Turtle, Absentee Juror Prompt Police Action

If he had just gone to court the first time, this wouldn't have happened.

A Fitchburg man found himself on the wrong side of the bar in Westborough District Court this week when he was arrested for failing to appear for jury duty. When police pulled him over for failing to stop/yield, they found that he was wanted for skipping out on jury duty. No doubt his trip to court as a defendant will be less pleasant—and more expensive—than if he had simply shown up for jury duty.

Why did the turtle cross the road?

In Shrewsbury, he crossed the road because if he had stayed in the middle of it, he would have continued to block traffic. .

And the most OMG-friendly police log of the week goes to...

..., including:

1) an emergency call that initially came in as a "woman concerned someone had a firearm," but then ended up being "woman is startled someone was running after a dog."

2) a call from a man who complained about his brother dropping things on the floor in the apartment above him.

3) a complaint about a fish salesman "causing a disturbance with his car horn."

4) an "emergency" in which police were called to mediate a dispute over an unfinished tattoo given to a kid who was too young to have one.