Suspect wonders whether he's going to heaven

(Editors note: The Bee's police blotter is a sampling of unusual, sometimes humorous calls received by the police department. It is not intended to be a complete record of all incidents reported.)

Friday, March 23

+ A suspicious male in his late 20s approached a woman and her daughter while they were walking to the child's school and said it was his last day on Earth and wanted to know if he was going to heaven. The suspect was found sitting in a grey BMW on Country Parkway and said he was here for ministry and leaving that day.

+ A cat was reported stuck on an electrical pole on Alberta Drive since the previous day. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was notified.

+ An armed robbery was reported on Transit Road and Wehrle Drive. A man in his 20s wearing a dark jacket and dark pants and hat displayed a shotgun and left on foot in an unknown direction.

Saturday, March 24

+ A tractor-trailer took down a street light at the corner of Bailey Avenue and Main Street and dragged it for a few hundred feet. National Grid was notified.

+ A complainant on Avalon Drive said that during the past year either bouquets of flowers or a single rose has been left at the complainant's house. The complainant said that there was no one suspected, but the flowers always come from Quality Market.

+ A mailbox was run over by a red Volkswagon Beetle on Dodge Road. No license plate information was taken, but a piece of the plastic fender was left behind.

Sunday, March 25

+ A complainant from Springville Avenue reported that her neighbor's husband was at the neighbor's house breaking things inside, putting the neighbor's belongings on the curb and urinating on them. The call was unfounded as nothing appeared to be disturbed in the house.

+ An injured deer was found in a yard on Village Park Drive.

+ Entry was gained to a Harlem Road location, and roughly $60 in dollar bills was taken from cash drawers.

Monday, March 26

+ An assault occurred on Moulton Avenue where the suspect showed what the victim believed was a black, semi-automatic handgun. The subject struck the victim in the head with a hammer and fled the scene on foot.

+ A complainant went to a Main Street ATM and noticed that the bank door was open and a money bag was in plain sight. There were no lights on and no answer when the complainant yelled inside, but the inside doors were secure.

+ An employee of a Sheridan Drive business reported a male in his 40s trying on clothes in the dressing rooms. He apparently had been in the store before looking into dressing rooms where young women were trying on clothes.

Tuesday, March 26

+ Seven juveniles were screaming obscenities at an Allenhurst Road corner.

+ A Country Parkway complainant called about a bird in the bathroom.

+ A complainant was concerned regarding a letter that a mail carrier picked up on Niagara Falls Boulevard. The letter was not in an envelope and was a six- or seven page letter on yellow legal paper written by a homeless person.

Wednesday, March 27

+ Two males were walking down Eggert Road soliciting something, possibly magazines, and asked a complainant if they could enter the house and write something down. The complainant refused, and the two men left. They were located and advised.

+ An elderly man in a tan car had been parked in front of a complainant's Main Street home for more than an hour. There was no problem. The man had simply pulled over to take a nap.

+ A Klein Road complainant told police that she loaned her car to an acquaintance of her daughter's the previous night with the understanding that he would return from a Narcotics Anonymous meeting two hours later. He did not return and also took the complaint's husband's cell phone.

Thursday, March 28

+ A male and female were screaming vulgarities at each other over a lost dog on Wehrle Drive.

+ A male between 15 and 17 years old was reaching down and pulling "things" out of his pants at a Garrison Road basketball court.