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100 Word Story – Police Blotter – Ducks

Happy Wednesday!  Here’s yet another 100 Word Story based on an item in the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, CA.  The actual blotter item as well as a link to the original page it was found on are below the story.  Enjoy and be sure to tell a friend!

Ducks
By Grant Baciocco

Officer Roberts was about to get back into his patrol car when he felt a tug at his pants leg.  Looking down he saw a brown duck looking up at him.

Officer Roberts looked at the duck, wondering if it had, in fact just tugged on his pants.  The duck looked up and, gesturing with her wing, pointed to the far side of the busy street.  Officer Roberts was then startled to see six ducklings appear and join their mother in pointing across the street.  Smiling, he nodded and stepped out into the street and stopped traffic for the ducks.

Burlingame Avenue, 8 a.m. Friday An officer responding to reported traffic hazard escorted ducks across the street.

©2015 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media – www.SaturdayMorningMedia.com

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100 Word Story – Police Blotter – Slosh, slosh

Here’s another 100 word story based on an item in the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, CA.  As always, the actual police blotter item, along with a link to the page it’s located on, follows the story.  Hope you enjoy these!  If so, please tell a friend.

Slosh, Slosh
By Grant Baciocco

Slosh, slosh.

The sound that woke Lorraine from a deep sleep.  She held her breath.

Slosh, slosh.

She sat bolt upright in bed and looked towards her bedroom door.

Slosh, Slosh.

It was louder now.  She swung her feet over the edge of the bed and jammed them into her slippers.  Grabbing her robe, it was on her by the time she reached the end of the hallway.

SLOSH, SLOSH.

She screamed.  Sure whatever horrible creature was making the sound was at her front door.  She threw open the door and there stood a man with a mop.

Slosh, slosh.

Saturday, November 10 – 4:12 a.m. A citizen on the 1700 block of California Drive reported loud cleaning taking place.

©2015 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media – www.SaturdayMorningMedia.com

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100 Word Story – Police Blotter – Pizza Night Part 2

Here is Part 2 of the Pizza Night Police Blotter Story!  This is a 100 Word Story based on an actual item from my hometown police blotter!

If you haven’t read Part 1, do so by CLICKING HERE.

As always the Police Blotter item as well as a link to the police blotter appear below the story.  Enjoy!

Pizza Night Part 2
By Grant Baciocco

Simon Caruthers cackled with delight as he ate slice after slice of the piping hot pizza that had just been delivered.  He peered through his blinds over to the Stevenson household and imagined the confusion and angst the family must be going through.

For years, Simon had endured living next to the Stevenson’s and their loud brood of children and for years he’d seen their delirious glee when a pizza was delivered every Thursday night.  He had turmoiled over how exactly to rankle them and then it hit him.  Next Thursday, he’d simply order a pizza and have it delivered.

Murchison Drive, 8:03 p.m. July 2 A person wrongly accused of pizza theft reported being upset.

©2015 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media – www.SaturdayMorningMedia.com

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100 Word Story – Police Blotter – Trespassers

Now THIS is exactly the kind of police blotter reporting I absolutely love that gets reported in the Burlingame Police Blotter.  Pure perfection.  Enjoy!

Tresspassers
By Grant Baciocco

“How dare they!”

“The nerve.  The absolute nerve!”

“Don’t they know this is our parking lot?  Who do they think they are?!”

“Go say something!”

“I’m not going anywhere near them.  Disgusting!”

“We need to get to our car.”

“We’ll wait them out.”

“But they’re eating, they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.”

“I tell you Agnes, this neighborhood is going downhill fast.  When there’s an absolute disregard for public property,  that’s the first sign of the fall.”

“I’m calling the police!

“I thought you called them when you saw them walking by earlier.”

“I did.  But I’m calling them again!”

Park Road and Howard Avenue, 4:54 p.m. April 22 Ducks reported to be walking through a parking lot were still there when police responded. Eating bread.

©2015 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media

I’ve been thinking a lot about the police blotter stories I’ve written and posted here and I think the new goal with them is to get to where I’ve written 100 of them and then collect them all into a book tentatively titled: 100, 100 Word Crimes in Burlingame.  Or something.  I’ll try and find a publisher for it and, if not, just release it myself.

One of these days, I’ll have to go through and see how many I have.  I don’t think I’m at 100 yet.  May not even be over 50, but it’s a fun goal to work towards.

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