Police Blotter Oct. 12, 2010 from The Chattanoogan.com

Police Blotter: Gas Tab Rises After 80-Cent Purchase
posted October 12, 2010

A man who told a clerk he only wanted 80 cents worth of gas wound up getting a full tank.

A clerk at Mr. Zip on Frazier Avenue said he accidentally authorized $80 in gas after the customer told him 80 cents.

The customer didn't stop at the 80 cents. He kept pumping until his newer-model black Nissan Pathfinder was full at the $54.60 mark.

The clerk said he approached the man at the pump and told him he would have to pay the balance. But the man drove off without paying.

Trying to trace the tag on the vehicle didn't help. It came back to a white Chevrolet.

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Faith Morgan of Sylvan Avenue said she came home and found that her front door had been kicked open. Nothing was missing this time.

When it happened two weeks earlier, the burglar took a TV and laptop computer.

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James Jordan, property manager at a location on Austin Drive, said Ryan B. Austin, former maintenance worker, was evicted a week ago. He spent some time moving out all his items.

A neighbor said just before he left, he heard a lot of noise coming from the unit.

Mr. Jordan said he found the entire apartment had been vandalized. There was damage upstairs and downstairs, including to most of the doors.

A warrant was taken against Austin for vandalism.

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Brenda Cummings said when she left her residence at 5606 Old Mission Road she left her purse on the roof of her car.

She was later told that a male was seen picking up the purse and taking it inside a house at 5333 Old Mission.

Ms. Cummings knocked on the door of that address and was told by a woman that her son had the purse and was going to return it.

Ms. Cummings found the purse on her front porch.

Items missing included her cash, a check, diabetes medicine and needles.

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Ashley Askew said she was getting out of her car on the second floor of the county parking garage next to the county jail when a black male she knows as "Twin" held a black pistol on her and demanded money.

She said "Twin" reached in her purse and helped himself to a bank envelope containing $300.

She said he then left the garage with a heavy-set black male.

A couple of hours later, Ms. Askew called police from Walmart on Signal Mountain Road to report the robbery.

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Mairi Wright of Browndell Drive said someone has been throwing clumps of dirt at her house.

She is going to install security cameras so she can find out who is doing it.

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On South Willow Street, Mateo Miguel notified police that a prostitute had thrown a rock at his car.

Police said Miguel spoke understandable English, but he was so drunk that he could not be understood.

Officers told him to file a report later when he "could make a clear and accurate statement."

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Police checked out a ruckus on Crompton Street. An officer was told that Chris Penalver was in town trying to help Amanda Oliver with her living situation.

Also present were Kaitlyn Cook and Jessica Morris.

Police said Ms. Oliver has a child that she believes could be Mr. Penalver's. He denies the child is his.

Ms. Oliver said she found Mr. Penalver sleeping with Ms. Cook and Ms. Morris, and she became enraged.

Police said there was a lot of yelling, but apparently no punches thrown so no charges were filed.

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