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On-Air » Rick and Len Show » Small Town Crime Wave
Some people think that bad things only happen in big cities... that somehow Northeast Wisconsin is immune from the degenerate, illegal behavior of the nation's larger metropolitan areas. But every week, Rick and Len prove those individuals wrong as they expose the horrors of another... Small Town Crime Wave!
3.1.10
February 24th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported to police that a woman was sending him pictures on her phone of her smashing their television. The woman had said children had broken the television with a toy.
February 26th City of Oshkosh
Police responded to an accident site on Oregon Street where a boyfriend and girlfriend in separate cars and driving in opposite directions collided head-on in route to his home. Neither driver was injured but both vehicles sustained significant damage.
February 14th City of Mayville
A 20-year-old man reported the theft of $150 from his pants. At the time of the theft, the man was not wearing his pants.
February 12th City of Neenah
A Forkin Street resident told police she received a pop-up ad on her computer indicating that she had won a watch and needed to pay $4.99 for the shipping and handling. She provided her bank account info and later saw a $89 charge. She said she now receives many pop-ups when she logs onto the Internet.
February 15th Village of Randolph
Police responded to complaints about youth throwing snowballs at the library.
February 12th City of Brown Deer
A 25-year-man who slapped a 17-year-old girl and choked her until she almost passed out was arrested. The girl said she didn't report the incident until the following day because she wanted to get her hair done.
February 15th City of New Holstein
An officer was dispatched to Hickory Lane for a report of people standing around a vehicle trying to flag down other passing cars. When the officer arrived on the scene, he found two older women inside the vehicle holding notes which they had been holding up asking for help. The women were able to yell through the closed windows of their vehicle that the battery on the car had died so the power windows and locks would not operate. The officer was able to communicate back that the women could manually lift up the door lock button, which they then did in order to exit the vehicle.
2.22.10
February 1st City of Menasha
A caller reported that there was loud banging coming from an apartment on Third Street and it sounded like a fight. Upon arrival, officers were told by two individuals that there was no fight. One of the men said he was playing a video game and got upset, so he was yelling.
January 31st City of Brown Deer
An 18-year-old man was arrested for underage drinking and resisting arrest after police were called to remove him from a party at Four Points Sheraton. The man ran from police and when caught yelled for them to call his parents. The suspect would not say where he got the alcohol and denied drinking. However, he told officers he knew where they could buy some "weed."
February 7th Town of Menasha
A resident of Stead Drive reported that he ordered two computers from a company in China and when the package arrived, it turned out to be a pair of shoes.
February 7th Town of Menasha
Officers were sent to a tavern on American Drive where, for no apparent reason, a man pushed another patron off a barstool.
February 7th Town of Menasha
Police were called to Golf Bridge Drive were two men where fighting over who the winner of the Super Bowl was going to be.
February 18th City of Oshkosh
Officers received a report of a man walking down the street with a firearm. Police located the “man with the firearm” who turned out to be a 12-year-old boy with a toy.
2.15.10
January 27th Calumet County
A case of trespassing was reported at the intersection
of Steiner & Y. However, it turned out to be just the town assessor taking a nap.
February 5th City of West Allis
Police were called to the Pick N Save where an officer cited a 31-year-old man who reportedly snuck a doughnut into the men's bathroom and ate it.
January 29th Town of Menasha
A man in his 20s approached a home on Lakeshore Drive while carrying a plate of cookies. While speaking with the resident, he was invited inside due to the cold weather. The man began asking personal questions about the residents and made comments about the property. The man eventually left.
January 29th Village of Winneconne
Officers responded to the home of a woman who’d received several obscene phone calls from the same man. While police were at the woman's residence listening to the recorded messages, the man made two additional calls. When police asked why he did that, he told them he did not believe that was making calls filled with obscene suggestions was inappropriate.
February 4th Village of Howard
A 19-year-old woman was arrested at Fleet Farm where she was found concealing Hershey's Nuggets in a diaper bag.
February 1st City of Beaver Dam
Police received a report of suspicious behavior. According to a caller, there was a man on North Spring Street standing outside wearing a ski mask. The 31-year-old man was contacted and he said that he was wearing the ski mask to keep warm while he was standing outside.
January 29th City of Neenah
A Neenah man told police that a woman who stayed with him in a hotel room stole his car, Xanax pills and $35 in cash. He said he awoke at 3:30 a.m. to find the woman and the items gone. The man only knew the woman’s first name and that she frequented the Paradise Club.
January 30th City of Neenah
Police referred a 24-year-old Neenah man on charges of trespassing, damage to property and disorderly conduct after he forcibly broke into the home of his former girlfriend and her boyfriend. The suspect tackled the boyfriend and threatened him with a frying pan. The boyfriend, in turn, armed himself with a hatchet that he kept under a couch cushion for just such situations.
January 21st City of Menasha
Police were called to Wittman Park Lane where a man was dismantling everything in sight in an effort to rid his apartment of bugs that he was actually just hallucinating.
2.8.10
January 23rd City of Neenah
Police arrested a 22-year-old Neenah man for resisting arrest after he tried to run from an officer. The officer approached the man and two others after seeing one of them urinating behind the Statue of Liberty.
January 17th City of Menasha
A man living on 5th Street reported that someone dumped slices of cheese and maple syrup on his daughter's car. Police advised the man to wash the car as soon as possible.
January 24th City of Neenah
Police cited an intoxicated Menomonie man for disorderly conduct after he threatened to kill a hotel manager who attempted to calm him down while he was in town to coach his son's fifth-grade basketball team.
January 31st City of Marshfield
A 19-year-old Marshfield man was cited for discharging a firearm and criminal damage after he allegedly shot out a car window with a BB gun. The man said he was just playing paintball with a friend but they ran out of paintball ammo so they switched to using BB guns.
February 1st City of Tomahawk
Emergency Medical Services and Tomahawk Police officers were called to a North Sixth Street residence to assist a 46-year-old woman who had her head stuck under a seat in her van for four hours.
2.1.10
January 17th City of Chilton
A man called police from a bar and asked officers to give him a ride home. The caller was advised that officers are not a taxi service.
January 16th City of Neenah
Police arrested a 21-year-old Mackville man and a 20-year-old Neenah man for stealing items from cars on East Columbian Avenue. Items recovered from the suspects included headphones, darts, gum, Tootsie Pops and skin moisturizer.
January 16th City of Neenah
Police arrested a 19-year-old man for breaking into an unoccupied home on Cleveland Street and stealing a bag of trash and address labels. A neighbor spotted the man leaving the home. Police found the bag containing the trash and address labels hidden in the basement of the suspect's house. He denied any involvement and said someone planted the garbage in his basement as evidence.
January 7th City of Neenah
A resident of East Forest Avenue called police to report that she heard moving and mumbling and thought someone was in her house. She locked herself in the master bedroom and activated the security alarm. Police determined the woman had heard men outside doing snow removal.
January 6th City of Menasha
A woman came to the police station to report that on New Year's Eve, her son was forced to smoke marijuana.
January 27th City of Fond du Lac
A 30-year-old woman was cited for keeping a pig named Peanut in her apartment. Police responded after receiving a report from the woman’s probation officer who had stopped in at her Third Street apartment and found the pig living there with her. Responding officers noted that the apartment “smelled like a barn”.
January 24th Village of Winneconne
Police received a 911 call from the 20-year-old son of a Maple Street resident. The son said his father had been at the residence of a friend watching the Saints-Vikings game earlier in the evening. After he arrived home, he argued with the friend on the phone. Later, the friend walked in the house, yelled "Vikings suck!" and began hitting the older man. The father told police the friend who beat him acts like an idiot every time he watches football games.
January 19th City of Oshkosh
A 14-year-old boy was cited for retail theft after he took a porn magazine from a business on Planeview Drive. The boy's brother turned him in to police.
January 30th City of Ripon
A man called police to report a photo he took of Jesus when he appeared on the wall of his house has been stolen. The man told police the negative of the photo was stored in a coffee can on his bed headboard. The man said the negative shows Jesus on the wall of his house. The man said he thinks someone stole the negative to sell the print online or to the tabloids.
1.25.10
January 2nd City of Neenah
A 19-year-old Neenah man reported that someone dumped spaghetti sauce, maple syrup, oatmeal and onions onto his car during the night. Police traced the containers, which were left behind, to the Neenah Wal-Mart, and the store used the UPC codes on the containers to pinpoint the purchases earlier in the night. The store will review surveillance videos to help police identify the suspect or suspects.
January 9th City of Muskego
Police were called to a Hidden Creek Court residence where a wife who was upset that her husband was receiving text messages from another woman attacked him with a vacuum cleaner attachment.
January 16th City of Portage
Officers responded to a report of two boys vandalizing carts at the Wal-mart. The boys, ages 14 and 16, both of Plainfield, Ill., reportedly told police that they making their own fun because it was boring in Wisconsin.
January 12th City of New Berlin
Police responded to a man falling off of a ladder at the Citgo while attempting to clear snow off of a satellite dish on the roof of the station so that he could buy a lottery ticket. The snow had disabled the signal for the ticket machine, so the man retrieved a ladder from his own residence and returned to clear it. He fell from the ladder and was bleeding from the nose when officers arrived. Police smelled alcohol on the man and arrested him for drunken driving.
January 14th Village of Bellevue
A man called police to report that while visiting someone’s home , he saw what he believed to be marijuana on their living room table.
January 9th City of Green Bay
Police were called to a Pine Street residence where an 18-year-old woman bit the finger of a 64-year-old woman who pulled her hair during a dispute. The 64-year-old was taken into custody.
January 11th City of Brookfield
Police received a report of drunken tobogganing on the sledding hill in Village Park.
January 14th City of Portage
Police responded to a call from Walgreen’s where store personnel apprehended a juvenile in the act of attempting to steal a bag of Wonka Nerds.
1.18.10
December 12th Town of Saxeville
Police received a report of a car being toilet papered and vandalized with toothpaste, tomato juice and sardines.
December 27th City of Oshkosh
A man who was about to throw a television set during a disturbance at a residence on Bayshore Drive was arrested for disorderly conduct. He put the television set down when police pounded on the door.
January 8th City of Beaver Dam
A 51-year-old man reported that two women were at his apartment and were spilling drinks and were trashing the apartment. When police arrived, the man said he just wanted to talk and was upset because one of the women was drinking a cola. The man was advised not to let that woman come over anymore.
December 27th City of Menasha
A couple was arguing on 2nd Street about not being able to get the gas cap off the car. Neither person was visibly upset or crying and a child inside the running car was calm. The couple told an officer they were just frustrated over the car's problems. The officer assisted in removing the cap and the couple felt better.
December 29th City of Glendale
A 30-year-old woman was arrested for theft of more than $300 worth of clothing. While in the fitting room, the woman damaged a pair of jeans while removing the sensor tag and then asked a clerk for a pair that wasn't damaged. When police arrived, they found she also had a jacket stuffed into her stocking.
January 13th City of Fond du Lac
Police were called to Calumet Apartments for a loud noise complaint. An Officer pounded on the man's third-floor door and recognized the songs of the late singer John Denver. Williams asked the man why the music was so loud. The man responded he was just…"rocking out."
1.11.10
December 16th City of Menasha
A woman called police to report being rammed by a shopping cart.
January 1st City of Marshfield
A man called police to report that friends of his children left 10 discarded Christmas trees and an old wash machine on his lawn.
January 7th City of Beaver Dam
A caller reported that a woman stole a blanket from the washing machine while she was doing her wash at Maytag Laundry.
December 31st City of Beaver Dam
Police responded to a 911 call from a 16-year-old who had gotten into a fight with her brother over a video game.
January 7th City of Portage
Police took a report of a theft of a package of hotdogs from a refrigerator inside a locked apartment on Silver Lake Drive.
January 7th City of Beaver Dam
A 78-year-old man called police and said that he wanted an officer and then hung up. When police called the man back, he told them he wanted an officer to convince his wife that no one was using their driveway.
1.4.10
December 23rd City of Beaver Dam
Police responded to a 9-1-1 call made from a Pleasant Street residence. A 30 year old man and his 28 year old girlfriend were involved in a dispute over Christmas gifts.
December 23rd City of Oshkosh
Police busted a 57-year-old woman at Festival Foods attempting to steal one can of coffee and a head of cauliflower.
December 20th Village of Whitefish Bay
Two drivers reported their cars being struck by flying groceries on Hampton Avenue. One drivers car was hit with a cup of pudding and the other, with a can of peas.
December 30th Town of Emmett
A man residing at Hidden Meadows Trailer Park called the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department to report the theft of the Baby Jesus. According to investigators, the culprit also made off with Joseph but left Mary laying in the snow.
December 11th City of Neenah
A caller on Nicolet Boulevard told police that someone stole a "Ho" from her yard. It was one of three "Ho's" on her fence which previously spelled out "Ho Ho Ho" and now just reads only "Ho Ho".
December 18th City of Wauwatosa
The clerk on duty at the Mobil Mart called police to report that while he had several customers in line, a woman in the food section started screaming that someone needed to come clean up the microwave immediately. She continued to yell and make threats, finally taking pictures of the clerk with her cell phone as she left the store.
December 3rd City of Neenah
A complainant on Hazel Street called police to report that she saw two people steal a blue scarf from the snowman in her yard.
December 9th City of Chilton
A mother on Highway K reported that her son was plowing
snow and was putting it in front of her vehicle so she couldn't leave. She said he was doing this out of meanness.
December 3rd City of Neenah
A 37-year-old Adams Street man asked police to remove a 12-gauge shotgun from his house because the shotgun was evil.
12.21.09
November 24th City of Neenah
Police cited a 22-year-old man for obstruction after he lied to police about his car being stolen. Officers determined the man had forgotten he’d left the car at a friend's house after a night of drinking. However, he continued to tell police it was stolen even after his friend told him where the car was and that he should come over and pick it up.
December 12th City of River Falls
Police were called to a West Johnson Street residence were they took a naked, screaming woman holding a sword into custody.
November 27th City of Neenah
A complainant on Lincoln Street asked police to check out a man wearing a black trench coat who was sitting on a merry-go-round at Doty Park. The caller thought the suspect was doing drugs. Officers determined the man was just looking for coins with a metal detector.
December 4th City of Chilton
A welfare check was requested after a passerby noticed that a resident's laundry had been on the line was there for two days and thought that was strange in this weather. The resident as spoken to and everything was fine. They were just…very busy.
December 5th Village of Brown Deer
A man called police to report that his mother had stolen his car. The son told police he let his mother use the car to go to lunch the previous day and she has not returned it.
December 13th Village of Wrightstown
A resident on Clay Street called police to report young boys have been ringing doorbells and running, and throwing snowballs at people.
December 18th City of Oshkosh
Police were dispatched the Pas-Tyme Bar on a report that a patron inside was carrying a gun. Responding officers learned the gun was in fact loaded….with staples.
December 1st City of Glendale
Police arrested a 19-year-old woman caught trying to steal 13 items valued at $249 from Kohl's. The woman was very "upset" when arrested saying she was only stealing as a favor to a friend.
December 12th Village of Whitefish Bay
Police and fire crews responded when an alarm system was activated but there was no fire. According to the report, the alarm was set off by "over use of cologne in a bathroom."
12.14.09
November 27th City of Chilton
A caller told police that their upstairs tenant was bouncing things on the floor.
November 12th City of Mequon
A resident called police to report someone had a large pile of leaves on his street. He told police he was concerned they would "blow onto his leaf-free yard."
December 9th City of Oshkosh
A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old female were cited for retail theft after trying to steal $89 worth of clothing from a business in the 1300 block of South Koeller Street. The 18-year-old was also cited for possession of marijuana. After the two left the store, they got into their car and threw a cup of orange soda at the officer's squad car as they drove past, for which they were both cited for disorderly conduct.
December 11th City of Beaver Dam
Police received a report of a 16-year-old girl who was jumping on the bed and damaged it. There were no charges filed against the girl since the damage was not intentional.
November 26th Village of Brown Deer
Police and firefighters were called to a residence on West Schroeder Drive where a man said he had used a towel to clean up a spilled soda and put the towel in the basket and somehow it caught fire. He was informed that that's not how fires start and issued a citation for careless use of smoking materials.
November 18th Town of Delafield
A man driving home from an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was stopped for driving under the influence. According to police, the man, who is the Superintendent of Schools for Milwaukee's Catholic schools, was so drunk he had difficulty operating his automobile’s electric window.
December 8th City of Oshkosh
Officers responded to a possible disturbance during which the reporting person could hear a lot of yelling in an apartment. Police made contact with the tenant, who stated he had had a stressful day at work and he was just yelling at himself. During the investigation, police learned the man had an open warrant so he was arrested and taken to jail.
November 19th City of Mequon
A 61-year-old female orthodontist, was reportedly angry with a female patient who wanted a clear retainer, which the orthodontist thought was unnecessary. According to a police report, the dentist was boisterous and rude using profane language. Police cited the angry orthodontist with disorderly conduct.
12.7.09
November 16th City of Neenah
An 18-year-old Oshkosh man told police that a band mate painted, burned and smashed his electric guitar.
November 25th City of Beaver Dam
Police received a report from a 69-year-old man that he felt a neighbor wanted to beat him up. Police contacted the neighbor who was upset because the other man would no longer give him a ride to the store.
November 21st City of Beaver Dam
A woman reported on Saturday that her neighbor on Grove Street was tossing dead rabbits in her yard.
November 7th City of De Pere
A 21-year-old Oshkosh man was cited for stealing a pool cue from Baba Louie's Bar. The man attempted to conceal the pool cue… in his pants leg.
November 11th Village of Wrightstown
Police responded to a Louise Drive residence for a possible underage drinking party. The officer found a party in progress where a four-year old child celebrating her birthday party was attempting to break a piñata hanging in the living room. Individuals were warned to keep the noise down.
11.30.09
November 12th City of Neenah
A woman told police that someone entered her garage and ransacked two cars and stole…one package of gum.
November 3rd Town of Grand Chute
A man and woman face charges of domestic disorderly conduct after the man's snoring caused a fight. The woman said she was upset by the noise so she began blaring music and struck the man in the face. The man slammed a laptop shut, placed the woman in a headlock, and called police.
November 11th City of Chilton
Police received a report of a suspicious incident. A large blond male subject appeared to be having a conversation or argument with himself. The man left in an older maroon minivan. The employees said he was also there yesterday "looking for his keys" for several hours AND acting strangely.
November 10th City of Menasha
A man living on Broad Street called 911 because his dog smelled like hairspray.
November 14th City of Oshkosh
A 20-year-old man naked man who was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs wandered into a residence in the area of Church Avenue and Wisconsin Street.
November 9th City of Chilton
A trespassing complaint was received from Fairway Drive. It was reported to police that the neighbors were mowing the reporting party's lawn without their permission.
November 13th City of Menasha
A business owner on Appleton Road wanted to have an employee issued a retail theft summons for eating a $1.29 sausage while working.
October 2nd City of De Pere
A woman reported to police that a former friend hacked into her online account and added captions to photos on her Facebook page. The suspect admitted adding the captions and said she was sorry.
11.23.09
October 31st City of De Pere
Two men on Reid Street who were dressed in matching plaid pants and matching cardigan sweaters were cited for urinating together on a fence.
November 4th City of Menominee Falls
A 27-year-old man entered the Speedway gas station on Main Street, threw an expired driver's license on the counter and said he didn't have time to explain. The man has not returned.
November 4th City of Chilton
Police found an extremely intoxicated male laying on the ground on Diane Street. The man had twisted his ankle and could not get up. While the man was able to give officers his address he was, however, unable to remember his own name.
November 15th City of Oak Creek
A 30-year-old man was arrested for loitering on Rawson Avenue. He told police he was just spying on his girlfriend and did not want them to "blow his cover."
October 18th Town of Grand Chute
A 19-year-old Michigan woman was charged with harassment after sending digital photos of herself having sex with a dog to a Fox Cities man's cell phone.
November 10th City of Wauwatosa
A resident reported to police that she received a threatening text message that read, "If your dog lives to the morning he will be lucky." When contacted, the texter explained to police said he meant to send the message to his wife, whose dog ate a batch of her cookies.
October 20th Town of Grand Chute
Two brothers were charged with disorderly conduct and battery after a fight over a fast-food order. The fight began when one of the defendants returned from a dinner run without sauce for the chicken nuggets.
11.16.09
October 30th Plainfield
After a family argument, a complainant called police to report her son was throwing logs and was threatening to throw a hammer.
November 11th City of Portage
Police cited a 14-year-old rural Pardeeville boy with disorderly conduct after he was accused of slamming doors and swearing.
November 8th City of Beaver Dam
A man residing on Madison Street reported to police that seven people had urinated on his lawn. The man had taken pictures of the people. However, the pictures did not show the people urinating, only people standing between his property and another property.
October 31st City of Wausau
A man called police to report that his neighbor lady appeared to be intoxicated and was attempting to ride his German Shepherd.
October 30th City of Chilton
A reporting party told police that someone wrote profanity all over their trampoline.
October 31st City of Shorewood
A 49-year-old man was arrested for theft at Pick 'n Save after he took a package of raw Angus ground beef, opened it and grabbed a handful, then took a container of salt, opened it, and poured some on the meat and ate it. When confronted by an employee, he put the salt and opened package of meat back on a shelf.
11.9.09
October 24th City of Neenah
An East Bell Street woman told police that someone rang her doorbell and left a laundry basket full of books about death. Police determined that a friend of the woman dropped off the novels for her to read.
October 25th City of Brown Deer
Police were called to a West Schroeder Drive residence where a 30-year-old man reportedly chased a woman with a dust mop. The suspect said he was only protecting himself because the woman had threatened him with a broom.
October 28th City of Portage
Police were called to the Kwik Trip after store employees saw a man open a new container of French vanilla coffee creamer, add some to the coffee he purchased and set the container down inside the store.
October 30th City of Oshkosh
Officers responded to a loud party on Cherry Street where a 20-year-old woman dressed in a Halloween costume approached officers and ran away before telling them, "You're not real cops or else you would arrest me for drinking underage." Officers proved to the woman that they were real cops by arresting her for underage drinking.
October 18th City of Wautoma
A resident called police to report someone had smashed their mailbox… with a toilet.
11.2.09
October 23rd City of Beaver Dam
A woman North Spring Street reported on that people in a vehicle threw candies and lotion at her.
October 29th City of Portage
Police received a report of the theft of a white plastic skeleton with red eyes from the front of the door of the caller's home. The plastic skeleton was valued at…. $1.
October 24th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported that someone was throwing pumpkins at moving vehicles near the intersection of Beaver and Norris streets. Police investigated the incident and found that apples were being thrown — not pumpkins. The people throwing the apples had vacated the scene before police arrived.
October 23rd City of Waupun
Police were called to a North Forest Street residence where people were playing with handcuffs. Police found a man with his hands locked. The person said he dropped the keys and couldn’t find them. Police made the person call his parents to explain the situation before leaving.
October 12th City of Chilton
A 911 hang-up call was reported from the intersection of Bastian & Harvestore. Police concluded that there was a farmer at the scene as a cow could be heard mooing in the background. An investigation revealed that the call was made inadvertently from a phone in the callers pocket.
October 17th Calumet County
A three car accident was reported at the intersection of KK & N. While approaching a stop sign, the driver in car # 1 sneezed causing her foot to come off of the brake. She rear ended vehicle #2, who then hit the vehicle in front of him. No injuries were reported.
October 24th City of Green Bay
Officers found a vehicle stopped in traffic on West Mason Street. The driver appeared to be dazed and confused. When asked if he knew where he was, the man replied "Right here." He was cited for operating while intoxicated.
October 31st City of Green Bay
An officer spotted a car driving on Irwin Avenue, near University Avenue, with a strange green glow coming from the interior. As the officer got closer, he saw the new Aaron Rodgers Drive sign that had been installed just hours earlier at the Mayor's request. Police arrested and jailed the driver who told them that he took the sign as a joke after telling co-workers he was going to heist it. The driver also said he knew the sign was to be donated to charity and suggested that he was going to take it to a charity himself after he was done with the sign. He was unable to name a specific charity.
10.26.09
October 10th City of Kaukauna
Police were dispatched to Desnoyer Street where a man claimed another man threw a dog bowl at his head.
October 19th City of Beaver Dam
A woman residing on Beaver Street reported that someone had stolen her Halloween decorations. However, she told police that she found a set of keys on her lawn. Police located the owner of the keys and told him if he returned the woman’s Halloween decorations they'd give him back his keys.
October 13th City of West Allis
Police were called to the Pick N Save where employees stopped a man and woman attempting to steal 47 Cornish game hens and 44 packs of energy drinks.
October 11th City of Wauwatosa
Police were called to Eddie Martini's Restaurant where a man and woman had been asked to leave the restaurant after they started talking loudly, using obscenities and groping each other at the bar. The bartender cut them off, so the boyfriend laid on the floor and challenged the staff to remove him.
October 12th City of Oak Creek
Police were called to the Ace Hardware store where employees observed a woman attempting to steal a pink light bulb.
October 13th City of Appleton
Police cited a man for theft after he didn't have the money pay his $500 cab fare for a ride from Peoria, Illinois to Appleton.
October 4th City of Menasha
A man living on Grassy Plains Drive requested that his wife be removed from his home. He was upset because she was text-messaging her boyfriend and laughing about it.
10.19.09
September 30th City of Menasha
A man was arrested for disorderly conduct after waiting outside his wife's house on Coventry Court to take pictures of her mother.
September 26th City of Oshkosh
Police received a report that a 38-year-old man with an outstanding warrant at a residence Broad Street. Officers searched the house and found the man in the attic… hiding under the insulation.
September 21st Town of Marion
A complainant called police to report her neighbor flipped her off.
October 5th City of Beaver Dam
Police apprehended a cow that had escaped from the prison.
October 1st Calumet County
A driver reported almost being hit by flying ears of corn.
October 3rd City of Wautoma
A man called police to report the theft of his license plate and that his sister won't give him his clothes.
September 29th Village of Coloma
A woman notified authorities of some tomatoes that have gone missing from her garden.
October 9th City of Beaver Dam
An official at Jefferson Elementary School called police about a kindergarten student who tried crossing the street by himself.
October 11th City of Portage
Police discovered a full-sized male mannequin lying on the side walk in front of Riverside Park. The mannequin, who was wearing a t-shirt and jeans, appeared to police to have been battered.
October 11th Village of Pulaski
Police received a report of a robbery at Pulaski Food and Gas. The suspect was described as being male, 30 to 40 years old, about 5 foot 10 with "noticeable stomach fat".
October 16th City of Hayward
Police were called to Marketplace Foods where a 125 pound black bear walked through the automatic doors and headed straight for the liquor department where he climbed up onto a shelf in the beer cooler. The bear remained on the beer cooler shelf for about an hour until a DNR official tranquilized him and took him out of the store. According to store employees the bear seemed content in the cooler and didn't consume any beer.
10.12.09
August 5th City of De Pere
Police received a report of a man in Kiwanis park wearing black clothing. A sign was later found in the woods reading "Get out" and "We are watching you". The caller also reported finding toy stuffed animals with their heads ripped off".
September 26th City of Glendale
A woman who was spotted driving without lights was pulled over for a possible DUI told police she had had just one glass of champagne. She then attempted to make a call but vomited on her cell phone.
September 12th City of De Pere
A 47-year-old man reported to police that two intoxicated men swore at him so he threw rocks at them. The man told officers that the two intoxicated men responded by throwing rocks back at him.
September 27th City of Wauwatosa
Police were called to the AMF Bowlero Lanes where a group of bowlers caused a disturbance by throwing several bowling balls down the lane at the same time. When a waitress asked them to stop, they threw a bowling ball at her.
October 3rd Town of Lowell
Dodge County Sheriff’s Department received a report of at least six people driving riding lawn mowers down Wick Road pulling wagons filled with alcohol. An officer responded to the area and told the riders to take the mowers home.
October 2nd City of Appleton
A woman living at East Haven Court reported she received several offensive text messages from a number she did not recognize. She told police she suspected a friend’s former girlfriend was sending her the messages. Police dialed the number and learned the messages were coming from another woman who had just gotten the wrong number.
October 3rd City of West Allis
Police were called to deal with an 11-year-old boy who grabbed a butcher knife and threatened to kill his mother because his lunch was not yet ready.
October 4th City of Mayville
Police were called to the Sidelines Tap to deal with two men arguing about Brett Favre.
October 6th Village of Howard
A 16-year-old boy was biking home on Glenview Avenue when an 18-year-old man sprayed him with shaving cream.
10.5.09
September 19th City of Neenah
A resident on Appleblossom Drive awoke in the morning and found drops of blood on the kitchen floor, laundry room floor, a chair, a step and a lower portion of a wall. Police tested the blood and determined it came from one of two cats in the house.
September 14th Town of Menasha
A Mill Pond Lane resident call police to report their front door had been duct taped and “food product” spread on their driveway.
September 16th Calumet County
The Sheriffs Department received a report of a farmer in a field spreading manure and making noise. The caller was informed that this was not an uncommon thing for farmers to do.
September 17th City of Chilton
Police received a report from the intersection of Daniel & Westbrook of kids were being Saran Wrapped to a pole.
September 22nd City of Mequon
Police received a call from a woman reporting the theft of her "I Love My Cocker Spaniel" bumper sticker from her car.
September 13th City of Green Bay
A vehicle on Reggie White Way was broken into and a gift bag containing a foot massager and two Tony Romo nursing uniform tops was taken.
September 26th City of Muskego
Police arrested three men attempting to drag a porta-potty through Denoon park using a pick-up truck and bungee cords. Their plot was foiled by an inconveniently placed landscaping stone.
September 30th City of Green Bay
Police pursued a red Ford Taurus at 70 mph. The vehicle crossed the Main Street Bridge, made a tight turn and went into a skid, striking a wooden fence on North Ashland Avenue. The driver then took off running but was caught and arrested. The 23-year-old man told police he was intoxicated adding, "You got me. But it was fun, wasn't it?"
September 30th City of Portage
A police officer At Wisconsin and Superior spotted a 23-yar-old man who was painting the side of a house and was known by the officer to have two warrants for his arrest. Because he was known by police to frequently run from authorities, the officer summoned other officers to the location and, with permission from the property owner, began searching the house for the man. Following 15 minutes of searching, he was discovered rolled up in a carpet in the attic. Police said the man commented that an officer must have played "hide and seek" as a child because he always found him when he was hiding.
9.28.09
September 20th City of Portage
Police responded to a complaint of an 18-year-old driving up behind pedestrians on DeWitt and West Pleasant Streets and blasting her car's air horn. The driver told police she did it because she thought it was... funny
September 20th City of Waupun
Police received a report that a group of kids on South Watertown Street were in the caller’s yard smoking, yelling, swearing, spitting and urinating in the street. (If I’m not mistaken, those are the five events in the Fond du Lac County Pentathlon!)
September 10th City of Chilton
Police received a call from a person at the intersection of Bancroft and 57 reporting an ordinance violation. The caller informed police that they had found a McDonald's bag which had the receipt in it. The reporting party wanted police to use the receipt to track down the owner and issue them a ticket for littering.
September 5th City of De Pere
An Anthony Drive resident called police to report that she believed her 17 year old son had taken a $5 bill from her purse. The son firmly denied the charge.
September 25th City of Fond du Lac
Police are investigating the report of a 22 year old man who was reportedly charging five dollars for copies of a video he made of himself having a threesome with two women.
September 11th City of Mayville
Two 16-year-old Mayville women were reported walking on Main Street at Bridge Street yelling obscenities. An officer reported to the scene and located the two women who told the officer they were just yelling at a passing car. They were both issued citations for disorderly conduct.
9.21.09
September 13th City of River Falls
A Minnesota man was ticketed for shoplifting after walking out of Shopko wearing a stolen miniskirt and bikini. The man told officers he did it to impress his wife.
August 20th Village of Hortonville
An officer responded to a residence on Baake Street on a report that a man waved and quacked at a woman whom he was ordered not to have contact with. The waving and quacking was documented.
September 7th City of Muskego
A 29-year-old man was arrested for destroying five urinal deodorizers at his place of work at Engineering Solutions. The man was reportedly upset that he did not receive a promotion and also allegedly wrote a vulgar message to his boss on the bathroom wall.
September 1st City of Neenah
A complainant reported that a man dressed in a blue dog costume has been hugging children at a playground at Riverside Park. The man told police he thought it would be fun to share his blue dog costume with children at the park. Police advised him that "wasn't such a good idea."
September 3rd Calumet County
A disturbance was reported at the intersection of Redwood & Highway 57. Skinned pigs hanging on sawhorses were reported to be by the road. Responding officers found no pigs, skinned or otherwise, in the area.
September 13th Village of Allouez
Officers responded to South Webster Avenue for a report of someone on a roof throwing beer cans at passing cars. An intoxicated 20-year-old man was found in a residence hiding under a pile of clothes.
September 9th City of Oak Creek
Police were called to the Piggly Wiggly where a 20 year old man was seen putting hot dogs down his pants.
August 31st City of Chilton
Police received a report from Main and 5th of children along the side of the road trying to get semi drivers to blow their horns.
9.14.09
August 30th City of Oshkosh
A woman reported her vehicle was stolen while she went inside a gas station on West 20th. Police determined the woman had parked next to another vehicle that was the same make, model and color as hers and left hers running while she went in the gas station. A man had got into the vehicle and drove off, thinking it was his.
September 7th Town of Scott
Unknown suspects entered a yard on Sandra Rose Drive and placed 12 real estate signs in the front yard and put a wooden picnic table on a trampoline.
August 26th Town of Menasha
Police received a report from the area of Dogwood and Willow of approximately 6 children running around while wearing masks. Officers were unable to locate the children.
Extra patrols were requested.
August 12th City of Onalaska
A 22-year-old man was arrested on Riders Club Road for his second drunk driving offense. His passenger was also arrested for a noise violation for “rapping” over a bull horn.
August 24th Town of Harrison
An officer pulled over a car at 55 and Ertl after witnessing a 6 year old and a 3 year old fighting in the backseat. They stopped misbehaving once the officer showed up and they promised they would be good!
August 15th City of Oshkosh
A female involved in the disturbance on West 8th Avenue gave responding officers a fake name and then attempted to escape by jumping in the Fox River. However, since the woman didn’t know how to swim, she had to be rescued by the same officers she was fleeing. The woman she had fled because she thought there was an outstanding warrant against her. There was not.
September 2nd City of West Allis
A woman on West Greenfield Avenue called police to report someone is putting itching powder in her bed and urinating in her microwave.
August 25th City of Chilton
A person calling from Debra Court found old faded soda cans in the woods behind her house that were dumped there sometime within the last several years. Extra patrols were requested.
August 22nd City of Oshkosh
Police received a report of a man taking pictures of a naked woman lying in front of a steam roller on East New York Avenue. When officers arrived, the man and woman were gone but the steamroller remained.
9.8.09
August 29th City of Beaver Dam
Police took a report on a mother kicking another mother while they were watching the girls varsity tennis game at Beaver Dam High School.
August 14th Village of Stockbridge
Somebody used green paint to inscribe the lyrics to a country music song on the village water tower.
August 21st City of Menasha
Police received a report of juveniles who were "up to mischief".
August 29th City of Beaver Dam
A 16-year-old boy was cited with unlawful use of a telephone after he called police as a joke just to see how fast they would show up.
August 22nd City of Mayville
A 28 year old West Bend man was walking with some friends and threw a beer bottle into the roadway, causing it to break. That upset the five people he was walking with and everybody started throwing punches leading a neighbor to call 9-1-1.
August 27th City of Beaver Dam
A man called police to report that someone he did not know came out of a bar on Madison Street and took a picture of him with a camera phone.
August 17th City of Chilton
A young female on West Cedar called police and was crying on the phone. She told the dispatcher that her siblings were disagreeing over who got to use the microwave first for lunch. Contact was made with the mother at work and she will be handling the situation.
8.24.09
August 15th City of Wauwatosa
Police were called to St. Joseph's Church to investigate the theft of a head stolen off a statue of Jesus. A church official says they scoured the property but were unable to find the missing head. She suspects someone somewhere is using it as a trophy.
August 14th City of Omro
Two Menasha men smoking marijuana at a corn roast were cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after one of them offered a lit pipe to another man without realizing he was a police officer.
August 5th Calumet County
A suspicious occurrence was reported. Plants were
moved from the front yard to the front of the doorway. Extra police patrols were requested.
August 4th City of Chilton
A person on South Diane Street reported to police that one of their tenants threw a television down a flight of steps.
July 29th City of Appleton
Police were called to Johann Drive where a suspicious
finding occurred. A bottle with liquid in it and "duck tape" on the top was found in a mail box. It appeared to be a tea bottle. The reporting party notified the post office and threw the bottle away. There are no suspects.
July 30th City of Chilton
Police received a report of damage to property. A neighborhood boy who supposedly hit the side of a trailer with golf balls. However, the damage didn't appear to officers to be from golf balls. The boy told officers he was hitting a tennis ball with a golf club but said he did not hit the trailer. Photos were taken.
July 29th City of Appleton
A disturbance was reported on the West 5000 block of Tranquil.
August 6th City of Neenah
A man told police that a 1986 Statue of Liberty gold coin valued at $664 was charged to his credit card and delivered to his house in October without his knowledge. He said he does not have the gold coin. Police determined that the man had ordered the coin but does not recall doing so. They asked his daughter to help find the coin. She said her father is known for hiding things throughout his house, including in the walls and floorboards.
August 17th City of Waupun
Police were called to Buwalda Drive where a 38-year-old man had grabbed a 26-year-old man’s genitals and squeezed them hard. The 38-year-old did it because he wanted the 26-year-old to hit him.
April 15th City of Beaver Dam
A 49-year-old man called police to report that a woman who left with his wife said she was going to put a curse on him.
August 14th City of Portage
A 15-year-old boy was cited for shoplifting after he reportedly took the tag off a red Sesame Street Elmo hat worth $12 and wore it on his head.
July 27th Town of Dakota
A woman reported that her neighbor tries to hit her car every time he sees her.
July 25th City of Wautoma
Six softball players were seen walking down the street. They were advised to continue on their way and to not stop and relieve themselves on any public buildings.
August 7th City of Appleton
A 21-year-old Menasha man was charged with trespassing after a 16-year-old Appleton girl found him in her home. The man, who left the home after being told to by the girl, told police he was sleep walking and did not know the family.
August 16th Village of Greendale
A 17-year-old boy was arrested for exposing sex organs to a child after he was seen coming out of a bathroom naked. He was with a 14-year-old girl, whose undergarments also were found near the bathroom. Both told police they had been playing a game while driving, in which each removed an article of clothing when they passed a vehicle with a burned out headlight.
8.17.09
July 30th City of Neenah
An anonymous caller told police that marijuana plants were growing in a white basket in the backyard of a Primrose Lane residence. Two officers who went to the residence to investigate said the weed in the pot was not marijuana.
July 27th City of Menasha
Police were dispatched to a residence on Jefferson Street, where sign board letters were used to spell a profane word on the porch.
August 12th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported a person stealing rocks from outside Beaver Dam Community Hospital. Police cited the man who stole the rocks with theft and he returned the rocks.
August 11th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported that at 1:40 p.m., he woke up in his home on DeClark Street and there was an intoxicated man in his house who was eating his food. The man left on foot.
August 15th City of Fond du Lac
Federal agents seized Asian elephant parts from a city residence. The parts were in a package shipped by Federal Express from Thailand and included an elephant tail, snouts, skin, toe nails and a tusk. There was also purported rhinoceros horns that an affidavit stated were cow horns.
August 8th City of Waupun
Police advised a subject to head back to the truck show where he is spending the night and to discontinue with his urinating.
August 13th City of Wauwatosa
A 75 year old retired priest dropped off a human skull at the Police Department. The priest told police that he had stored the skull in his locker at St. Francis' for years and only recently rediscovered it while planning his own funeral. Police are reportedly not trying to identify the skull and where it came from.
August 7th City of Portage
Friday police responded to a report of a 39-year-old woman walking in the middle of the road. She was cited for disorderly conduct after police said she refused to get out of the road when ordered by police. The woman told police she was walking in the middle of the road because she was mad.
August 2nd Whitefish Bay
Two men admitted to breaking a neighbor's garage window. The men told officers they were "attempting to knock a possum off a fence" by swinging an axe at the animal but the axe head flew off, traveled across the back yard breaking the neighbor's garage window. They agreed to pay for damages.
8.10.09
August 2nd City of Omro
Police were called to McDonald's to deal with a customer who was "yelling and screaming" because he was dissatisfied with his order.
July 30th City of Kaukauna
A woman living on Saunders Road reported someone stole 50 shirts from her son’s closet.
August 8th Village of Winneconne
A woman called police to report that her husband started an argument when he got home and found the house unkempt and no food prepared. She told officers she wanted him removed from the home. Police informed the woman that it was not illegal to argue and not to call again unless they had a real police matter to report.
July 22nd City of Menasha
Officers responded to a report of a disturbance involving a man and woman on Third Street. It turned out to be a verbal argument about someone who took change out of a child's piggy bank. The man said he was upset about being accused of taking the money and he left the residence for the night.
July 30th Village of Winneconne
Police received a report from a South Third Street resident who had gotten a phone call that originated in Nebraska in which a male caller with a foreign accent told him to "watch your borders".
July 27th City of Onalaska
A man on Flint Street called police to report that during the night, someone wrapped his car in aluminum foil while it was parked in his driveway. Since he had no school-age children or on-going disputes, the man said he was "at a loss as to what would motivate someone to deflower my Chrysler".
July 23rd Fond du Lac County
A woman operating a sweet corn stand on Winnebago Drive, just northeast of Fond du Lac, called the Sheriff's Department to report a man in his late 50's to early 60's who kept stopping at the stand insisting that she massage his feet.
July 30th City of Waupun
A woman on South Madison Street reported that a man is walking around the block all day and he's getting creepy. She informed police that one day she had her dog out and he ate some of its poop. When confronted by police, the man admitted to having eaten dog feces but told them, that that was last year.
8.3.2009
July 15th City of New London
Police were called to a store on East Shawano Street where employees saw a man with his pants down stealing Pull-Ups.
July 12th City of New London
Police investigated a complaint from a girl who said two other females created a Web site about her with negative connotations.
July 15th Town of Menasha
A Fatima Street resident reported someone placed plastic letters on their front sidewalk spelling out an obscenity.
July 8th City of Appleton
Police were called to North State Street where someone covered a car in dog food, shampoo and peanut butter.
July 19th City of Chilton
Police were called by a person on Falcon who believes someone is intentionally killing her plants.
July 29th City of Beaver Dam
A man contacted police and reported that there were three people trying to get into his hot tub but he chased them all off.
July 25th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported that he heard people yelling the words "cow" and chicken" from a car on North Spring Street.
July 29th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported that there were teens near the intersection of Spring Street and Beichl Avenue yelling the words "cow and chicken" at him and his wife. The man made a similar complaint earlier in the week.
July 27th City of Waupun
A tenant at an apartment complex on Rock Avenue reported a bullet hole in her wall. After inspection by an investigating officer, the bullet hole was revealed to actually be a large nail that was plastered over and now the plaster had flaked off revealing the head of the nail.
July 25th City of Beaver Dam
A woman reported to police that she received a disturbing note and dog feces in the mail.
July 24th City of Beaver Dam
Police received an anonymous report of an intoxicated driver from the passenger in their vehicle. The vehicle was located parked at a Wayland Street residence. Police found two intoxicated women in the home. One of whom went into the bathroom and wouldn't speak to the officers.
July 26th Village of Ashwaubenon
A complainant called police to report his neighbor was harassing him by hanging things in his tree. An officer went to the suspect's residence on Early Street and told the person to stop it.
July 16th Village of Plainfield
A complainant called police to report a possible stolen car and other issues involving a duck in a cage.
July 14th Village of Coloma
A complainant informed police of a man who walked into his business, said he had a flat tire, and passed out. The man then left and walked to his vehicle.
July 16th City of Wautoma
A resident called police to report that the street sweeper machine was making too much noise.
7.27.09
July 6th City of Menasha
A woman living near Purple Sage Court reported that a Golden Retriever was in her backyard and urinating on her plants.
June 28th Town of Springwater
Police received a report from a woman that her neighbor’s cat was trespassing.
July 15th Village of Howard
A 32-year-old woman on Cardinal Lane was cited for disorderly conduct after she ran out of her home and screamed obscenities at the drivers of two vehicles that turned around in front of her residence.
July 18th City of Portage
Police responded to a report of a man damaging flowers near Portage Theatres. The man also punched the marquee at the theater and was swearing.
July 18th City of Beaver Dam
A man reported that subjects in the back of a truck were spraying Silly String at parked cars. The vehicle was stopped and an adult woman was given a verbal warning for disorderly conduct. She agreed to remove the Silly String from the vehicles as her punishment.
July 10th City of Menasha
An Ahnaip Street resident called police to report that someone had stolen his front yard. According to the caller, about 7pm, someone made off with 750 square feet of freshly laid sod from in front of his home.
July 10th City of Chilton
Police responded to a noise complaint on Noe Street where people were singly karaoke, apparently quite badly!
July 5th City of Chilton
A person on Oak Street called police to report that a subject selling magazines to his father asked if he had any aspirin
…and also if he had any old fishing rods.
July 2nd City of Chilton
A woman on North 10th reported that someone was taking roses from her rosebush, so she put them in pots and planted other flowers in their place. The landlord told her she would have to replace the rosebushes or he would have her arrested.
July 18th City of Wisconsin Dells
A patron at Sharky's Tavern became disruptive and was removed from the bar. The man returned to the tavern a short time later, tried to pick a fight with a bartender, then took off all of his clothing and ran up and down an alley naked.
7.20.09
July 3rd Village of Kimberly
Business owners in the area of Schelfhout Lane called police to report a man who appeared to be in his 40s came into their stores and offices… and try to sell them cleaning products.
July 17th Village of Mount Pleasant
Police received a report of damage to a home caused by a crash of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. The Wienermobile driver thought she was moving in reverse, but actually went forward and crashed into the garage and deck of the home. Both the home and Wienermobile suffered moderate damage. However, according to a spokesperson for the Oscar Mayer Company, "We expect to be back on the hot dog highways spreading miles of smiles in no time."
July 11th City of Beaver Dam
A woman on West Burnett Street reported a naked man was at her front door while another man reported that a half naked woman came into his home and he did not know who she was. The 40-year-old woman was located in the home. The naked 29-year-old man did not enter the home but was running around outside. He was located as well. They both were released to a responsible party.
July 15th City of Portage
Officers responded to a report of a girl lying in the road who didn't appear injured and moved when vehicles approached. The girl, who was 17, was covered in fake blood, and told officers that she was just playing a prank on friends. Police cited the girl for underage drinking.
July 13th City of Beaver Dam
A woman called police to report that a 29-year-old woman had called her husband "white trash" while they were at the Goodwill Store.
7-13-09
June 28th City of Chilton
A woman at the intersection of Stommel and 114 reported that the school bus in front of her had males in the back seat mooning her as she spoke to the officer.
June 29th Town of Ledgeview
Officers responded to an argument between two females where a 35 year old woman dragged a 20-year-old woman out of an office by her hair.
June 25th City of Neenah
A South Church Street resident awoke at 5:45 a.m. to find a naked man sleeping on his front porch. Police determined the man arrived on the porch after a night of heavy drinking. He was turned over to the care of his sister.
June 29th City of Janesville
A break in was reported on Sutherland Avenue. The culprit reportedly made off with a five pound box of frozen hamburger patties valued at $6.00.
June 26th City of Neenah
A city worker reported that someone spray-painted a smiley face and the word "boob" on a headstone at Oak Hill Cemetery.
July 1st Village of Winneconne
Police received a report of a 43 year old man discharging a 22 caliber weapon on Washington Street. The man told police he was just shooting raccoons and gerbils in his yard.
June 24th City of Chilton
A pool and trampoline on Willowglen were reported damaged and vulgar words were written on the trampoline with shaving cream.
June 21st City of Chilton
Police received a complaint of loud music, possible fireworks and people running nude on the N8000 block of North Shore. Police told the offenders to turn down the music and put some clothes on. Also, if they were going to be naked, to do so inside the residence.
7-6-09
June 9th Town of Deerfield
Police received a report of a woman sitting in the middle of the road.
June 11th City of New London
Someone broke into a truck on Nassau Street and stole his chewing tobacco.
June 26th Village of Omro
Police reported that a 9-year-old boy he ran into a parked car while riding his bicycle and chipped a tooth.
May 29th Village of Hortonville
A woman residing on Cedar Street complained about phone calls she was receiving from another woman. When the caller was contacted by police she said she too was receiving harassing phone calls from the woman who made the report. Both women were told to stop calling each other.
June 20th Village of Plainfield
Police received a report of a male and a female walking around and arguing.
June 30th City of Waupun
A woman received two calls from solicitors who said they wanted go lower her credit card interest rate. When she asked them to stop calling the caller said obscene things to her and hung up.
6.29.09
June 13th City of Waupaca
An East Fulton Street resident called police to report someone had stolen the coils off the back of her refrigerator.
June 11th City of Wautoma
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