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Port Police Report: Street Sweeper Part of 3-Vehicle Accident

A roundup of the latest activity from the police blotter also includes a bite by an unleashed dog, trespassing during school and an exploding pumpkin.

It's a bad day when the street sweeper tries to do it's cleaning backwards.

Port police responded to a three-vehicle collision at 1:46 p.m. Friday when the city's street sweeper vehicle began backing up on Grand Avenue.

The vehicle behind the sweeper backed up in reaction, into a third vehicle behind it. The sweeper continued backing up and hit the sandwhiched second vehicle.

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There was moderate damage to the sweeper and the second vehicle.

More from the reports:

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  • Dog at large: A dog, who was let off-leash at South Beach, bit a man on the beach, who then notified police in a patrol car at 10:42 a.m. Oct. 31. The man said he wasn't too concerned about the severity of the bite. Police found the dog and cited the owner for "dog at large," with a ticket of $208.50. Police explained a quarantine procedure the owner would have to follow for the dog, which includes 14 days of keeping the dog in the house, on the leash or with a veterinarian.
  • What did you just call me? Kids can be cruel, and apparently they are coming up with all sorts of new ways to name call. Port Washington High School administrators saw a post on Facebook calling someone a chipmunk, as well as other harrassing posts between three 16-year-olds on the social networking site. An administrator contacted Port Washington Police at 1:27 p.m. Wednesday about the harrassment, which was also going on at school. Police warned the three students to stop harrassing each other.
  • Better late than never? Guess not. Running late for their morning classes, two 17 year olds caught trespassing on Thursday said they were killing time because they thought it was better to miss their whole classes than show up late. Police responded to a call at 7:53 a.m. from someone who thought the subjects were in the lower part of a vacant duplex on the 200 block of N. Montgomery Street. When police arrived, the students were on the back deck, and said they had not been inside. One had a pack of Newport cigarettes in her backpack. They were cited for trespassing and tobacco products prohibited.
  • It's not over until the fat pumpkin explodes: Police responded to a call at 11:10 p.m. Friday that an explosion had occurred on the 400 block of West Monroe Street. Police said it appeared someone had used a firecracker to explode a pumpkin on a car, but they could not locate any suspects.Β 
  • Tell-tale sunglasses: Employees at the Quik Stop Shoppe at 1605 N. Wisconsin St. contacted police at 4:10 p.m. Saturday after they suspected a 17 year old had stolen items from the store. What gave him away? He was wearing four pairs of stolen sunglasses on his head, and had stuffed other items in his pockets. Employees suspected he was intoxicated, and police later determined this to be true. The 17 year old was cited for theft and underage alcohol consumption.
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