I saw my neighbor get arrested yesterday.

[Scout1071]

About a dozen cops and a dog. They've lived next to me for 4 years and they seem like such a sweet family. But, I came around the corner yesterday and saw him being arrested and a cop talking to his wife who was holding their 3 year old daughter (she was crying pretty hard at the sight of her dad being arrested.)

Anyway, I can't seem to find a local crime blotter with any info. I'm so curious to know why they brought out so many cops to arrest the guy. Anyone know where to find such info?

[datasuspect]

1. a domestic can do that

or maybe he was the neighborhood drug king pin.

did you notice if they were local or feds?

[Scout1071]

2. Looked local, BUT there were 2 "non-uniformed" that were in on the

action. I take several laps a day around the apartment complex property and they were very suspicious of me walking by the scene.

On edit - I have never noticed anything remotely close to drug traffic. In fact, they rarely have any visitors.

[datasuspect]

3. those are detectives

more than a dometic if that's the case.

9 times out of 10 its drugs.

notice any traffic around their crib?

[Scout1071]

6. Nope, no unusual traffic at all. In fact, they rarely have any visitors.

Honestly, they just look like your everyday, average suburban couple. They seemed very happy and I wouldn't suspect even minor drug use from either of them.

But, I agree that they were detectives. I definitely got that impression. Any ideas how I can find out what he was arrested for? Isn't it public record?

[datasuspect]

7. sorry

i didn't notice that you had said that.

did you ask the property management?

know a cop?

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. This happened on our street.. an older (60's) couple had their door

busted down. Cops with guns...hauled them away in their PJ's. The charge? Growing pot. It's a sad day indeed when something like that happens. :(

[MrCoffee]

5. if they were executing an arrest warrant, it won't be in the blotter,

probably. if it was a big drug sting, that would probably make the paper (local coverage, at least). hmmm...interesting.

[Scout1071]

11. I got nothing. Can't find a thing about it in the paper or a current

blotter.

I'm so nosey. Must. Find. Out.

[flvegan]

8. Two places:

If your local sheriff has a website, they often put mugshots up. Or, you can wait a couple days and check the court dockets using the last name. If you're really concerned, you can ask for a copy of the arrest record. Those are usually public info not requiring a FOIA request.

[ceile]

9. Can you ask the wife?

Are y'all friendly enough that she'd share with you what's going on?

[Scout1071]

10. I don't think so.

Although we are friendly, we aren't "friends." I would feel awkward knocking on the door and asking!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. I was once arrested by five cops and two police cars...

it was over a parking ticket. God I hate small-town cops.

He probably got busted over something dumb like growing weed. Speaking from experience, often it can take up to a week for something to make it into the local police blotter.

[Scout1071]

13. What did you do? Park on somebody?

That's pretty heavy-handed for a parking ticket!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. No, the town I worked in was entirely 1-hr parking except for the permit

lot. I got two overtime parking tickets in one day. My boss was supposed to pay for the tickets & get me a permit. Well, he got me the permit, but didn't pay the tickets. I never even got anything in the mail, but apparently there was a warrant for me for a couple months.

I was at the bar by my apartment and the POS car I had at the time died in front of the bar. My friend was working, so she notified the cops that my car died and I'd leave it on the street overnight (the town I lived in had no overnight street parking) because she didn't want me to get a ticket. The cops arrested me when I was starting my walk home. They cuffed me and even put on the lights & sirens so they could run the light to the station WHICH YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BAR!!! Anyway, I had the cash to pay the tickets, but I was searched and generally experienced stupidity. An example of the stupidity is I have 7 tattoos and I was wearing shorts, tanktop, sandals so every tattoo on my body was visible. Dumb cop goes, "You don't have any tattoos or anything like that, do you?" I just looked at him and the slightly less stupid cop goes, "yo man, did you look at her?" They decided that since it was over a parking ticket, they didn't need to give a full description of them and just put down multiple.

Anyway, the next day, my boss paid for the tickets, which cost him 3x the original amount by then. Guess what the other crime in town was that week? Some teenagers stole a couple cases of soda from the gas station and the cops chased down their pickup all the way to the highway.

Madison, NJ: Crime Capital of the World.

[Scout1071]

15. UPDATE - I found the info.

Fugitive warrant from San Diego. Bond was $50,000, so I suspect it wasn't something petty.

[UrbScotty]

16. Wow (nt)

[Scout1071]

17. I know. I've googled, but could find no info on him in San Diego.

I hope it wasn't a violent crime. He just seemed like such a nice guy. No problems as neighbors - ever.

[skygazer]

18. I was once arrested in front of all my neighbors

Horrible, horrible feeling. My husband (unbeknownst to me) was dealing cocaine - not out of our house but he was dealing. I hadn't a clue. He was out of town when the cops came to the door - at least 30 state troopers as well as several detectives and a dog. My neighbors were all hanging out their windows watching, jaws dropped.

For hours, they tore my house apart, looking for "evidence." They threatened to take my three small children from me and have my home condemned if I didn't "cooperate" (my response? "You have 30 cops and a dog in my house - how much more cooperation do you want?").

When they finally found their "evidence" (detailed in the next paragraph), they took me away in handcuffs, making me leave my kids with a neighbor. They held me for about 6 hours. I spent the time discussing the War of 1812 with the desk sargent, a guy who'd been a NYC cop for many years and who'd moved to New Hampshire to get away from it all. He thought the whole thing was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever seen.

For the next several months, I had to attend repeated court hearings. Why? Because they found a pack of rolling papers and an aspirin bottle half full of pot seeds in my house. The seeds wouldn't germinate so they had to throw the "drug" charge out but they charged me with possession of paraphenalia, though the papers were found on top of a can of cigarette tobacco (my husband rolled his own cigarettes).

The local paper breathlessly reported the whole thing - evidently, several homes had been raided in this "drug sweep." The paper said that, "a quantity of guns and marijuana were found." The "guns" consisted of one hunting rifle (legal) found at one home and the marijuana consisted of the seeds found in mine. Because of the write-up, my babysitter, who cared for my 3 year old son while I went to college, refused to take him any longer. I'll never forget his little tear-streaked face when he asked me, "Why doesn't Diane like me anymore?"

These are the reasons that I hate 1. my ex husband, 2. the media 3. the police and 4. the state of New Hampshire.

Based on my experience, it sounds like a drug bust. But I'd take any write-up with a grain of salt and if they seemed like nice people, they probably were - they just picked the wrong way to try to make a living.

[Scout1071]

19. Damn.

Sorry to hear that, but glad you escaped.

I did feel uncomfortable making eye contact with him, that's for sure.