Editor’s note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how police may have dealt with the complaint.
OCTOBER 25
1:33 a.m., customer at Huddle House is paying for his meal with counterfeit bill; customer is still on scene and said he just got the money from bank; assistance given and officer advised bill was OK.
2:02 a.m., someone from Proctor Street residence called 911 then hung up; when dispatch called back female said two men were there who stated they had a gun and one of them was going to rape her; she believes they are gone now and she doesn't want police contact; assistance given; extra patrol given.
5:40 a.m., caller on Perryville Road is complaining of reckless driver of black pickup truck who ran her off the road; she said she is OK and doesn't think there is damage to her vehicle.
7:12 a.m., two-vehicle accident in physicians' parking lot at the hospital.
8:31 a.m., male was seen on Sycamore Street picking up trash and lighting it on fire.
8:37 a.m., two people may be passed out in gold-colored car parked in Redwing Shoes parking lot.
11:44 a.m., caller from Shakertown Road business wants to report a windshield has been broken out.
12:33 p.m., caller witnessed someone across the street cut phone and cable lines off of a building on North Fourth Street.
1:23 p.m., report of non-injury accident on Techwood Drive.
2:14 p.m., one-vehicle injury collision on Riva Ridge Drive.
2:27 p.m., report of two vicious dogs running loose near Jennie Rogers Elementary School; one of them bit the caller but it didn't break the skin.
3:32 p.m., report that male patient at hospital is being slightly combative; assistance given.
3:38 p.m., report that caller's vehicle was damaged by neighbor's tree on Pontiac Drive.
6:07 p.m., report of a reckless delivery driver on Crescent Drive.
7:57 p.m., non-injury accident on West Main Street.
8:36 p.m., report of two suspicious subjects dressed all in black sitting on the curb at end of Maple Tree Place; unable to locate subjects.
9:01 p.m, suspect who cut the lines earlier on North Fourth Street has made some threats to the complainant and the landlord; assistance given.
11:21 p.m., male outside residence on Hillcrest Drive is arguing with the caller's friend; there is an active protective order between the caller and the male outside; arrest made.
11:44 p. m., officer smelled a strong smoke smell in the Bold Venture area; officer found the residence where a female burnt something on the stove and is evacuating the smoke; she refused the fire department.
