Police Blotter

Here are the first three items from the Police Blotter in the local paper…

TRAPPED IN DUMBWAITER: A 30-year-old man climbed into a dumbwaiter early Sunday morning at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge and became trapped between floors, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s dispatch log. Sweet Fire and Ambulance was called but the man was able to climb out and free himself.

NO HOSTAGE SITUATION: A mail carrier in the 2600 block of Burkhart Street SE found a note in a mail box on Friday that read “Postman. Help. I am being held at this address,” and the note was signed, according to Albany police. On Friday, the mail carrier found a similar note saying the woman was locked in the house. Police determinded that the woman and man who live there suffer from dementia. The woman later was taken to Samaritan Albany General Hospital after threatening to kill people.

TOUCHY SITUATION: A man told the Linn County Sheriff’s Office he checked on a car parked next to his trailer in the 2600 block of Old Holley Road about 10:30am Saturday. Inside, he reported seeing a naked man who was passed out with his genitals tied to the steering wheel. The caller woke the man up, and he drove away.

Get me out of here.

Oh, and watch this immediately.