OMG PD: The Odd and Odder from Police Reports

If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD."

Nice Work, Scoob!

An last week inside a Dumpster in Brookfield became less dramatic when police looked more closely and recognized it as a deer carcass.

What’s Dumber Than Texting While Driving? This, Apparently

It wasn’t enough for a Milwaukee man to steal someone’s iPhone after it was briefly set aside in Mayfair Mall. He used it to , playing dumb but also hoping to extort some kind of cash. When the police took over the victim’s end of the text exchange … you can guess how that ended.

This is Also How Ernie Will Tell Bert To Move Out

A threatening message delivered to a Caledonia woman and her daughter was serious, but the medium —  placed in their driveway— was an odd choice.

Read My New Book, ‘How to End a Friendship in 5 Words or Less’

For two months, a Waukesha man tapped into police radio frequencies, listened and occasionally transmitted white noise, but remained anonymous.

But then a — during a June drug investigation — and the cover was blown. The man who tapped the line appears in court later this month.

It’s Never This Easy on ‘CSI’

Menomonee Falls police and possession of drug paraphernalia last month.

They were investigating her claim that her boyfriend had assaulted her, a claim they could not substantiate. The drug citation occurred when, during the course of their investigation … the woman volunteered that she grew pot.

Yep, That Wins

Greenfield Police from a marijuana-growing operation in rural Racine County last week.

And that’s not a figure of speech. The haul filled two county dump trucks and weighed approximately than 2,000 pounds. Police estimated the street value at more than $7 million.

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The above items are from reports from local police departments. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.