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JARRED RACOON, PINE: A patrolling officer witnessed a raccoon with a jar stuck on its head run across the road near the 500 block of Pine Street around 9:23 p.m., Nov 5. The raccoon quickly wandered away, and the officer moved on

FRAUD, LOCHSPUR LANE: A family reported Oct. 26 that they had just received a “scam phone call” involving someone from Texas requesting that they wire money to get someone out of jail. After an officer called the family and spoke with them, it was determined that it was not a scam after all.

CRIMINAL DAMAGING, EAST WASHINGTON STREET: A woman reported arriving home about 1:40 a.m. Saturday and finding one of her front windows broken, with a stone porch decoration — depicting a dove and the word ”Peace” — thrown through it and found on the interior floor.