Now, I’m making it its own category! Whoo hoo!

I copied this entire narrative, as is, from the unedited police logs yesterday morning. I did remove the case number.

Please note the 0128 in front stands for 1:28 a.m.

At the end of the narrative, at 6:15 a.m. the officer is still with the juvenile.

You paid for those highly-skilled officers to babysit all night.

Not their fault, but you need to be aware that you paid for those guys (and gals) to babysit, pure and simple.

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