Chico (California) Enterprise-Record – Police Reports – April 2^nd, 2014:

Residential burglaries

April 2: 300 block of West 20^th Street. Entry made through unlocked back door; loss of gas can and Smith & Wesson 10mm semi-automatic pistol. Reported at 4:55 p.m.

www.mlive.com (Michigan) – “Athletic money stolen from Parchment schools kept in unlocked locations, police report says” – April 2^nd, 2014:

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo Township police were unable to solve an embezzlement case at Parchment School District because it involved cash kept in two unlocked locations at Parchment High School and was easily accessible to dozens of people, according to police documents.

In a case first made public last week, school officials told police they estimated more than $20,000 in cash went missing during the 2011-12 school year.

The money was from admission fees collected at sporting events, and was almost half of the revenues expected to be generated during the school year, according to the investigation by the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, which has jurisdiction over Parchment. The investigative report was obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette under the Freedom of Information Act.

After working on the case for 19 months, Kalamazoo Township police ended their active investigation two months ago without a recommendation for an arrest because of the number of people who had easy access to the cash. 

"There are many possibilities of persons who had access to the athletic money who could be viable suspects," including administrators, secretarial staff, teachers, maintenance workers and students, Detective Georgeann Ergang wrote in the final page of the report.

She wrote the money box was kept in either an unlocked cupboard in the high school office or a supply room that was unlocked during the school day and used by numerous people.

The deposits were sometimes made weeks and even months after money was collected and it was common knowledge where the cash was kept prior to being deposited in the bank, Ergang wrote.

"Without an admission from a possible suspect in this case, this case is closed," she wrote.

Longview (Washington) Daily News – “Kelso woman finds stranger hiding in her home in husband’s clothes” – March 31^st, 2014:

An 82-year-old Kelso woman woke up to find a strange man hiding in her spare room and wearing her husband’s clothes early Sunday, according to police.

Police were called to the Banyon Drive residence by a woman who got up just after 2 a.m. because her cat was fussing.

The woman found Sean Frederick Grendon, 37, of Kelso lying on the floor in her spare bedroom, trying to hide under the bed, according to police reports.

She also noticed he was wearing her husband’s clothes, but she said she was more puzzled than afraid.

“I said, ‘What the H are you doing in my house,’ ” she recalled Monday. She asked not to be identified. “And he said he was cold and wet.”

The woman called for her husband, who said he was calling police. Grendon fled but was found outside by responding police officers.

Grendon, also known as “Comatose,” told officers he had been “following the drones” through the woods to the house and got wet, according to police reports. The homeowners apparently left their back door open and he came inside and changed into dry clothes he found inside. He put on a plaid shirt, jeans, a sweatshirt and jacket and a pair of work boots, according to police reports.

Grendon dropped items of his clothing as he moved about the house, but he did grab his wet pants as he fled. He also took a beer from the refrigerator but did not drink it.

“It wasn’t really funny, but we were all laughing about it a bit because it was just so strange,” the woman said. “And my husband and I both made extra sure our door was locked Sunday night.”

The (Stockton, CA) Record – 911 calls published March 31^st, 2014:

Carjacking/false imprisonment: A 32-year-old woman was driving her 1990s Dodge van westbound on Sonora Street at Wilson Way around 9 a.m. Sunday when a man approached, asked for change, then entered her car via the unlocked passenger door. He forced her to the passenger side and drove her near her neighborhood, where he dropped her off and fled in her van. He was described as in his 20s with short black hair and brown eyes, wearing a gray sweatshirt.

The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union – “Dispute over plants leads to arrest at Fleet Landing retirement community” – March 30^th, 2014:

A dispute over the placement of plants on the edge of a pond in the Fleet Landing retirement community landed a 79-year-old woman in the county jail on March 19.

The woman’s 82-year-old neighbor called police at about 10 a.m. to report that she had been threatened the day before. According to the victim, she and her neighbor were having a dispute over large potted bushes that had been removed from an area near a pond on the property. Suspecting the victim, the woman reportedly entered the house through an unlocked front door and threatened to kill the victim while holding a metal can opener.

The victim said she’d recently had shoulder surgery and couldn’t move the pots. Meanwhile, a Fleet Landing security manager arrived and told police that the bushes were removed by management.

Contact was made with the suspect, who gave police the can opener, but said she didn’t remembering issuing any threats. She was arrested for burglary and assault.

While in custody, the woman said she’d told her 60-year-old neighbor that she was so mad, she’d have fired a “few rounds” from her shotgun if she still had it.

The other neighbor said she didn’t want to become involved. However, she confirmed that the suspect made a similar comment to her.

The can opener was placed into evidence.

Station KTVK (Arizona) – “Police: Mother left 2 kids in hot car during job interview” – March 22^nd, 2014:

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A Phoenix mother was arrested Thursday after allegedly leaving her two young sons in a hot car while she interviewed for a job. Shanesha Shaine Taylor, 35, faces two counts of child abuse, a class four felony.

Scottsdale police received a call about 12:30PM from a woman who heard a child crying inside an SUV in an office complex parking lot near the Loop 101 and Shea Boulevard. Scottsdale police officers and firefighters found two boys, a 6-month-old and a 2-year-old, buckled in car seats inside a parked SUV. According to court documents, the temperature outside was about 82 degrees and the temperature inside the car exceeded 100 degrees.

It is estimated the children were in the vehicle for at least 30 minutes. Police said all four windows of the SUV had been rolled down about 1 inch.

Court documents say that offices entered the car through the unlocked driver’s door and found the keys in the ignition.

Taylor was arrested after returning to the car, which was about 45 minutes after police were called. She reportedly told officers she did not have a baby sitter for her children and was hoping they would sleep during her interview since it was their nap time.

Child Protective Services took custody of the children.

The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina) – “3 plead guilty in shooting of Clemson student from Fort Mill” – March 19^th, 2014:

PICKENS — Three men have pleaded guilty in the 2012 shooting death of a Clemson University student.

Jaron Bradley Dalton, 25, of Six Mile and two Central residents, Jordan Charles Dalton, 20, and Bernard Kadeen Ramsey, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter, burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Steven Gregory Grich, 23, of Fort Mill was shot to death at his home in Central. Authorities say the engineering student was shot by men who entered his home through an unlocked back door.

Investigators said the suspects planned rob the victim’s roommate of what they thought was a large amount of marijuana. Deputies said only a few grams of marijuana were taken.