The Bristol Blotter: Nov. 20, 2009

Bristol Virginia Police Department

- Animal Control is seeking help in tracking down a tiny black dog that escaped from its owner at the Old Airport Road Bojangles near Exit 7 of Interstate 81. A woman was transporting the pup, along with several others, from a rescue shelter to New York state. She stopped to check on the dogs, and the solid black chow named Ladybug ran away. The dog is wearing two collars and is described as “somewhat skittish.” The transporter, who is not local, said she is going to stay in the area “as long as it takes to find her dog.” If anyone spots the dog, please call her at (412) 716-4784, or the Police Department at (276) 645-7400.

Nov. 14
- A Bristol Herald Courier paper carrier came across a Lee Highway apartment with the door standing open at 3:30 a.m. The carrier told dispatch that they looked in, the lights were off and there was “nothing obviously wrong,” but wanted police to have a look anyhow.

- When a guy gave two people a ride home from State Line Bar & Grill at 3:40 a.m., the pair “tried to abduct him.”
- Spectators on Commonwealth Avenue watched a “female in blue Chevy truck vs. male in white Chevy car,” in which the guy chucked belongings from his car into the truck at 10 a.m. The caller told police that at one point it looked like he was “going to throw a lamp into the female’s face.”

- Young boys were shooting a pellet gun on Hill Drive at 2:30 p.m.
- A crew of kids gathered at the Bristol Mall Sears to roll tires from the service center into the street at 8 p.m. The caller told police it appeared they were trying to dodge the cars.

- Just before heading to the Walmart parking lot to drive around in circles, a guy in a tan van stopped at a red light, got out and began cursing a lady in a nearby car.

- An Amy Street woman told police that her 32-year-old drunken son was trying to break into her apartment at 9 p.m. She said he might also be on drugs, and “has done things like this before.”

Nov. 15

- A Moore Street man said his wife and her brother were texting him that “they are coming to kick his” rear end at 9:45 a.m.

- Two guys were seen smoking pot in a red Chevy Cavalier on Gate City Highway.

Neighborhood Watch

- The Hayters Gap Neighborhood Watch will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Hayters Gap Community Center.

- Anyone interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in Bristol, Va., should contact Nicole Slagle, crime prevention coordinator with the Bristol Virginia Police Department, at (276) 645-7281.

- Anyone interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in Wise County should contact Sgt. Chuck Stapleton, crime prevention officer with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, at (276) 328-3566.

Editor’s note: The Bristol Blotter is a sampling of activity from the logs and reports of the two city police departments.