By Cassandra Baker, Intern

1:40 p.m. on May 9th. 46th block of Greenwood Ave. N

A woman called police after a man waved what she believed was a loaded gun at her. The victim said that she was walking along Greenwood Ave. when a man sitting on a porch asked her how old she was. She asked him why he wanted to know this, and he jumped up and ran at her, waving a gun. The victim began to walk away, and the suspect told her that the gun was only a cap gun. A man jogging nearby witnessed the incident. As he ran by the suspect, the suspect offered him the gun butt-first, but the witness ignored him and caught up with the victim, who called 911.

When officers arrived at the scene, one of them noticed a man sitting on a porch and playing with a gun. When the man noticed the officers, he got up and went into the house. The suspect later came back out of the house with what police thought was a real revolver and began walking toward them. The officers ordered him to put the gun down. At first the suspect did not obey, but then he set it down and was taken into custody. One of the officers then determined that the gun was a cap gun, but it was so realistic that this was not clear until the officer had actually handled it. Officers interviewed the other people in the house, who said that the suspect had come to the house around noon with a cap gun.

2:30 p.m. on May 5th. 2nd block of NW Market St.

A man returned home on the afternoon of May 5th to find a bottle of vodka sitting in the middle of the living room floor. He became suspicious and went into the bedroom to find that it had been ransacked. His jewelry box was emptied and his memorabilia box was missing. The victim also found that his PlayStation 3 was missing. He told officers that his memorabilia box contained a gold nugget valued at over $1000.

The victim said that his cat sometimes opened a window to get outside, and this window was open when he returned home. The back door was unlocked. Police believe that the suspect entered through the window and left through the door. The burglary matched the mode of operation of a known suspect. This suspect usually enters through windows and commits his crimes in the early afternoon. He typically steals jewelry and women’s underwear and leaves items out of place.

Police found fingerprints at the scene, but they are expected to be the prints of the victim and his fiancée. They also found smudges consistent with those that would be left by a burglar wearing gloves.