Best of Blotter 2012 

The Best of the Worst

Oh, Blotter. You make us laugh, cry, and cringe. It's almost hard to believe that some of your reports actually happen in our corner of Cackalacky. Since it's the holidays, it's a good time to look back and take stock of the year gone by. Help us choose your favorite 'Blotter o' the Week' report from 2012 to go into our special issue coming up in a few weeks. Here's to another year of not appearing on the pages of Blotter. (Illustrations by Steve Stegelin.)

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    "A woman drove her car on the sidewalk outside a mall and initially spoke to police in what she called an "alien language" when they came to talk with her. She said she had driven on the sidewalk because she "wanted to make beautiful music," then she announced that the devil was alive and she was going to battle him that night."
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    "An exotic dancer is accused of stealing a customer's credit cards and using them to make early-morning purchases at two fast food joints. Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'chicken strip.'"
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    "A man was arrested after picking a fight with a bouncer and failing to pay for 28 vodka drinks and eight energy drinks at a bar. When he got to the prison and the staff strip-searched him for drugs, a police incident report states that he 'began to dance and swing his genitalia wildly' at the guards."
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    "Around midnight, a man with his sweatpants down around his knees and his shirt raised above his head was scratching his back on a brick wall. He told police he was looking for a job."
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    "A drunk man thought he was inside a strip club, but he was actually stumbling around a parking lot. When cops stopped to question him, he tried to pay them to take off their clothes. They declined."

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