The blotter
A Janesville man called police saying his "house was falling apart and that he needed help and no one was helping him."
Criminal complaint: Two Beloit people met in a parking lot for a drug deal. One driver fled after stealing drugs or money from the second driver. The second driver chased the first driver and rammed the first driver’s vehicle.
Zap! A Beloit man arrested on a warrant was charged with possession of an electric weapon. He is accused of carrying a stun gun.
A mother and daughter got into an argument. The daughter is accused of grabbing a butcher's knife and swinging it around. She also is suspected of stabbing the wall twice.
A tenant in a Janesville apartment building went to the laundry room and found someone sleeping.
Twelve windows were broken out at the abandoned General Motors property.
Ted Sullivan can be reached at (608) 755-8253, tsullivan@gazettextra.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook at Rock County Crime.
Mar 26, 2011 at 7:16 p.m.
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Thank you, fiveonearth and Janesvillean, for looking beyond the humor of the first 911 call, and showing compassion and suggesting possible assistance options for this gentleman.
On an unrelated note, Ted, I really liked your wording of "suspected of stabbing the wall twice."
Mar 26, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.
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Although most 911 centers are burdened by inappropriate social service calls of one kind or another, in Rock County there is a centralized number for seeking assistance of any kind, First Call Rock County, run by the United Way.
http://www.firstcallrock.com/
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They will direct callers to the appropriate assistance, whether public or private, as necessary. I do hope this gentleman, obviously desperate, was given a similar referral.
Mar 26, 2011 at 3:31 p.m.
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these are ...Ridiculous. Or redonkulus. Or Redicules.
Mar 26, 2011 at 2:23 p.m.
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Bellagio....Why not stop labeling people, or I may have to start calling you a wannabe Las Vegan.
Mar 26, 2011 at 9:28 a.m.
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so what
Mar 26, 2011 at 9:09 a.m.
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I hope the PD referred the man to a church, who could get together a volunteer work crew to help fix his house. Sounds like either he's elderly or mentally ill and really could use the help. If he were drunk or high, the police probably would have cited him for disorderly for wasting their time.
Mar 25, 2011 at 10:18 p.m.
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Too bad Paul Harvey isn't still around so we could hear "the rest of the story."
Mar 25, 2011 at 4:11 p.m.
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Better the wall than her mother
Mar 25, 2011 at 2:59 p.m.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to that wall.
Mar 25, 2011 at 2:24 p.m.
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MTLQQ is still solvent and valued at about five cents a share, so that property may also not be abandoned.
Mar 25, 2011 at 1:54 p.m.
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Wow… I have met some folks who have an entitlement mentality, but calling the police because no one’s helping him fix his house? Where does thinking like this come from? How did we go from proud home owner to needing charity architects? Anyone wanna guess why this guy has no friends? That is ridicules.
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Thank you Ted. I needed that belly laugh.
Mar 25, 2011 at 10:47 a.m.
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By abandoned General Motors property, I hope you mean the property across the street from the plant on Jackson St., which is the old GM/UAW Training Center. This is the only "abandoned" site left behind in bankruptcy and is owned by Motors Liquidation Co. The plant is still owned by General Motors Co., therefore not abandoned.
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