Updated – An archive of odd stuff I hear on the police scanner

The sometimes sad, often odd and mostly amusing bits and pieces of life in York County, Pennsylvania tweeted while listening to York County Department of Emergency Services, 911 Communications from April 2010 to present while covering news for the York Daily Record/Sunday News.

The 381 tweets almost never made the paper or a web update, but are still a micro slice of life.

Originally posted to twitter by @paulkuehnel


#911call: Caller advises someone came to there door wanting to see their utility bills, wearing florescent traffic vests.
April 16
#911call: The owner of the White Dove is reporting black ooze bubbling from a manhole
April 15
#911call: A woman says a man came to her door asking her if she recycles and that people were supposed to leave candy at the mailbox. (10 p.m.)
April 15
#911call: Police advise York County control that they have found an iPod with a SpongeBob case on it if anyone is missing one.
April 15
#911call: For a cat stuck in tree outside Living Word church. Police: “not responding, they are adept at getting down”
April 15
#911call: for a mother locked in the bedroom by children, without the key and yelling out the window to a neighbor to get help.
April 11
#911call: Caller advises that the neighbor from one apartment stole the birthday card from the kid of another apartment.
April 11
#911call: The caller wants to report a missing goat. “She was babysitting the goat” and it broke away from it’s collar.
April 11
#911call: The caller advises that she loaned her license plate to someone, who loaned it to someone else and now she is getting fines.
April 11

#911call: The subject advises the individual who was involved in accident took off saying he would be late for school and would fail class.
April 11
#911call: The subject ordered shoes and received an empty shoe box.
April 9
#911call: The caller advises that his exwife broke into his house and stole diapers and wipes.
April 8
#911call: Caller advises that she found three goats walking around the road and contained them in her shed. (Points for corralling 3 goats)
April 8
#911call: Mother advises that her son bought marijuana inside the store, they sell it from a black bag.
April 8
#911call: Called advises his Suzuki Forenza is gone, maybe a repo. Police confirm: repo. The repo man doesn’t take the day off for Easter.
April 8
#911call: Caller advises that he has head about 100 shots fired south of his house in the past 20 minutes.
April 4
#911call: Police stop a vehicle going the opposite direction in a traffic circle.
April 3
#911call: Caller panics says alarm went off on stove & people should evacuate for a gas leak… other person in residence, “it’s the timer”
April 1
#911call: Caller advises that the driver has his hands between his legs and a case of beer on the back seat.
March 26
#911call: Parent call in: For a black Lexus passing school bus & a man watching daughter arrive at High School.
March 26
#911call: the caller advises she found a skuill and spine along the road.
March 21
#911call: Caller advises that a dog peeed on her head. Police: “on her leg?” 911: “No the dog was on the porch above her”
March 21
#911call: Caller advises a neighbor is touching cars and pointed a finger at him.
March 21
#911call: Caller wants to advise an officer about a person who texts and drives #busted!
March 20
#911call: Caller advises a person is trying to get out of the attic. Police: “are they sure it is a human in the attic?” 911: “yes”
March 19
#911call: The caller advises part of her vehicle may be laying in road and if you see it she would like it.
March 19
#911call: This hour: For a Nova revving engine, spinning gravel; neighbors in the trailer riding around in dune buggy making noise #spring
March 19
#911call: For a man wearing slippers walking around the Giant parking lot with a dolly (I am assuming a hand truck?)
March 18
#911call: The caller wants an officer to respond while she picks up her wedding dress she has been having a dispute over.
March 18
#911call: The subject advises she was carjacked by a man named Josh, she drove them to Denny’s and they got out.
March 14
#911call: Caller advises she tried to wash out her granddaughter’s mouth w Dawn for language. 911: “There are no weapons other than the Dawn
March 14
#911call: For a victim with a knife in the neck. – yikes! (later determined to be a suicide)
March 14
#911call: Caller advises loud music is “shaking the whole apartment complex”
March 13
#911call: Caller advises that his neighbor “is letting his dog use the bathroom in his yard” Also happened a few months ago
March 13
#911call: After caller advises police about man with gun – and no gun found. Police: “She (caller) seems to attract drama wherever she goes”
March 13
#911call: Caller advises a white Prius break checking them and littering #notgreen
March 12
#911call: Caller advises that his ex-girlfriend is selling his possessions.
March 12
#911call: For a man with a gas can walking though a cemetery, when confronted dropped gas can and hid behind a headstone.
March 12
#911call: Four new witnesses called in for vehicles driving round shooting, east end. Could be same description of vehicles as earlier event
March 11
#911call: The caller advises an older male started cursing at her grandson for dropping his ice cream sandwich on the sidewalk.
March 7
#911call: the caller advises the individual is knocking on doors asking people if they need services for the deaf.
March 7
#911call; For a student, age 25, who had a bottle roll out of his bag in class, is intoxicated, and now sitting in his car.
March 6
#911call: Police: The person w information wants to walk to police station rather than ride in a police car so they don’t look like a snitch
March 6
#911call: Caller wants you to be aware of a woman driver than gave him the finger. Does not want you to respond #call911tofeelbetter
March 6
#911call: For a dead turkey on the median on Rt 30 at North Hills Road
March 5
#911call: Caller advises that over night her neighbor threw her deer feeder into her yard and took her camera.
March 5
#911call: Update: Male last seen running down alley and female turning on to Hartley.
March 4
#911call: for a female with a child in back intentionally trying to run over a male subject
March 4
#911call: A mother reports that her (separated) husband’s car seat for their child is too small and illegal. She wants an officer to respond
March 4
#911call: For two horses in the street, now eating grass on a lawn. #betterthanalawnmower
March 4
#911call: Caller advises that the buyer of their vehicle shorted them $1000 and drove away with the tags on it.
Feb 29
#911call: Caller advises driver is drinking a beer & cocked handgun before tucking back under seat. Caller believes might be suspicious.
Feb 28
#911call: For 20 females attacking a female in the grass near Edgar Fahs Smith middle school
Feb 28
#911call: “The subject is violent and not alert”
Feb 27
#911call: Caller advises that a subject on roller skates cursed him out and left in an unknown direction
Feb 26
#911call: Caller advises that a group of youths, including his son, are throwing rocks at his car.
Feb 26
#911call: Caller woke up & found 14yr old daughter missing, believes she is with ex on his custody weekend.
Feb 26
#911call: For a bat flying around the cafeteria of William Penn HS Police: I will respond, but don’t have equipment to deal with that”
Feb 21
#911call: Caller advises that he has sole possession of garage (divorce) and there is another man in there #sacredplaces
Feb 21
#911call: Caller advises sees an erratic driver Police: Is this the same caller that saw erratic d earlier? 911: Yes Police: he’s a regular
Feb 19
#911call: For three vehicles parked in a row with the subjects dumpster diving (sounds like summer at the pond, only not)
Feb 16
#911call: For a man leaning out window w vacuum cleaner saying he wants to clean outside & cut down trees. (maybe I didn’t hear than right)
Feb 15
#911call: The caller advises one party has his machete out, both parties have been drinking.
Feb 14
#911call: (2) It appears the car might have been stolen from the pickup truck driver
Feb 13
#911call: The caller advises that a pickup is chasing him Police: Tell him to pull over Caller: he rams me when I stop
Feb 13
#911call: The caller advises that when when her child was dropped off, the father had a gun on the dashboard.
Feb 13
#911call: Caller advises there is man standing by her house, says no trespassing, he’s drug dealer; she will push him if he doesn’t go away
Feb 13
#911call: Caller advises they stomping upstairs, if Pol don’t respond, take law into her own hands.(Excellent way to get police to respond)
Feb 12
#911call: The caller advises that the toy airplane he bought at the electronics show doesn’t work and the seller won’t give him money back
Feb 12
#911call: The caller advises that the church music is just too loud.
Feb 12
#911call: The caller advises that they have viruses on their computer
Feb 7
#911call: The caller wants to report a subject leaning on his car.
Feb 6
#911call: for a driver that backed into another vehicle while asleep at the wheel #sleepdriving
Jan 31
#911call: The mother advises that her daughter witnessed a “nude exposure” by a 12 yr old boy on the school bus.
Jan 31
#911call: “For an angry, growling beagle”, also women w 18 stray cats says they are “destroying her house and will give her a heart attack”
Jan 30
#911call: Caller advises that he has found a golden bullet
Jan 29
#911call: For a child struck by a deer
Jan 25
#911call: “The child has some explicit comments for the officer arriving” (Um, look out child)
Jan 24
#911call: Caller advises that he found a freezer bag in the street with hair, flesh and brain in it and put it in the back of his pickup
Jan 18
911call: For a stolen cherry tree. A neighbor thought it odd that a truck pulled up over night and cut it down.
Jan 18
911call: Caller advises that a diaper bag was found on his daughter’s car
Jan 17
911call: for a mirror kicked off a car by an ex-girlfriend
Jan 16
911call: Caller advises someone broke in overnight and stole their radiators
Jan 10
911call: For a male stuffing potato chips into a hole in a porch. The caller suspects there might be an animal in there.
Jan 8
911call: For a 20 yr old overdosing on Listerine (Is it possible to drink this? and not vomit)
Jan 8
911call: Police: “It looks like someone popped someone in the backside” I believe this is code for a rear end accident.
Jan 8
911call: The caller advises that he found a wallet with four different social security cards in it.
Jan 8
911call: For a mother and daughter “smoking weed” while driving though a parking lot
Jan 4
911call: caller wants to “snitch” on a couple who is not supposed to be living together, now living together again.
Jan 2
911call: A call from a York resident (in Florida) who needs help (in Florida) #whenphoneconfusionfails
Jan 2
911call: for a trampoline vandalized with a knife.
Jan 2
911call: The caller advises that he was walking around with a baseball bat and hammer saying you better watch out”
Dec 28
911call: The caller advises he has an egg in his mailbox
Dec 27
911call: For a suspicious Christmas card with a hanover borough return address
20 Dec
911call: Caller advises that a Pomeranian is blocking entrance to her apartment
20 Dec
911call: For “boys” on a porch with semi-automatic weapons
20 Dec
911call: Caller wouldn’t advise 911 of native language so they cnt advise a language line, bt something abt $. How r they communicating? ‘
19 Dec
911call: For a blue Dodge Durango flying down the street. (Maybe low altitude air transport is an option on the Dodge)
27 Dec
911call: For a man hitting stop signs with a butcher knife
26 Dec
911call: For a subject wearing nothing below who then took his shirt off and wrapped it around below
26 Dec
911call: Police: “We can do it the nice way or we can do it the 302 way” (And you don’t want the 302 way)
25 Dec
911call: The caller advises that they bought an I pad from Target and there is only newspaper stuffed in box #badgifts
25 Dec
911call: Caller says he wants to drop cookies off for police
25 Dec
911call: For a lost dog that returned today #christmasgift
25 Dec
911call: For a car with no headlights and a loud muffler. (Christine is back!)
18 Dec
911call: Caller advises that the driver ran a red light and was sleeping at the same time
14 Dec
911call: For a tv and items stolen, possibly by a sister, from a trailer brother is tearing down #complicated
12 Dec
911call: The caller advises that the neighbor set off fireworks, blew a hole in the ground and got mud all over her trailer
12 Dec

911call: For a brown bag with computer parts around it lying in road since 3am (could be some late night troubleshooting?)
11 Dec
911call: For subjects tearing down security cameras and throwing in garbage, yesterday they were pretending to shop.
6 Dec
911call: The caller believes her mechanic is rolling back her odometer (A helpful mechanic? less maintenance, more value at sale)
6 Dec
911call: Police: “The car is a smurf blue and the registration is…”
6 Dec
911call: For two deer taken from a Christmas display, no suspects
6 Dec
911call: for a white Jetta with so much white smoke pouring out the caller (driving) can’t see 2 inches in front of them.
4 Dec
911call: for a lost dog with no description, just older dog with no teeth.
28 Nov
911call: Officer says Columbia gas put too much mercaptan (scent agent) in gas so people are smelling it more.
27 Nov
911call: For a garbage can buzzing and vibrating.
27 Nov
911call: for a subject giving the middle finger to security (among other things) at Walmart
27 Nov
RT @amygulli 911 call: For a schizoprenic manic-depressive who says demons are coming out of the food and chasing her. #badthanksgiving
26 Nov
911call: Caller advises that he had a wedding ring send to the wrong address (neighbor) via UPS and they won’t return it.
22 Nov
911call: The mother states that she hasn’t seen her 15 year old since Nov 15 (week ago) and believes he might have run away.
22 Nov
911call: Police: Verifying, that the only thing she knows about her car is that its old and faded blue?
20 Nov
911call: Caller advises that there is a letter in their mailbox that wasn’t delivery by the postal service.
20 Nov
911call: MT @WGAL Angry iPho n User Calls 911: http://bit.ly/tW3BMP
16 Nov
911call: And now a 15 year old who won’t go to school. Parents and children, 911 isn’t a motivational tool for education or lack of.
16 Nov
911call:Police: “Sounds like the boy cried wolf again”911: “The mother called back in & said she just wants him 2 get dressed & go 2 school”
16 Nov
911call: The subject advises that his engine light is on, he is at the dealer, and they won’t fix it.
14 Nov
911call: add to that, he states he has a warranty
14 Nov
911call: Officer to county control on armed? robbery “he took a 42″ television, I don’t see him getting too far”
14 Nov
911call: Caller advises that subject has more than one newspaper… upon confronting, caller advises that subject has paid for both
13 Nov
911call: The caller advises that “a white SUV called him over and showed him his penis”
13 Nov
911call: A subject wearing pants over green hospital gown & PICC line hanging out of his arm left York Hosp. Police looking to return him.
13 Nov
911call: Officer says: The tire is shredded, it was an elderly driver unaware that the tire was flat.
9 Nov
911call: Officer: “I’m just trying to get out of the Walmart parking lot….it’s like a black hole”
23 Oct
911call: For a BMW making a left hand turn with the person sleeping at the wheel.
18 Oct
911call: For a car that drove away with the gas nozzle hanging out of car. (I wonder if it pulls alot when it breaks off the pump)
17 Oct
911call: Subject says he is coming to kill her bc she doesn’t believe in God -driving either a car with missing bumper or a yellow scooter
16 Oct
911call: for a person passed out on a lawnmower in motion, possibly intoxicated
16 Oct
911call: Two discriptions of victim – an elderly male and a 23yr old female. Interestingly how interpretation of reality can vary.
16 Oct
911call: The subject says thay aren’t concerned about stealing copper pipes and meter from house because its going into foreclosure
12 Oct
911call: Driver says car won’t start when he breaths into device. Officer: I don’t think that’s what we are here for.
12 Oct
911call: “for a rolling domestic on a motorcycle”
9 Oct
911call: Officer says “It’s an ongoing issue, with a touch of 96″
9 Oct
911call: For a rooster tied up in a driveway by one leg with an electrical cord
27 Sept
911call: For kids playing “destructive basketball”, smashing fences #steamrollerkids
26 Sep
911call: For a man named Jose with a blue Oldsmobile in her house and she doesn’t know why. (Opening of sci-f flick?)
26 Sep
911call: For a 15 lb black cat in custody. (Always weigh stray before calling)
26 Sep
911call: For a cat named Sebastian with a yellow collar that is running around scratching and biting children. (And what r children doing?)
25 Sep
911call: For 12 year old running a “steam roller” at a construction site
25 Sep
911call: Caller advises someone drew explicatives in chalk on the sidewalk. #hoseand10mincansavetaxpayermoney
11 Sep
911call: For lost or stolen hand gun. Caller advises he might have left it on the roof of his car.
11 Sep
911call: For a dog missing since Feb found at a nearby house.
7 Sep
911call: For a 16 year old who won’t clean her room. She wants you to come out and make her listen.
6 Sep
911call: A 15 year old on the run who stole Pop-Tarts and an Air horn from WalMart after cutting his ankle bracelet and stealing moms car
5 Sep
911call: For a black Angus standing on the rail trail – It’s like Yellowstone! only not Buffalo
4 Sep
911call: For an individual who stole NyQuil from store, drank it, rolled his wheelchair into the parking lot and fell over.
4 Sep
911call: Dispatcher to police: Should I make a report about the dog harassing the squirrel? (Bet the squirrel thinks so!)
4 Sep
911call: The caller says “the individual stopped, turned around and shook his rear end at her.” #yorkmatingritual
4 Sep
911call: The caller advises that he is waling around the apartment complex completely intoxicated and completely naked
30 Aug
911call: The caller advises that she is going to take her child away if her mother doesn’t give back her heroin
30 Aug
911caller: Caller advises that subjects on bicycles gave him the finger and mooned him. Last seen on Sinking Springs Lane #emigsvilleyouth
29 Aug
911call: For a “divorced wife acting psycho”… “trying to run the father down with a car”
29 Aug
911call: Subject says he stopped to help and the person beat him up and took his truck.
28 Aug
911call: The caller advises that they have a raccoon in their fireplace.
9 Aug
911 call: Caller advises that his car was sold by gf (forged name) while he was incarcerated, car now destroyed and gf dead
8 Aug
911call: The caller advises that the subject raised a cane at her but did not hit her.
7 Aug
911 call: The caller who advised his car keys were stolen, found them under the seat. #woops
7 Aug
911call: Police: The call for a body in a dumpster appears to be a mannikin.
7 Aug
911call: for a chicken running loose in a parking lot. Police: OOOk
3 Aug
911call: Description of the subject that shot at him earlier in the day…. has a cataract in one eye
18 Jul
911call: Caller advises that a Suzuki motorcycle opened her door & closed it while she was driving. (Alien robot disguised as a motorcycle?)
17 Jul
911call: The subject advises that the music is so loud it’s shaking her TV off the stand.
17 Jul
911call: The caller advises her land line phone is being splugged? and snuffed. Police ask for clarification.
13 Jul
911call: Lost dog report. “Black dog, floppy ears, looks like a coon hound” (What does a coon hound look like?)
13 Jul
911call: Police report 2 11th hole: Caller advises that another golfer was angry about a missing cart and threw his golf clubs in the creek.
12 Jul
911call: The female advises that a white male without any teeth named Gummy is harassing her.
12 Jul
911call: Police: “Grandma says he’s been out stealing all night, asleep now, please do something with him” #workingthenightshift
12 Jul
911call: Caller advises that “someone who looks like a foreigner” is looking at his truck.
11 Jul
911call: The caller advises that his girlfriend’s husband followed him home and took a pipe to his vehicle. #wakeupcall
11 Jul
911call: Neighbor #1 flashing lights at me, ongoing problem. #1 also calls 911 saying neighbor #2 says he is “going to take him down” #war
10 Jul
911call: The caller “wants his daughter-in-law gone”
10 Jul
911call: Caller says the woman jumped out of a car, fighting for her parking space and started punching her car. #hanovershopping
10 Jul
911call: For female yelling, i’m going to pop someones eye out, telling people they r going 2 be in the ground & is carrying a trash can
10 Jul
911call: 911: Do they need EMS? Caller says they are passed out on the table. Police: No, they are just severely intoxicated #sundaynoon
10 Jul
911call: Caller advises that she bit her boyfriend then he broke her pajamas.
10 Jul
911call: Police reaction to call: He starts his car up and it catches fire all the time.
6 Jul
911call: Police chasing 6 ft male with white shirt and florescent green shorts on Poplar St. #notstealthy
6 Jul
911call: The subject says he wants an escort home because he is afraid of his wife
6 Jul
911call: Noise complaints are ramping up…including “its scaring his cats and annoying his parents” #sendinthetroops
4 Jul
911call: for children throwing fireworks at an adult who is tied up.
4 Jul
911call: Her girlfriend says that she will cut the hands off her children
4 Jul
911call: Caller advises that he is detoxing in the parking lot saying that little green rabbits with pitchforks are chasing him
4 Jul
911call: The caller advises that she is locked in self-storage
4 Jul
911call: The caller advises that her son has contracted an assassin to kill her
3 Jul
911call: Verification on 911 call: Alligator = deer (garbled trunked scanner)
3 Jul
911call: For an alligator spotted in a local lake
3 Jul
911call: Caller advises they found a Mongoose in the weeds behind their house (911 clarifies, a bicycle)
26 Jun
911call: Caller advises dog feces was set on fire on their porch over night
22 Jun
911call: He drilled through his penis and scrotum. The drill is out. via A Gulli editor
21 Jun
911call: The caller advises that his neighbor punched him in the face while mowing his lawn
21 Jun
911call: The caller advised that his neighbor makes noise and vandalizes his rain spouts.
19 Jun
911call: Suspicious, white subject on a black bicycle with black shorts, black shirt & black back pack. (Police report – not suspicious)
14 Jun
Most common 911 call today I hear seems to be for smoking marijuana. On roofs, in cars, on street, w pipes, in apartments….
13 Jun
911call: her boyfriend was last seen pushing a double stroller, no weapons involved. (What is double strollers were equipped with a turret?)
13 Jun
911call: The subject says someone stole his recycling bin and he has no suspects #greenphantom #recyclingtheft
13 Jun
911call: Subject says apt was broken into by fire escape, took her clothes and killed her hamster. (attack hamster?)
13 Jun
911call: For a subject with a green water gun in his pants and a red clown nose
12 Jun
911call: For subjects dropping their pants at passing cars.
12 Jun
911call: The employee was making sexual advances to customer and threatened to throw coffee at manager #jobopenings
12 Jun
911call: The subject has no shirt, blood on his chest and a busted out window #driversthatstandout
8 Jun
911call: for people on the street selling a fraudulent fund. #new401Ksweetdeal
7 Jun
911call: For a cat stuck under a gas pedal via @JamesMcClure
7 Jun
911call: For an 82 Jeep with flames coming out of back of vehicle. Subject says that when she shuts off vehicle flames stop.
7 Jun
911call: For a fight…where one party said they would hit other over the head with a cane #grayingofviolence #thekidsroffthehookthistime
June 5
911call: For a large tropical bird making noise on porch. Officer determines bird is quiet, caller is crazy – bird goes inside.
June 5
911call: The subject pulled a gun on them is driving a blue Rolls Royce
June 5
911call: The caller advises neighbor is painting his own garage but standing on his property wants removed. #friendlyneighbors
June 5
911call: The subject says that she is 20 years old and has a 14 year old daughter. #youngmothers
31 May
911call: For a cat stuck in their motor since yesterday
31 May
911call: Subject says a xxxx crawled out of her toilet is locked in bathroom and she is afraid it will crawl under door. #missedkeyword
31 May
911 call: The subject says her boyfriend poured a pitcher of beer on her head
30 May
911 call: Verbal domestic because the husband won’t turn the A/C on #savepower #hotout
30 May
911 call: Police: We are pretty sure its the (stolen) vehicle. It still has paint on the windshield #clues
29 May
911call: The caller advises that there is a cat under her car that she doesn’t want there Office replies: Okayyy
25 May
911call: The caller advises her husband is standing over her with a 45 caliber because she got water on the rug.
25 May
911 call: “It appears the person is mowing their lawn with a child” Police ask for clarification
24 May
911 call: The man tried to steal toothbrushes from Rite Aid, but they already pulled their toothbrushes (in anticipation) #toothbrushbandit
23 May
911call: I believe the “functional alcoholic” might be for a man with a shopping cart in the bike lane
23 May
911 call: says, He is a functional alcoholic and wants an officer to pull him over
23 May
911 call: Caller would like a park ranger to respond for snakes in the residence #gamecommissionhousecall?
22 May
911 call: Caller advises there is a bald man with a yellow sign that says “The world is ending”
22 May
911call: The caller advises the subject parked in front of house since 6, sleeping, with drugs visible #postapocalypticmorning
22 May
911call: The caller advises that she went out on her porch to get the morning paper and there were two TVs there
15 May
911call: For multiple kids hanging from trees breaking them at Rock Ridge Park (or family of monkeys?)
13 May
911call: The caller advises that lawn mowing service is trespassing by mowing wrong lawn – has done repeatedly #pleasetrespassatmyhouse
10 May
911call: “The caller got smart about her with weed killer. There are no weapons.”
10 May
911call: Caller advises that he overfilled his gas tank, Rutters covered it up, but he is afraid it will blow up if he starts it
10 May
911call: The subject advises that his girlfriend’s sugar daddy hit him in the face.
10 May
911call: “The subject advises that there are guns in the house, but aren’t in use at this time” (Don’t forget to shut off your guns folks)
9 May
911call: The patient says that she has had a headache for about 5 years
9 May
911call: “High risk vehicle fire” turns into “believe subject put out fire & left” Sounds like a horseless carriage, age of steam scenario
9 May
911call: The caller advises he was fishing and found alot of marijuana growing #catchoftheday Do you plant pot before Mother’s Day?
8 May
911call: Caller advises prostitution, neighbors garage. She knows this because her husband was propositioned last week, activity all day
8 May
911call/Ambulance: We couldn’t find the tip of his finger. We assume the dogs ate it. #dogfight
8 May
911call: Tense day for lawn mowing. Subject took one mower from Mr. J, said it didn’t work, was given another and now won’t give either back
8 May
911call: Caller advises that the subject filled his lawnmower with sugar water
8 May
911call: Caller advises being followed too closely on Rt 30 from Gburg & accident might result. #beingonphonehelps? #pullover!
8 May
911call: Caller advises that ex wife came to pick up the kids and ran over his foot. #happymothersday
8 May
911call: Two males stuck 15 bottles of shampoo in their pants and fled the Giant in a minivan #notskinnyjeans
8 May
911call: For a subject disrobing in the park #motbersdayspecial
8 May
911call: For a “roving domestic” This brings to mind homemade tanks and a guerrilla army.
4 May
911call: Caller advises there is a man wearing a yellow raincoat, boots with a dust pan and broom cleaning the street.
4 May
911call: The caller advises they are all fighting, wearing white t-shirts and video taping it. #filmsinyork? or #schoolisout
3 May
911call: The caller advises her aunt is off her meds and is directing traffic
3 May
911call: The subject says the smell of marijuana is coming from her air conditioner
27 Apr
911call: The individual came into the bank with a large knife, asked when it closed and said he would be back
26 Apr
911call: “The caller found out her son is using drugs and she wants the officer to put a scare in him”
April 25
911call: Caller advises that the subject shot a dog and threw it in a dumpster 911call: Update, dog not shot and barely hurt
April 25
911call: “The hospital advises that the subject checked himself out with an IV still in”
April 24
911call:”The subject wearing a black hoodie was breaking in and got scared when they saw the caller” #blackhoodiefail
April 19
911call: “Caller advises car was speeding, passed in a no passing zone and went through a stop and came out of the school” #schoolsout
April 19
911call: “The caller says that the subject is trying to return a breakfast sandwich from yesterday and is blocking the drive-through”
April 17
911call: Caller advises her car is missing or doesn’t know where it is. Police: we have the subject & he thinks he left it at Walmart
17 Apr
911 call: “The subject would like you to respond to an axe in the windshield” #bigtimeroadrage?
17 Apr
911 call: “The caller advises that they were rolling a joint and throwing things out the window”
17 Apr
911call: “There is a male with one black sock and one white sock banging on car windows”
13 Apr
911call: “I’m sending you to the missing dog in Paradise” Sounds like a heartwarming movie about conflicted youth living in a small town.
13 Apr
911call: via @bjennings9 Guy at Walmart may be exposing himself. They said he’s rubbing his junk up on everybody. … I’m gonna head over there now. Gonna try to get some video of the guy.”
13 April
911call: Caller advises three domestic rabbits were dumped in the woods behind his house. (And it’s not even a few weeks after Easter yet)
12 Apr
911call: Caller advises three domestic rabbits were dumped in the woods behind his house. (And it’s not even a few weeks after Easter yet)
12 Apr
911call: The caller advises that the man is exposing himself to people in a car in front of Excitement Video
11 Apr
911call: The caller advises that he threw her clothes into the burn pit. #ruralbreakups
11 Apr
911call: Caller is afraid blind man with dog will be hit. Police: He has been doing that 20 years. He will be fine.
11 Apr
911 call: “The subject just urinated on a home and destroyed a for sale sign” Be a bad time for a showing
April 6
911call: “The subjects attempted to steal a motorized wheelchair”…. police describe as “our problem children” – police giving chase
April 6
911call: The caller advises her dogs head is stuck in a container and the vet wont help
April 5
911 call: The subject says the suspect is carrying a backpack and looks like Justin Bieber
4 Apr
911 call: “The caller advises her husband is destroying her plants with a backhoe”
4 Apr
911call: Landlord says tenant sold radiators for scrap before leaving apartment
30 Mar
911call: for a stolen school van…someone says he was cute (description of thief?)
30 Mar
RT@BradJennings9 Dispatcher: Subject advises an ostrich on Route 74, walking on the side of the road. Officer: An ostrich, eh? I’ll bet any money it’s an emu.
RT@BradJennins9 Dispatcher: Subject advises suspects pulled up in a car and aimed a gun at him. Suspect advised “Click, click.”
911call: Woman says she is standing outside of store with charger she says store won’t take in return. #peoplewastingemergencyservices
29 March
RT @YDRChrisOtto Overheard on the scanner: “Man who is allergic to shellfish was given a crabmeat omelette, unbeknownst to him.” #yikes
29 March
911call: a wife, a girlfriend, and someone is locked in one of the cars and won’t come out #steerclearofthis
28 March
911call: The subject advises that he is torturing her with electricity and its making her warm
27 March
911call: He threatened to cut her arms off with a knife and subject says he is always around children #notgoodbabysittingcandidate
27 March
911call: subject no longer wants stray dog he took in 3 mo ago and says he will release into street when he goes to work #expectsdogofficer
22 March
911call: “for two females driving around the parking garage and can’t get out”
22 March
911call: “He advises that his mother found a snake in the kitchen”
21 March
911 call: “for possibly intoxicated driver who was driving wrong way on Duke St then made a U-turn in front of Strand” #orreallybaddriver
21 March
911 call: “the complainant advises that there is a really big animal in her window and she thinks it’s a rat”
20 March
911call “they advise that the deer jumped into the window of their vehicle and jumped back out”
15 March
911call: “the complainant said that the truck driver cut her off and flipped her off”
14 March
911call: “the victims says that he is trying to sleep and his wife keeps bothering him…no weapons at this time”
14 March
911call: “the vehicle drove into the baseball diamond and is now stuck” #springtraining
13 March
911call: “The caller advises that there is a family living under the bridge in a tent”
9 March
911call: “The subject who is making threats to him is in his 20′s and has a cartoon character on his shirt”
8 March
911 call: “The individual says that he has $120,000,000 and he has given away $3,000 over the past few months.”
7 March
911call: “Wife wanted u 2 know that her husband was just cleaning his gun and it went off in case a neighbor calls..i hear children…”
6 March
911 call: complainant says someone broke into her apartment and stole her cat
2 March
911call: “xxxxxxxx advises that her neighbor is playing chicken on her porch”
1 March
911 call: For a gun hiding in a hat in the back of a yard
28 Feb
911call: Police: the driver is a double amputee and the accident happened when his prosthetics fell off
27 Feb
911call: 911 to PD, “his license shows it expired in 1982″
23 Feb
911call: “the caller advises that the subject is standing in front of her house with a taser without any batteries in it”
22 Feb
911call: “caller says her neighbor keeps driving over her bushes”
21 Feb
911call: In York County, a 1 vehicle accident can become 2 when the engine of the first vehicle kicks the second vehicle while running away.
20 Feb
911call: “The deer trapped in the Wal-Mart garden center escaped while on the phone”
20 Feb
911call: police called for intoxicated driver moving 10 mph under speed limit. Police find: driver learning 2 drive. #suprised1stdaydriver
20 Feb
911call: “The caller advises that two racoons are chasing her car and she is staying in it until you get there”
15 Feb
911 call: “She wants him to go, because he is in her business”
14 Feb
911call: Caller is concerned that woman has left child unattended in car while “shopping in Cupids Connextion”
9 Feb
911call: police were just called for “a couple fornicating” #thingsidontwanttoseeinyorkoutside
9 Feb
911call: “The caller advises that the subject just defecated in her flower bed”
9 Feb
911call: “The caller is concerned because he is driving with his eyes barely open and has a convertible top”
7 Feb
911call: “caller advises that subject came into pay a fine, was intoxicated, and got back into car and fell asleep, car is still idling”
1 Feb
911call: “A man with a red cap and a cane is knocking on doors”… The opening scene of a British film ?
1 Feb
911call: “he wasn’t sure whether his wife was breathing or not, but said her nose was cold”
31 Jan
911call: “…and she says that he has a history of hiding in the trunk of that vehicle”
30 Jan
911call: “The complainant says the individual is rubbing all over his car”
23 Jan
911call: “The subject left in a Scion box looking car”.
23 Jan
911call: “caller advises he is writing harassing words in the snow”
18 Jan
911 call “subjects saw five people in a car with bags over their heads”
12 Jan
911call: Police: “A good samaritan helped this girl off the (icy) hill before I could get there” Bad road conditions bring out good in ppl
12 Jan
911call: “they can’t tell if she is ill or not because she is on meds”
9 Jan
911call: “The subject advises her husband put nails in her tire”
9 Jan
911call: “Caller advises that they are all of high school age, all have hoodies and look suspicious” #sometimesahoodieisjustahoodie
2 Jan
911call: “The subject says they r only allowed 2 shoot 3 rounds a time & they are shooting the place up with AK-47s. he doesn’t feel safe”
2 Jan
911call “subject said the girls are playing with their Barbie dolls in the rain gutter outside a third floor window…”
29 Dec
911call: “witness describes his mother in law as cold but not stiff and he doesn’t want to do CPR”
27 Dec
911call: “subject advises that he has been drinking alcohol for a week and is shaky”
26 Dec
911call: “the accident involves a small, little sedan” #newclassofauto
22 Dec
911 call: “the subject says his son brought home brass knuckles from school”
22 Dec
911 call: “he incident appears to be a domestic situation and pieces of the vehicles are all that’s left”
21 Dec
911call: “he advises that he escaped the car and is heading toward the grave yard”
20 Dec
911 call: “the subject wants the fire department to respond because there are no switch covers in the house”
14 Dec
911call: “caller advises 100 fence posts were taken” – maybe it’s the same person who stole the 10 foot oak tree from Springettsbury Avenue
14 Dec
911 call: caller advises.. “The deer is dead but is still moving”
13 Dec
911call: “a female with brown pants and purple boots is walking up to cars”
12 Dec
911 call: “the subject advises that their son pulled into the driveway last night and hit the telephone pole” sounds a like fun night for all
12 Dec
911 call: police to subject who wont come out, “ask him if he is willing to return scratchy” – a cat custody dispute
5 Dec
911call: “subject is wearing cowboy boots and lipstick, walking up and down the alley and the caller says they look suspicious”
14 Nov
911call: Caller advises that subject tied his horse to a pole and went into Sheetz. Horse has cart”
7 Nov
911call: The woman said the child was wearing an Iron Man costume and was extremely upset, so look for a crying Iron Man.”
31 Oct
911 call: Caller reports tractor trailer with three trumpets on top tried to bump her out of the way on rt 30. …Sounds like medieval sci-fi
26 Oct
911 call: Caller reports playhouse n middle of the road. Reminds me of when bomb squad blew up a FurReal pony n Fla http://bit.ly/cSpKJa
3 Oct
911 calls: This morning, 4 red roosters in an intersection and a domestic at the “chicken shack”… related?
26 Sep
911 call: “the caller found a sperm filled condom on her door knob”
20 Sep
911 call: A mutual aid to Balt Co. for an aircraft on 83 turns into someone saw a model plane flying & thought…
19 Sep
911 to official: There is a discharged into codorus creek. Official, I know. 911: this on blue & white Official: must be new
13 Sep
911 call: On starting a York Co Sunday, “Caller advises Chevy pickup throwing beer cans out the window”
5 Sep
911 call: Caller advised that her all electronic vehicle has died in the intersection & she is unable to get out of it (bad way 2 start day)
30 Aug
911 call: (9:41 am – delayed egg effect) Caller advises an egg was thrown at her door around 10 pm
29 Aug
911 call: “Two homeless people at the intersection w dog asking for money. The caller is concerned about the dog…”
11 Aug
911 call: vehicle traveling at high rate of speed on 30 with flames and smoke. caller isn’t sure driver is aware of it
4 Aug
911 call: Neighbor reports she is putting feces on notes in her mailbox
3 Aug
911 call: Caller advises tht someone put rattle snake in house, officer says it has something to do w people dating other ppls gfs & Facebook
28 Jul
911 call: Silver Honda w NY plates travelling 90 mph rt 30 heading into york county. Must be eager to vacation here
25 Jul
911 call: “Caller is complaining that someone did something to her Crown Vetch”
5 Jul
911 call: “Some time overnight complaintant saz car was started & crashed into other car, still running” #niceway2wakeup
5 Jul
911 call: “Subject cut off complainant in front of the Wendys and used improper gestures”
29 Jun
911 call: “She is a regular shoplifter, blond w spiky hair & left on a motorcycle”. Like the opening scene of a really good/bad movie
28 Jun
911 call: Theft of gas by Suburban for $10. That should get her 5 ft. Same vehicle stole gas yesterday same station for $25
28 Jun
911 call: “Subject was learning to ride a motorcycle, she jumped a curb, hit a tree” That is why ppl should do this http://www.pamsp.com/ $2!
27 Jun
911 call: “the subject was last seen wearing a black handcuff” note: not plural
22 Jun
911 call: “Intoxicated driver driving a white pickup truck with a snowmobile in back…”
21 Jun
911 call: four subjects, 1 in a wheelchair have bn causing ruckus n York today. This incident, “subject was patted on buttocks”
21 Jun
911 call: “It was a black Mustang so there should be black body parts all over the place”
20 Jun
911 call: “The male subject is wearing jeans, t-shirt and a mullet…”
25 May
911 call: “The driver pulled into the convenience store with a can of beer. Can of beer is still in the cup holder”
23 May
911 call: “Man on Lake Road dumping two 55 gallon drums into the waterway” My punishment: Eat all the sand at Grand Isle, LA
23 May
911 call: Caller on child driver being so short. “It appears no one is driving the car”
23 May
911 call: Caller (the librarian) reports that the students are skateboarding on the school’s roof
17 May
911 call: Police, “The subject is upset, I won’t hold it (her dog)”
16 May
911 call: The subject said he had a hand gun tucked in his pants and was approximately 12 years old wearing Heely shoes
11 May
911 call: for kids hitting a bush with a baseball bat
9 May
911 call: the male subject has a hammer chasing the female carrying a shovel
9 May
911 call: “caller says neighbor at the trailer park moved and left their dog locked in the shed” #peoplewhosuck
9 May
911 call/rush hour: “The subject locked their keys in the car in a lane of traffic.” That would be a bad commute
5 May
911 call: Cows are heading into Dillsburg borough
4 May
911 call: “call back the caller in reference to a coyote that keeps coming in the neighborhood”…. maybe a fox? suburban wildlife
27 Apr
911 call: To police, “caller said that her line went dead because she threw her phone out the window”
26 Apr
911 call: tow truck repos wrong car…tries to return and owner doesn’t want
20 Apr
911 call: “There is a large black bull in the roadway”
14 Apr
911 call: a squirrel has been stolen from a birdbath
7 Apr
911 call: man wearing electronic ankle bracelet shoplifting razor blades
5 Apr

About Paul Kuehnel

Paul Kuehnel has worked for the York Daily Record/Sunday News since 1984. Follow him on Twitter @paulkuehnel.
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