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By TED SULLIVAN Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:21 a.m.

One can of Bud Light was among the items stolen in a Janesville burglary.
A driver and passenger fled on foot after crashing into a tree in Janesville. A second passenger was left behind because of a broken femur.
A Janesville driver was texting while driving. When he looked up, he saw a pedestrian in the road and swerved into a traffic signal.
A man was ticketed for second-offense drunken driving in Janesville. It didn't help that he was driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
A man was asleep in his car in the parking lot of a Janesville store. He was drunk and had open intoxicants in his vehicle, which was running.
A woman stole two packs of vitamin C lozenges from a local convenience store. Hey, maybe she had to fight off a cold.
An injured possum was found in the road along Center Avenue. It was "dispatched" with a firearm.

Ted Sullivan can be reached at (608) 755-8253, tsullivan@gazettextra.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook at Rock County Crime.

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bennetonf1
Apr 15, 2011 at 8:29 a.m.
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Why don't we deal with these pinheads that text while driving as harshly as we do drunk drivers?!?!?!?!?!?

Sigma40
Apr 15, 2011 at 6:15 a.m.
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The city nor anyone has a proactive approach on drunk driving. Why would they with the money they generate off the fines? Yet a few people complain about crossing a street and we're ready to build tunnels under roads.

Kiesha
Apr 14, 2011 at 11:56 p.m.
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I just can't wrap my head around people who drink and drive anymore. All the taxpayer money that has gone into education, traffic safty courses, all the adds and just the horror stories should be enough to make one not drive after drinking. The fines alone would scare the crap out of me. I thank God He gave me self control.
One can of Bud light? I hope they catch the person just to make a point.
Thank you Ted. What a guy....

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