__POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT__
Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to Menards at 3105 Oak Grove Road in reference to a patient that left the hospital. Officers were advised the patient was aggressive. The patient was contacted and transported back to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to the 1100 block of Apple Street in reference to an unattended death. Officers arrived and contacted the Butler County corner for the investigation.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to Poplar Bluff Mini Storage at 251 Highway 53 in reference to tampering with a vehicle. The reporting party stated items need to make the vehicle operational were missing.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to the 300 block of Victor Street in response to possible property damage. The reporting party stated someone egged their vehicle.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to J.C. Penney, 515 S. Westwood Blvd., in reference to shoplifting. The subject concealed several items in a backpack and left the business without paying for them.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to J.C. Penney, 515 S. Westwood Blvd., in reference to shoplifting. The subject selected several items throughout the store, concealed them, then left without purchasing any of them.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to the 1800 block of Raulston Avenue in reference to a domestic dispute. Both parties were contacted and advised of the Missouri law pertaining to domestics. Neither party wished to pursue charges and they were released on scene.
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Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to the 1600 block of Main Street in reference to a burglary. The reporting party stated the building was broken into and large amounts of copper wire were stolen.
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Joshua Lee Ray, 34, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Feb. 12 at Probation and Parole on a detainer warrants. Ray was transported and lodged in the Butler County jail.
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Franklin Hodgkiss, 56, of Poplar Bluff was taken into custody Feb. 12 in the 800 block of Dewey Street on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant. Hodgkiss was lodged in the Butler County jail.
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A traffic stop was conducted Feb. 12 on a black Ford F-250 for failing to signal. The driver did not have insurance on the vehicle being operated and his drivers license was revoked. Upon inspection of the license plates, it was discovered that sticker for the year was fake. The driver was issued several citations and the truck was towed from the scene.