Car Collides With Animal, Suspect Listed as Doe, a Deer, a Female Deer

With the Bozeman Daily Chronicle celebrating its 100th year of publishing in 2011, the paper and its staff compiled the Bozeman Police Reports Book, We Don't Make This Stuff Up, listing the very best of Bozeman's police blotter, including favorites like these:

A 31-year-old Bozeman man was arrested on suspicion of sleeping naked in a Dier Lane garage and then roaring at officers trying to capture him. When Manley opened the door to roar again, the trooper used a shotgun to shoot him in the stomach with a non-lethal beanbag. Manley continued to resist arrest, but the officers were able to cuff him. December 21, 2011

A woman of rural Manhattan, Montana reported that two pairs of blue jeans and several pairs of underwear were stolen off her clothesline. In addition, someone entered her house and ate part of a meatloaf stored in her refrigerator. October 9, 1980

Complaint that “a person who looks like Dracula” was frolicking on playground equipment at Irving School. Due to the unusual nature of the call, three officers responded with garlic cloves, wooden stakes and crosses, the report said. The “vampire” turned out to be a woman in a long shawl. January 23, 1989

A patrol car collided with an animal this morning on Amsterdam Road. The suspect was listed as “Doe, a deer, a female deer.” November 18, 1994

A man in the 700 block of Mountain View Drive complained because his girlfriend’s husband keeps stopping by. — September 8, 1997

A mother on South 23rd Avenue wanted her daughter cited for returning home late. — Oct. 19, 2005

Two Montana State University students, a man and a woman, were found in a vehicle parked along Frontage Road with fogged windows. They stated they were “admiring the sights.” The deputy told them to admire each other’s sights elsewhere in a more private setting. — April 1, 2011

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