Only in Florida 8/7/2013

     Unlocked vehicles are one of the favorite targets of thieves. Police receive reports everyday as people return to find their CD's, wallets, iPods, or purses missing. A Niceville woman must have thought that she was going to be one of these unfortunate people after her neighbor reported that he had found her purse in his yard.

     The unnamed woman had left her purse in her husband's unlocked truck the night before. Sometime before dawn, someone entered the vehicle, took out the woman's purse, and nothing else. For reasons known only to themselves, the non-thief scattered the contents of the woman's purse in the bushes of her next door neighbors, and flung the purse in their yard, taking nothing. While that might be considered a bit unusual, what happened next left both the woman and the police scratching their heads.

     When the police arrived that afternoon to pick up an affidavit, the woman produced a silver hand bag that had been left in her garage. So, not only had the purse scatterer not stolen anything, they actually left the woman with more than she started with.

     Police have no suspects in the incident, and the case of the purse-leaver will probably go unsolved. The second purse was taken in as evidence.


Other news in brief:

Man tells woman to hit him; she obliges - Well, he did ask for it.

Central Blotter: Victim has no information to help crack nut case - Yep, that's just what the police need spend their time doing. (sarcasm off)

Woman tells police she'll threaten husband of 71 years if she wants to - Not what it sounds like, and if any one can stay that long with one person, I can't help but think she may be right.