From a Netflix porn mix-up to a trespassing call involving at least one Taser, a few odd and unexpected crimes were reported to the Bloomington Police Department this week. All of the following accounts were collected from BPD.
Breaking and leaving
When the resident of a house on the 100 block of East 15th Street returned home Jan. 6 after winter break, he noticed the house’s detached garage had been broken into. Nothing was missing; rather, several objects were there that hadn’t been before.
Later that night, a man knocked on the door and told the resident he’d been kicked out of his house and was storing personal belongings in the garage. He asked if he could continue to keep the items there. The resident relayed the inquiry to the homeowner, who declined but gave the man time to remove his belongings.
Police said they do not believe the man had slept in the garage.
And chill?
A student called police Monday with a pornography complaint after he saw an image of two naked people on his rental iPad.
The image had a Netflix logo on it.
Police did not find anything suspicious about the image or device.
Not the full package
Police were called Monday to College Mall after a man allegedly made threats against the mall. The complainant told police the man had repeatedly asked him to give him a job. After being asked several times, the complainant declined. The man then told him he’d left a box in or near a women’s restroom.
Police found no such box.
Tased or confused?
Police responded Tuesday morning to an address on the 2900 block of South Pinewood Lane after a resident reported two people trespassing and warned that one of them may have a Taser.
When officers arrived, they found a man and woman on the residence’s porch. The woman told officers she did have a Taser and gave it to them to hold. The man said he didn’t want to leave and he came to the residence to confront his wife, who was inside the residence. He told police he believed she was suicidal but couldn’t say why.
The man then told officers that when they first arrived at the home, a resident opened the door, Taser in hand, and told the man his wife didn’t want to see him. He then began “flashing” the Taser, the man said, according to the report, though police didn’t know if “flashing” meant “brandishing” or “sparking.” After again telling them to leave, the man said, the resident called the police.
The woman on the porch also told police the resident had stunned her with the Taser on her jacket and cheek.
Meanwhile, the resident who called told police he didn’t own a Taser, and he and other witnesses said the woman on the porch had arrived with a Taser. No parties wanted to pursue charges. The man and woman were advised they’d been trespassing. Police said officers probably returned the Taser to the woman, as the report doesn’t say otherwise.
Broken windows policing
Robert Lasley, 39, called police Tuesday afternoon to report property damage in the form of a broken window on his front door.
When the responding officer returned to his car to enter the complaint info, he noticed Lasley had a warrant out from Marion County for his arrest on a felony methamphetamine possession. He was arrested and taken to the Monroe County Correctional Center.
Jack Evans
