From the Files of the Joliet PD

I stayed home sick from work today and don't really have anything new to report, so for your reading pleasure I've compiled a few classic police blotter stories. Enjoy!



Potatoes pitched in attack on man, woman

JOLIET -- A man told police a woman kicked open his front door while he was watching television, shouted at him, punched him in the face, kicked him in the leg and threw a bowl of potatoes at him Sunday evening. The 28-year-old man was watching television in his Fairview Avenue home with an 18-year-old woman about 6:30 p.m. when the front door was kicked in, police said.
After the potatoes were thrown, the 18-year-old said the woman punched her in the face, pulled her hair and grabbed her hands.The 18-year-old suffered abrasions to her knuckles and the backs of her hands and bruises to her right cheek, police said.
The potato-throwing woman then took off in a Dodge Stratus, police said. Four children were in the residence at the time of the attack, police said.



Teen breaks in, rips off Honey Buns, car keys

JOLIET -- A 16-year-old boy was arrested on a charge of breaking into an Essington Road automotive repair garage early Thursday. An alarm call brought police to the building, which had a broken window.
Inside, they found the boy hiding, according to reports.He reportedly took eight Honey Buns, six Twizzlers and five packages of Pop-Tarts from a vending machine he broke.
Losses and damages were estimated at more than $75.
He also took eight sets of car keys and later admitted to police that he broke into 12 cars in the business's parking lot, reports said.
Most of the vehicles' owners found nothing missing from their cars.
One man said a gold ring, three cassette tapes, $2 and a car key were missing from his Camaro.
His loss was set at $182.



Security halts theft at casino buffet

JOLIET -- Harrah's Casino security swooped in to apprehend men stealing fried chicken from a buffet Tuesday evening, police said. Shawn Mahoney, 32, of 325 Hunter Ave. and Dana McCourt, 45, of 611 E. Cass St. both were booked on charges of theft in connection with the 5:50 p.m. incident.
A third man, Raymond Green, 45, of 611 E. Cass St., was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass.The security advisor for Harrah's Casino took action when he was advised of men taking chicken from a buffet and depositing it in their pockets without paying, police said.
Security workers detained the two men and found not only fried fowl in their pockets, police said, but a bottle of A-1 steak sauce on McCourt as well.
McCourt and Mahoney reportedly had managed to get a total of six pieces of chicken into their pockets before they were apprehended.



In other news, I watched an episode of 90210 today that I'd never seen before, involving Brandon and a farmhand, Steve and ugly football t-shirts, and Donna getting stalked. Now I recall this storyline occurring earlier on in 90210, and I just don't understand: even if the creators of 90210 think the viewers are dumb enough to think that anyone would want to stalk Donna once, how could they think that we'd believe she'd be stalked again? Tori Spelling frightens me.