“MAYDAY! MAYDAY!”

APRIL 23, 2012
-Fresno Fire was called out to an apartment at The Parks At Fig Garden this morning at about 3:00am for smoke in an apartment, and the female tenant would not evacuate the apartment. When the firefighters arrived, they discovered that they were out at the location a few hours prior for the same call. The police were called, and both tried to get the woman to open the door. Both the police and fire departments labeled the woman as 5150. The woman even had the gall to call the police to report her door is being kicked in, and was yelling at the police call-taker. (Lady, you’re the one that called them!) On the next call, the fire department will respond...with the police. She apparently is long overdue for a 72-hour psych hold.

-For the second time in three days, Fresno fire was called out to two different electrical fires at houses, and find a little something extra growing in the attics. The first call was at Angus & Swift (near Fresno & Ashlan) early Saturday morning. The second call came at around 11:15pm on April 23, 2012 at Wathen and Wheeler (near Polk & Herndon) for the same thing. Both were caused by grow lights overloading circuits, causing small fires. Upon firefighter discovery, the police were requested in both incidents.

May 1, 2012
Fresno Police were alerted to a bank robbery at the Bank of America at Shaw and Angus across from Fashion Fair. The police had a description of the woman, and possibly a lock on a tracking device hidden in the money. They tracked the woman down to the PG&E office building in Downtown, and took her, along with an accomplice (getaway driver). The reason why the woman robbed the bank? To pay her PG&E bill.

MAY 25, 2012
On the morning of May 25, 2012, Fresno Police officers turned into cowboys when a bull (a male cow) got loose, and ran through the southern end of Downtown. Several schools were notified of the incident in case of lockdown. The bull ended up in the backyard of a house on Tower Street, where officers and the SPCA wrangled and contained the animal.