Editor’s note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how police may have dealt with the complaint.

DECEMBER 18

6:40 a.m., possible injury accident on Stewarts Lane where a car has struck a tree near the sharp curve in the road; EMS reports that the vehicle is cold and unoccupied.

7:41 a.m., report of criminal mischief to Arnold’s Glass & Window on Roy Arnold Drive.

9:57 a.m., caller on Hickory Lane was to report sons are stealing property and reselling it.

10:30 a.m., a verbal altercation is in progress at Second Street and Broadway between two males; one of them is armed with a gun and large knife; both men fled on foot heading toward the library.

11:34 a.m., a male may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in a white pickup truck on Fryes Lane; arrest made.

2:26 p.m., driver in a silver car may be casing the area on Sanctuary Road; extra patrol is requested tonight due to construction equipment being left at the site.

3:57 p.m., two-vehicle injury accident at Main and Maple Avenue.

4:34 p.m., vehicle accident at Hustonville Road and the bypass; several small children are involved.

4:54 p.m., caller’s 16-year-old son didn’t get off the school bus at home today; mother has been looking for 20 minutes and is requesting an officer meet her at Danville High School.

5:22 p.m., a physical domestic altercation is in progress on South Fourth Street; male and female are heading toward Lee’s.

5:39 p.m., a male cancer patient is parked near a store and has threatened to jump in front of a train.

6:48 p.m., a dog is tied to a fire hydrant on Ridgeview Road; animal control en route.

8:27 p.m., caller’s step-daughter and her boyfriend are throwing things at the caller and threatening him; they have left in a red car.

8:40 p.m., a vehicle has struck a cow on Lancaster Road; cow is injured in the roadway.

9:29 p.m., a reckless driver of a limousine is inbound from Perryville to Danville.