Article Contributed on: 8/5/2009 4:52:52 PM
Soldier memorials slashed. At 7:15 a.m. July 27, officers responded to a home on the 8700 block of Hilltop Road. A 59-year-old woman told deputies she often puts out memorials in support of the troops overseas. Due to 10 previous vandalisms to her memorials, the woman told deputies she checks her property religiously. At 3 a.m. July 27, she said the memorials were fine, but when she woke at 7 a.m., she discovered someone ripped up three signs, slashed a banner, pulled her flag bunting down and broke a cross. The woman had eight items on display. The woman says she does not know who did this, but it has happened several other times as well, and she wants to press charges. Total damages are estimated to be $217.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Drunken woman asks officers to join in roadside maneuvers. A 53-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI the evening of July 25, in the area of Canterberry Parkway and Seabrook Lane. On a tip from a citizen call, an officer located the woman asleep in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked in a traffic lane, with the engine running. When asked what she was doing in this state, she said she was lost and drank too much. While performing voluntary roadside sobriety maneuvers, she asked the officers to participate, saying it was like a "couple's dance." She was issued a summons on suspicion of DUI and later released to a sober friend.
Teen throws water balloons at cars. An 18-year-old Parker man was issued a summons for criminal mischief July 24. While driving in the area of Jordan Road and Clarke Farms Drive, an officer witnessed a rear-seat passenger in a Hyundai sedan reach out the window and throw water balloons at a vehicle in the other lane. The teen admitted he was "just having fun and made a mistake."
Woman goes on shoplifting spree. A 40-year-old woman was issued a summons for shoplifting July 26 at King Soopers, 12959 Parker Road. A store security guard said he witnessed the woman put several items in her purse as well as a shopping cart, including chicken breasts, shampoo, hair gel, razors, aspirin and two cartons of cigarettes, totaling approximately $185. The security guard questioned her as she left the store without paying for the items. A police search of the woman's vehicle led the woman to admit she had recently stole several items from the area Kohl's and Wal-Mart as well.
Parker Police