In this week’s blotter, a car thief leads police on a gas-, foot- and paddle-powered chase near Battle Point. They’re still searching for the thief, who was last seen slipping away on a kayak.
Ever notice the violent bands of gun- and bat-wielding black people roaming the island? How’s about the gangs of of El Camino-diving Mexicans armed with brass knuckles? No? Well, neither had Bainbridge police, who thought it odd this week when a drunk and bleeding man blamed his head injuries on what would have amounted to a large part of the island’s relatively small non-white population. With a smidge of detective work, police determined that an out-of-control bicycle was to blame. No word on the bike’s color or country of origin.
The blotter’s below.