Police Blotter: Week Filled with Rabbits, Deer and Alleged Drug Users

The does not spend all of its time busting bad guys. Officers apparently have a soft spot for our four-legged friends as well.

On Feb. 29, a caller reported a domesticated black and white rabbit about 30 feet south of a walking trail that pops out of the brush and watches passersby in the area of South 116th Street and West Morgan Avenue.

An officer located the rabbit but could not apprehend it “due to its elusiveness and ability to hide in the long grass,” according to the department’s weekly log.

A few days later on March 3, an officer was flagged down by a citizen in the 3800 block of South 108th Street who was concerned about a possibly injured deer. The officer wound up getting three deer out of harm's way by shooing them into a wooded area behind .

The following incidents were also included in the department’s book for the week of Feb. 27 to March 4:

• Two suspects allegedly stole a bottle of liquor from , 5612 W. Forest Home Ave. at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
• A 20-year old woman was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop at the intersection of S. 51st Street and West Layton Avenue at 9:15 p.m. Feb. 27.
• A 31-year-old man was arrested for alleged drunk driving at 1:50 a.m. Feb. 28 at the intersection of S. 68th Street and West Forest Home Ave. If convicted, it would be his first offense.
• A employee called police at 8:55 a.m. Feb. 28, to report a white male in his 30s removing a manhole cover from the street in the 8900 block of West Cold Spring Road. The vehicle was a light-colored mini-van. Police searched the area with negative results.
• During a traffic stop in the 5000 block of West Forest Home Avenue, police arrested a 20-year-old man and a 25-year-old man for alleged possession of marijuana at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 28.
• A resident told police a subject stating he was from the electric company came to her residence around noon Feb. 28. The resident called the electric company, which informed the resident that none of their employees had any reason to be at that location.
• A 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were arrested for alleged possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 5000 block of South Greenbrook Terrace after an anonymous caller reported a fight between the two which included swearing and possibly throwing things at approximately 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28.
• A 17-year-old man was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana during a traffic stop in the 4800 block of South 82nd Street just before 5 p.m. Feb. 29.
• A 24-year-old woman was arrested for alleged drunk driving just after midnight March 1, after an anonymous caller told police someone was passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in the picnic area of the at 117th Street and Howard Avenue.
• A 29-year-old man was arrested for alleged drunk driving and possession of cocaine after a traffic stop in the 5500 block of South 27th Street at 2:45 a.m. March 1. If convicted, it will be his second drunk-driving offense.
• A 21-year-old man was taken into custody for alleged possession of marijuana after a traffic stop in the 5500 block of West Forest Home Ave at 8 p.m. March 1.
• A 23-year-old man was taken into custody for alleged possession of marijuana in the 11000 block of W. Lincoln Ave. at 9:30 p.m. March 1.
• A 25-year-old man was taken into custody for alleged possession of marijuana at the intersection of West Loomis Road and West Layton Avenue at 10:30 p.m. March 1.
• A 19-year-old woman was taken into custody for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after she called 911 because she believed she was overdosing on marijuana shortly after midnight March 4. Greenfield police took her to West Allis Memorial Hospital to be treated.

Police Blotter information is provided by the Greenfield Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make that determination. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.