A man said after he stopped to relieve himself in the middle of Calhoun Avenue, an enraged man choked him and then stole his car with his dog in it.
Ronald Reynolds, who is deaf and cannot read, said he stopped in the 4000 block of Calhoun "to go to the restroom (number one)."
He said he "was using the restroom" in the street when it apparently upset a man who spotted him doing it. He said the man put his hands around his neck and began strangling him so he could hardly breathe.
He said the man then got in his 2004 Honda Accord and drove off (since he had left the keys in the ignition with the engine running).
A passenger in the vehicle was the owner's 13-year-old dog.
A witness, who declined to give his name, said the suspect might be "Frank."
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A caller said two black males were looking into cars and trying to break in at the emergency room parking garage at Memorial Hospital. They were spotted running down a stairwell and then leaving in a blue 2007 Honda that was found to have been stolen from a Knoxville woman.
One of the occupants of the vehicle got away, but police were able to track down the other at Wheeler Avenue. Police said he was a missing person from Knoxville and was taken to the Juvenile Detention Unit.
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An employee of Capitol Toyota said she saw a black Toyota Tacoma and a silver Toyota Tacoma run a stop sign on Lee Highway. Both vehicles had sales stickers on them.
Fifteen minutes later, she noticed that a rear fence at the dealership had been knocked down. That section of fence is the only area not hemmed in by trees.
Manager Ed Emerson said the two vehicles - one worth $32,010 and the other $27,010, had just been driven off the lot through the fence.
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A woman on Lovell Avenue said she opened her windows when she got up.
Then she saw what appeared to be a set of gloves appear just above the window ledge. The woman let out a scream.
No one was located outside the house.
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Roland Howell said he was delivering newspapers at the Hixson Courts Apartments on Hixson Pike when a white male drove up in a sedan and asked him the name of the apartments.
He said he told the man, then he drove to one of the buildings and began delivering papers. He left the key in the ignition and the car running.
He then saw a white male get into his car and drive off. The sedan he first saw drove off at the same time.
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A woman on Lake Hills Circle heard a knock at the door. She looked out and saw a black male with shoulder-length dreads standing on the porch looking around. A black Ford Taurus was backed up in her driveway.
When the man on the porch saw the woman looking at him through the blinds, he ran to the car, which had a black male driver. The vehicle sped off.
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A loss control specialist at the Walmart on Highway 153 said Jacqueline Womack was observed loading meat into bags. Then she left without paying.
She was stopped with meat totaling $284.53 and cited for theft under $500.
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Ryan Atchison said a window was knocked out of his vehicle while it was parked at The Rush fitness center on Lee Highway.
Some items were taken from the car.
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Police were called to referee a property line dispute on Burnt Hickory Drive.
One neighbor had started to pour concrete along his version of the boundary.
Shawn Petree said officials from both the city and county said he was within his rights with setting out the line with a permanent marker.