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Incident in Aisle 8 at Winder Quality Foods and Other Strange Police Stories

Here's a roundup of unusual crime stories from the past week in Northeast Georgia.

Attention shoppers: Watch out for flying energy drink cans in Aisle 8. While unsure if such an announcement went out at a Winder grocery store, it would have been accurate. A dispute that involved three women escalated when . The store manager broke things up, but when he called the cops, the woman chucking cans ran out of the store.

The case of a missing leg has been solved. In last week’s weird police news, a child-sized prosthetic had been found alongside a road in Watkinsville that had police wondering what to do to find the owner. On Thursday, . Apparently, the leg — a right leg painted black and adorned with planets and stars — may have fallen off the roof while the car was moving. Mom said the prosthesis was missing the shoe.

Apparently defending the honor of his wife, a  by a man who said he only had a “mutual conversation” with the woman. The victim confronted the man at Little Mulberry Park, alleging he had made sexually suggestive remarks to his wife. When the man was leaving in his truck, the victim chased him down on his bicycle and told him not to talk to his wife anymore. He also said he was going to call police. The man in the truck, saying he thought he was going to be punched, sprayed the man in the face.

A Lawrenceville woman thought a nap on a back porch was a good idea. But Gwinnett police and the owner of the home did not. The woman put two lawn chairs together to take a snooze but woke up when the police arrived. “What the [expletive] are you doing in my house!” she yelled. The problem was, the house is in Sugar Hill and she wasn’t the owner.

From the department of “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” comes a story about a . The man, who was in his car, was convinced by a man in another vehicle about a great deal for the electronic device. The duo went to a grocery store parking area, where the victim obtained money. After the thief was paid, he drove away, leaving the man with a FedEx box and an iPad-shaped tile. The funny thing about this incident — when the victim talked to the cops, he pointed out what he thought was the car driven by the man who stole his money. Police stopped the car, and while it wasn’t the suspect, the driver of the car was charged with marijuana possession.

A Dacula man who was stopped and arrested on a charge of soliciting without a permit said he had a backup plan in case he failed in his attempt to make an honest living. If things didn't work out, he told police he would just  The man was arrested after a homeowner reported seeing a man knocking on doors and walking to the rear of the houses. The man, who was on probation, said he was going door-to-door to offer lawn services.

A report of loud music apparently sent Lilburn Police to a banquet hall recently, but . When police arrived, there was no loud music, but a person outside appeared to have been drinking. Inside, police found beer cans all over the joint. But nobody had a liquor license.

 at an Athens home, but by whom? Local animal control and code enforcement officials said it wasn’t them, but apparently there was a caller who complained that if the animals weren’t removed, the compainant would remove them.

Now that’s erratic driving! A Hoschton teen hit a curb, almost struck two cars head-on and  before she was pulled over. She admitted to drinking alcohol and taking cold medicine pills.

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Richard McGregor August 5, 2012 at 02:14 pm
Does anyone edit this grammar? 'three woman' 'with for marijana possession'
Deanna Allen (Editor) August 5, 2012 at 02:57 pm
Mistakes happen, but thank you for expecting perfection from us. And you misspelled marijuana.
Stacie Skelley August 5, 2012 at 04:27 pm
It's unattractive to get snarky with your customers. You're paid to use spelling & grammar checkers; you're reader are not.
ImpliedConsent August 5, 2012 at 05:19 pm
Stacie, you have a couple of mistakes as well: "You're" is a contraction of "you are". You more than likely meant "Your" which is a possessive case of "You". Also, unless there is just one reader, your word "reader" should probably be plural.
Stacie, let's try it your way without the contraction: "...; "you are" reader are not." Does that sound right? No, let's move on. Now let's try it the right way: "...; your readers are not." Notice the two correct changes? Yes, that's right! We added the possessive case of "You" and used the plural "readers". Point is ... don't throw stones in your glass house.
ImpliedConsent August 5, 2012 at 05:39 pm
BTW Ms. Allen, we Georgia Soldiers are here in Afghanistan. Some from Barrow County. Every now and then this site jumps up to the top of Google News "WTF" category. There are a couple of ironic things in the article ... and now in the comments. Good job y'all! We'll be home soon!
Stacie Skelley August 5, 2012 at 11:13 pm
uhmmm - I wasn't throwing stones; the. journalist was.
Deanna Allen (Editor) August 6, 2012 at 01:40 am
I didn't mean to throw stones. Honestly. And I didn't mean to sound snarky. I meant to point out that mistakes happen and while Patch writers would love to be perfect, we are not. Far from it. I apologize to anyone who was offended by my post.
Deanna Allen (Editor) August 6, 2012 at 01:48 am
Nice to know Barrow Patch is at the top of the "WTF" category. With some of the stories on here I can understand why. Lol. ImpliedConsent, thank you for reading and come home safely and soon!
Miss Larna August 11, 2012 at 05:51 am
chuckle chuckle..peeple are two funny.

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Kristi Reed (Editor) June 18, 2013 at 06:22 pm
Thanks for posting Devera! It looks as if you have a lot of fun activities planned.
Bill Summerour June 15, 2013 at 08:49 pm
I grew up in a Winder where doors were not locked and the town was full of folks shopping! SometimesRead More a moonshiner would get caught or the parking meter would run out of time and one would get a parking ticket by one of the three cops in town! Now I keep a weapon handy because of voices and footsteps on the pavement at night! Where are these people coming from and going to after one o'clock in the morning? Why does it take so long for a policeman to show up after a call is made,if they show up at all? I've watched nice homes on my street turn into dumps. They are rented by owners who are only interested in the money and not the quality of people who are renting. Yeah, I keep a weapon and it's loaded for a thief or prowler! When seconds count a cop is only several minutes away,if at all!
Timothy Hinds June 17, 2013 at 12:51 am
Excellent comment, Bill. I, too, remember what it was like to trust those around you as much trustRead More as you gave them.