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100 Word Story – Police Blotter – Pry

It’s been awhile, but here is another 100 word story based on an item in the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, CA.  The original blotter item, plus a link to where I found it follows the story.  If you’d like to see all previous police blotter stories, you can do so here:

https://blog.mrgrant.com/category/writing/police-blotter/

Enjoy!

Pry
By Grant Baciocco

“I’m so sorry officer,” Danielle blushed, “I’m just completely embarrassed.”

Officer Roberts hooked his thumb into his belt, “No need to be embarrassed Mrs. Martinez.  I can see where you’d think that someone tried to pry open your rear screen door here, but I assure you, these marks are just dirt and spider webs.”

“Thank you, officer.” Danielle replied, “Sorry to waste your time.”

“Better safe than sorry.” Officer Roberts replied as they walked around the side of the house.

From the bushes a few feet away, the dirt and spiderweb monster watched them leave. He would wait until tonight.

1700 block of Toledo Avenue, 9:51 a.m. Tuesday A resident thought someone had tried to pry open the rear screen door. An officer responded and determined that the woman had confused dirt and spider webs present for pry marks.

©2016 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media

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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 – Another no.

Heres another 100 Word Story based on an item from the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, California.  As always, you can see the actual blotter listing and a link to the item after the story below.  Enjoy.

Another no.
By Grant Baciocco

Roger hung up the phone and sighed.

“Another no.” He said to himself.  With his left hand he held the ruler steady and with his right, drew a line through the name in the phone book.

He had been at this for years, but he knew it was worth it.  His father had always told him that hard work and persistence pays off.  He had now reached the “L” pages of the phone book and he had a good feeling that the law of averages were on his side.  He picked up the phone and punched in the next number.

Burlingame, June 5. A resident reported receiving unwanted marriage proposals over the phone.

©2015 Grant Baciocco/Saturday Morning Media – All rights reserved.

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