From the April 28, 2016 Weekly Disappointment: “Caller wanted to pass on some information she had heard at the bar. A man and woman were selling unpermitted guns and vacuum cleaners.” And, of course, this: “Customer called because she was concerned about a business. The business is closed and no one is there. Her son […]
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My fellow citizens, if it were not for stray animals and hallucinations, we would have no need for a police force. Judging from the newspaper, we in Podunk are “undercrimed.”
From the Weekly Disappointment: A lady was reported sleeping on caller’s lawn chair and seems out of place.
I haven’t done a very good job lately of sharing Podunk’s weekly police reports. I deeply apologize for this omission. Here’s something from the April 17 paper: Woman reported she is a truck driver and is traveling on Highway 28. She said approximately five miles east of town she observed a horse lying on its […]
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Sometimes my hometown of Podunk makes the news for its downright podunkery, for lack of a better word (and for promotion of my new line of podunkery merchandise). This time, we’ve made the headlines for a planned wolf derby. And no, a wolf derby is not a bold variation of our signature community event — […]
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From the August 9, 2012 Salmon Recorder-Herald – Cows were out and they were headed towards the park. – A fire was reported up Sheep Creek on the right hand side of the road. Caller asked for Forest Service number and dispatch gave them fire dispatch number 756-5157. Later caller phoned back and apologized. He […]
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From the July 5 Recorder Herald: A 19-year-old woman called to report that her mother is texting her with threats of swatting her. Woman said a person entered her driveway in a silver Toyota car with an Idaho plate with 1A on it. The person was naked and told her the police had taken all […]
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From the May 24, 2012 Recorder Herald: Person wanted to know what time he had surgery and was given the hospital’s number. Caller said there were two kids in full camo on the side of the hill on Riverfront Drive and it looked like they had some guns and they were pointing them at traffic. […]
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From the May 10, 2012 Salmon Recorder Herald…. Woman reported a large unknown type of animal (dispatch thought it sounded lick (sp) a rock chuck) confronted her as she was attempting to enter her vehicle. Woman ran back to her house and the animal chased her and then ran under her house. She said the […]
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From the April 19, 2012 Salmon Recorder Herald – Woman reported a large dark colored dog with a white face that was outside her fence causing her dogs to bark. – Woman said that she was following a large moving van all over the road and she thought it could be the wind but she […]
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Podunk Meets Paradise 