posted November 18, 2004
Chattanooga Police said a girl's hair was set on fire in a county school bus.
In the incident on Marylin Lane, students said it happened when a number of students were exiting. They said it was difficult to see who had set the fire.
It caught the end of her hair on fire, but it was immediately extinguished.
The girl said she "was fine."
At Walgreen's on Broad Street, a bullet was found in a planter out front. It was a Winchester 358 - brass with a silver tip.
Janet Campbell of Alabama Avenue in St. Elmo found her house ransacked and blood drippings in various rooms.
The burglar had apparently cut himself in getting in through a window he broke out on the side of the living room. Jewelery and other items were missing.
Randall Dunn said he was at the back of his store at 2265 Gunbarrel Road when a man came up behind him. The man asked him if he was in charge of the store.
He then told him he had 30 seconds to get to the front. The man, who appeared to have a gun up his right sleeve, then directed him to get the money from the cash register.
The man then left, running toward Hamilton Place Mall. He was caught on the store video, but he was covering his face as he came in and running on the way out.
At Northgate Park, Toi Smith said she was making a deposit to the bank. A man approached her vehicle and threw a car jack through the passenger window. He then snatched the money bag, getting away with $3,000 in cash and $4,000 in checks. The robber had on a hat and a black shirt.
Amber Wyatt, 20, said her husband, Gregory B. Wyatt, 51, came up to Mt. Vernon Avenue where she was with Sidney E. Scott, 46.
She said the enraged husband rammed his 1970 Chevy truck into Scott's parked Ford van. She said he then knifed all four tires on the Scott vehicle. Then he came up on the porch and broke out a large window.
The report says when Scott went out on the porch, Wyatt attacked him, leaving his face scratched.
It says Wyatt, as he left, hit a tree with his pickup. He finally had to abandon the vehicle.
Michael Higginbotham said he was jogging at Greenway Farm. When he returned to his vehicle, someone had knocked out a window and gotten his briefcase that had miscellaneous papers and some payroll checks.
They also took his pants that were in the floorboard of the front passenger side.
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