From stolen leaf blowers to sandwich shop shenanigans, a few odd and unexpected crimes were reported to the Bloomington Police Department this week. All of the following accounts were collected from BPD.
Dial tone
A man called police with a property destruction complaint Sunday after his irate teenage daughter broke his phone. Police said she was angry because she wanted her father to go to bed.
Bread and battery
An IU student was charged with battery and disorderly conduct Monday after a disturbance in Jimmy John’s. Megan Hinds, 21, allegedly visited the restaurant while intoxicated, began eating bread and trying to take other food without paying, and attacked both an officer and a paramedic. She also told an officer she believed he was profiling her because she said she is “white and ugly.”
Blown away
Town and Country Apartments reported a burglary Monday after its pool area was broken into during the previous weekend. Leaf blowers, an electric trimmer, a portable air conditioning unit and a furnace were taken.
Cinema to cigarettes
A woman called police Tuesday afternoon after she believed her debit card was stolen from her purse while she watched a film at AMC Showplace Theater 12. She then saw a purchase on her account from Low Bob’s Discount Tobacco for $6.26. Her bank canceled her card.
Help wanted
A 23-year-old transient man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday after he was the subject of a suspicious person complaint. A caller complained to police after they said a 6-foot-tall white man wearing tan shorts with leggings was knocking on doors asking for work. Police identified the man as Blake Cunningham, who had a warrant out after failing to appear at a hearing on auto theft and resisting arrest charges.
Jack Evans
