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.

The Voice of Russia – “Malaysia Airlines pilots just forgot to lock the door?” – March 16^th, 2014:

Malaysia Airlines pilots sometimes left their cockpit door ajar, an American businessman who has traveled Malaysia Airlines told The Washington Times offering potential insight into security on board the missing jetliner.

The business executive, a former pilot who rides first class as he conducts aviation sales in the region, said he noticed crews would enter what appeared to be an unlocked cockpit area during flight. He said business colleagues noticed the same thing, The Washington Times writes.

The executive, who asked to remain anonymous said that once he decided to test the cockpit door during a flight.

After using the front restroom, he took a few steps and tried to open the door. He found it unlocked, closed it and returned to his seat.


I try to keep the postings here domestic, but...Being that both Russia and flight MH370 are in the news, and this combined them...

Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times Police Log - Tuesday, March 11th, 2014:

Friday, March 7th, 6:23am, 1400 block on Southwest A Avenue. A woman reported to police that an unknown person had entered her unlocked apartment and stole $1,380 in property, including a laptop and two watches.

Saturday, March 8th, 1:25am, 1300 block Southwest A Avenue. Two men reported an unknown person entered their unlocked apartment and stole $3,900 in electronics, cash and textbooks.