Conflict resolution

8: 29 p.m. A man at North Boxley Avenue and West Franciscan Trail reported two men fighting with sticks.

Mortal Carmbat

12:14 p.m. An employee at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 702 S. Thompson St., reported a man came in, asked him his name, then hit him and said, "I'm not done with you."

When I was a kid, we called that the "Circle of Hate"

FAYETTEVILLE : 2 accused of setting up church day-care fights

"The investigation was launched Thursday after a parent reported teachers forcing 3- and 4-year-old students to fight during “circle time.” The kids had to fight while the rest of the class watched, and the teachers told them not to tell their parents." Read more...
(Via the Fayetteville Flyer)

Can't work with em', can't work without 'em.

3: 17 p.m. A woman on Ervin McGarrah Road, Lowell, reported her daughter-in-law fighting with her son because he got a job working with women.

...but the sword is more disturbing than the pen.

2: 14 p.m. A caller on South 40 th Street reported a sword used in a disturbance.

Roger's Rec called by official name for the first time in 30 years!

9: 49 p.m. A man at Roger’s Tavern and Recreation (ed: who knew?), 406 W. Dickson St., reported a fight.

I'm pretty sure I know this woman...

11: 47 p.m. A woman on Coose Hollow Lane in Rogers reported a male acquaintance threw glass on her because she was intoxicated, but she only drank a 12-pack of beer.

Thanks Brooke!

Don't shoot me, I'm only the dueling piano player

1: 23 a.m. A caller at Deja Vu Dueling Piano Bar, 3404 S. E. Macy Road, reported people arguing.
12: 48 a.m. A caller reported loud music at Deja Vu Dueling Piano Bar.
1: 21 a.m. A caller at Deja Vu Dueling Piano Bar, 3404 SE Macy Road, reported two men fighting.

an update for the new year

I haven't forgotten about the site. It just seems that Rowena Rappaport and Tracy M. Rogers, who compile the crime report for the paper every day, have toned down the crazy a little bit and there's not much to report here, except for boyfriends threatening to cut their girlfriends "every which way," people killing other people's dogs, the rampant theft of copper wiring, and all the other compulsory acts of domestic violence that the happy holidays bring us this time of year. So my wish for 2008 is that NW Arkansas brings us more stories about pants, topless youths, werewolves, and Mexican standoffs than it does break-ins, firearms, and that damned copper wire.

Some things worth mentioning (or maybe not):

Something happened in early December that made 223 people to come here in one day.

In 2006, 981 people visited the site. In 2007, 4,195 people visited. That's an increase of 427%, and that's what I call getting results.

Of course, I could not have done this alone. Alannah's blog has linked to us since time immemorial, and the newly launched Fayetteville Flyer (swell work, folks) arrived and has sent some people this way. And now we get about 10 page loads a day, and for the first time ever there are probably more people that aren't me checking the site in a given week.

As for those people that end up here some other way than through the links above, they generally come from technorati searches for pissing tags (Hallo, Deutschland!), or googling for some combination of the following words: "fayetteville, bentonville, bella vista, topless, strippers, titties." If you don't know by now, you will never ever ever know. And trust me, you don't want to see anything naked that comes out of Bella Vista.

Another popular search recently consists of people looking for the latest chapter of R. Kelly's popular "Trapped in the Closet" saga. You can read the expurgated version here. The rest of them are generally people googling street addresses. Probably checking out their new prospective neighborhood, only to find they'll be spending an extra $100 to reinforce their mailbox.

So yeah, 2008... bring the crazy, and fight for your right to party.

Letting everybody know that you mean business

10: 39 a. m. A man on Roberts Place reported a fight and that he was going to shoot someone if the police didn’t hurry.

a sacred battleground

At 8: 16 p. m. Tuesday, Gary Brashera reported that four ninja warriors were seen fighting on the playground at the First Presbyterian Church, 901 N. E. J St.

basebrawl

7: 19 p. m. A caller at 401 S. Lewis Ave. reported 15 to 20 people fighting with baseball bats.

is it NHL playoff season? yes... yes it is.

10: 19 p. m. A man at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Ave., reported seven to nine people fighting on the ice rink and it was an out-of-control hockey game.

next time just send a memo around the office

4: 56 p. m. A caller at Springdale Police Department, 201 Spring St., reported a fight in the “drunk tank.”

something tells me there's more to this story...

7: 53 p. m. A man at E-Z Mart, 723 N. 13 th St., reported his son was walking to work when a woman pulled over and hit him in the face.

what happens when you name a bar after the act of depriving drunks of alcohol

11: 52 p. m. A caller at Last Call Bar, 1107 S. 48 th Street, reported getting hit with a pool cue.

a detour on the roadmap to peace

5: 44 p. m. A caller on East Zion Road reported people fighting.

8:53 p.m. – An officer was dispatched to assist Berryville police in halting a lively fight in progress at a Berryville funeral home.

5:35 p.m. – Despite a phone call to the contrary, there was no dog on the roof of a Pivot Rock Rd. residence when an officer arrived.

more good times can be found at the lovely county citizen of eureka springs.

fun with place names: three for one!

7: 54 a. m. A woman at 5981 Dancing Rabbit Drive reported contractors building a house next door stealing her electricity.

1: 32 a. m. A man at 1298 Electric Ave. reported someone trying to break into his vehicle.

12: 11 a. m. A woman on Cow Face Road in Lowell reported two people fighting.

[ed: anyone who lives on a street called "dancing rabbit drive" deserves to have their electricity stolen, which makes me think she should rock down and pay a visit to the guy on "electric avenue." as for cow face road? fuck it, you can call me cow face from now on. that's my new handle.]

the west point west street battle royale

1: 08 a. m. A caller at 2710 W. Point West St. reported 30 or 40 people fighting.