November 16, 2017
- A caller requested a welfare check on someone after “the worker delivering meals to him advised yesterday’s meal is still in the same place uneaten.” Officers responded and determined the person in question was in the hospital.
- A man entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. with questions about “a vehicle title.” The man said “he was told that the vehicle is totalled and needs to have a salvage title.” He said “he needs to make contact with the previous owner.” An officer responded and “suggested he contact a DOT investigator about this.”
- A caller said a dog was running at large. An officer responded but did not find the dog.
- A caller said she “needs assistance” with a mentally disturbed person. The caller said “they want to get him help, but he refuses to go with them for treatment to Des Moines.” An officer responded, and the disturbed person decided to “voluntarily go to Des Moines.”
- A caller from the Perry Public Library said “she had kicked out some teenagers who were being loud and belligerent” and asked for an officer to assist. An officer responded and made contact with four juveniles. The officer directed “the kids to leave and not return for the day. All kids agreed.”
- A caller reported “a cat being loose around his house and scaring away all of his squirrels.” An officer responded and explained “that the cat needed to be caught in order for an officer to respond.”
- Jerried Clyde Beaman, 29, was issued a citation for first-offense dog at large.
- An officer of the Perry Police Department removed debris from the roadway.
- A caller said “at school today” his 11-year-old son “had threatened physical harm to a teacher and received consequences from school and parents.” The caller said he “wanted the possible legal consequences explained to the child” by an officer of the Perry Police Department. An officer responded.
- A caller said “her 15-year-old daughter had taken about six pills intentionally.” The Perry First Responders were paged.
- A caller said “there were people screaming and yelling at each other” in a nearby apartment. Officers responded and “knocked on the door multiple times, and no one answered the door.”
November 17, 2017
- Tod Lynn Rickels, 56, 311 Warford St., Perry, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
- A caller said “she would be fogging a house,” and “it may look like smoke to others.”
- A caller said someone “stole her decoration in her front lawn, and it was over $100 worth.” The caller said someone “came into her yard and stole an image projector,” and “the current image that was loaded had leafs.” Officers responded.
- A caller said “her EBT card was taken,” and “she believes someone was using it to get a TV.” An officer responded and the caller “showed him where her EBT card would normally be, and there it was. All okay.”
- A “caller reported that her husband was missing.” Officers responded.
- A caller reported “two abandoned dogs.” The caller “doesn’t believe the house has any electricity” and “doesn’t believe the dogs are being cared for properly.” An officer responded.
- A caller said a neighbor’s dog “is continually barking.” An officer responded and made contact with the dog owners, who said “they have ordered barking collars for the dogs.”
- A caller said “the water in the shower has been running for hours” in a neighboring apartment. An officer responded and made contact with the occupant of the neighboring apartment, who said “his toilet is broken and won’t stop running.”
- A caller said her son “was given a dog” a month ago by someone who now wants the dog back. The caller said she “would like to know what her options are.” An officer responded.
November 18, 2017
- A 17-year-old female from Woodward was issued a citation for first-offense curfew violation.
- A 16-year-old male from Perry was issued a citation for first-offense curfew violation.
- A caller said her boyfriend “received a Facebook message” from someone against whom the caller has a no-contact order, and “the message was a picture of” someone “holding a shotgun shell.” The caller said she “was concerned something is going to happen.” Officers responded and made contact with the subject of the no-contact order, and “he denied sending the message.”
- A patrolling officer of the Perry Police Department observed a suspicious person “closing a door to a vehicle in a parking lot.” The person was later found “hiding in an apartment building closet.” The person “claimed he was in the apartment building to see a friend, but he couldn’t give the name of his friend, and no one answered the door of the apartment where he claimed his friend lived.”
- A caller reported “a garage door that was open” at a nearby house, “and it shouldn’t be because the people who purchased it have not yet moved in.” An officer responded, and “the door was shut, and the home was secured.”
- A caller said “she just had a customer come in with a 2-year-old that had no coat on and did not have a child seat in the car.” An officer responded but did not find the vehicle.
- A caller said a dog was running at large. An officer responded.
- Edwin Alexander Escalante, 33, 1007 Dewey Ave., #7, Perry, was arrested on a charge of driving under suspension.
- A caller reported someone “outside her house, banging on her door for the past 20 minutes.” Officers responded and found “no one was at the door” or in the vicinity.
- A man entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. and “said his dad’s sewer is backing up.” The Perry Public Works Department was notified.
- A caller said a dog was running at large. An officer responded but could not catch the dog.
- An officer of the Perry Police Department removed debris from the roadway.
- Jamie Jacqueline Hocking, 25, 1315 Seventh St., Perry, was arrested on a charge of driving under suspension.
November 19, 2017
- An officer of the Perry Police Department removed debris from the roadway.
- A woman entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. and said her son “was missing.” The woman said “the last time they saw him was yesterday about 10 a.m.,” and “he was not supposed to leave the house.” An officer responded.
- A caller said a dog was running at large. An officer responded but did not find the dog.
- A caller said “she lost her driver’s license and debit card.”
- A woman entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. and said “her son had been placed in the youth shelter care starts program,” but he “ran away from the facility to day.” The woman said “she would call if he returned home.” Officers responded.
- A caller said someone “assaulted her in her residence and then stole her phone.” Officers responded and made contact with the assailant, “who came back to the scene and returned the phone. He denied assaulting” the caller, and the caller said she “didn’t want him charged with assault” but “just wanted her phone back.”
November 20, 2017
- A caller said her runaway grandson “was now at home.” An officer “responded and confirmed” the presence of the youth, whose name was “taken out of NCIC.”
- A caller said “her seventh-grade son isn’t wanting to go to school,” and “she would like an officer to respond to assist her in getting him to school.” An officer responded and spoke with the lad, who said “he didn’t want to ride the bus in the morning” because “there is a boy on the bus that likes to pick on him.” The officer “advised him that he should sit in the front of the bus so the bully won;t pick on him.” The officer “also advised him if he continues to have problems with the bully to contact the School Resource Officer, and he will be able to assist him in resolving the issue.” The child “agreed to ride the bus.”
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.