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Monday, February 6, 2012

OMG PD: The Odd and Odder From Police Reports

This week's OMG PD features stories about animals, people acting like animals, and other bad decisions.

If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Every week Patch highlights some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD." Neighborly behavior? A Fox Point man received letters from "concerned residents" after his pet rabbit disappeared from its outdoor hutch. But, instead of offering condolences, these residents sent this message: "I would think that people of average to above average intellect are aware that subzero temperatures to a domestic rabbit is not only deadly, but cruel. This kind of behavior is usually found in the inner city amongst the uneducated populated." Mouse haven Just days after Greenfield Police arrested a man for allegedly operating a drug…

In this Article:

After Pet Rabbit Disappears, Owner Receives Threatening Letters (in Fox Point-Bayside Patch), Suspected Drug Dealer's House Littered with Animal Waste, Rotting Food, Man Exposes Himself at Brookfield Starbucks (in Brookfield Patch), and 3 more ›

Monday, July 4, 2011

OMG PD: The Odd and Odder From Police Reports

A free apartment with benefits and a bad reaction to female rejection are part of this week's OMG PD.

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If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Every week Patch highlights some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our new feature, "OMG PD." Did He Scold Them or High-Five Them? A Brookfield man unexpectedly saw lights on in his son's apartment on June 23 and decided to investigate. He opened the unlocked apartment and found two people. Having sex. And neither one was his son. The couple fled and the son told police that the man involved had permission to be in the apartment. Second Amendment, First Mistake A Greenfield man told police he accidentally shot his wife in the arm after pulling his handgun upon hearing a prowler, but then admitted — there was no prowler, just an …

In this Article:

Awkward Moment: Dad Walks in On Amorous Couple (in Brookfield Patch), Man Accidentally Shoots Wife During Domestic Dispute, Four Charged With Driving Through Town with 7-Foot Pot Plant in Back Seat (in Menomonee Falls Patch), and 3 more ›

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