Gadsden

ASSAULT

A 67-year-old man reported he was assaulted by his ex-girlfriend Monday afternoon. He told police she came to his home in the 2000 block of White Avenue and wanted some of the food he was grilling. He told her he couldn’t give her any, and she got angry, flipped him out of the walker/chair he was sitting in, took some of the food and ran away. The victim is disabled, and when police arrived he still was on the ground, and they had to help him up. He said he was hurt, but declined medical help until he could see his own doctor.

Police were called to a local hospital Friday night where a 28-year-old woman was being treated for a severe laceration to her forehead. She told police a 32-year-old woman attacked her outside her residence in the 100 block of Allen Street. She said the woman came to the residence and started arguing with everyone, then pulled out a butcher knife and cut her.

CRIMINAL TRESPASSING

Police responded to a possible burglary call early Tuesday morning after a neighbor reported hearing a loud banging noise from a residence in the 500 block of Chester Street. When she went to check, she saw a man in the yard; he told her someone broke into the house. The neighbor was on the phone with the homeowner, who was out of town, and police told her there appeared to be a panel missing from the front door. She asked police to clear the residence, and as officers were going through it, they encountered a 22-year-old man in the front bedroom. They found the man had three warrants through the Gadsden Police Department and took him into custody. Officers had to force him into the patrol vehicle and after they shut the door, he started banging his head on the driver’s side window, then started kicking the window, causing the door frame to bend outward. He was belligerent, cursing officers. Medics were called to evaluate him because he said he had epilepsy and complained of a broken foot. Medics said his complaints were invalid, and he was taken to jail for trespassing, pending charges.

At about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a detective and patrolman were on regular patrol on North 12th Street when they saw a naked man on top of a Freedom Church of Gadsden bus in the 300 block. They found the right front window of the bus damaged, and that the subject had defecated on the bus. He was taken to the detective division to be interviewed, then released to his family, according to the police report.

BURGLARIES/ THEFTS

A Snapper law mower was reported stolen between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Friday from the 1100 block of Glendale Avenue.

A store in the 1000 block of Rainbow Drive reported discovering that between May 1 and May 22, an employee was scanning less expensive items and bagging higher-priced clothing.

A Smith & Wesson SD-40 pistol was reported stolen or missing Saturday from a location in the 100 block of North Second Street.

A window unit air conditioner was reported stolen between 5 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Saturday from a storage building in the 1000 block of Gardner Street.

Someone took a hammer drill between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday from a location in the 500 block of Paden Road.

Police responded to an alarm at 12:11 a.m. Monday at a business in the 1300 block of West Meighan Boulevard, where they found a glass door broken. As officers cleared the store, a sergeant patrolled the area nearby and spotted a man on bicycle about a half-block away, with a weed trimmer on his back. When the man spotted the officer, he dropped the weed trimmer and fled. Officers searched for him and were not able to find him. Video showed a man leaving the business with two trimmers; one was not recovered.

A man who had been helping out at a auto shop in the 2700 block of West Meighan Boulevard is accused of taking a 2006 Dodge Ram truck, white, with two red doors on the driver’s side, on Sunday.

A man reported the theft of his wallet, stolen between 11:50 a.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday from an unlocked vehicle in the 400 block of Turrentine Avenue.