Weird Police News: Cheesy Crime, Bizarre Nudity and Drag Racing 101

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1. One word — bizarre: A man standing in front of a paint store in Lilburn pulled his pants down and told police to "come and get it.” But that was tame compared the rest of his bizarre behavior. Before police arrived, the man, an employee at the store, made strong sexual advances to another male employee, who put him in a headlock and sent him outside. Once outside, the man took off his clothes, pushed certain body parts against the store window, and made pelvic thrusting gestures. When police arrived, he punched and kicked one of the officers before being tasered — twice.

2. Backyard flasher: Here’s something that will be hard to forget for a Winder-area homeowner — a 31-year-old man standing shirtless in the backyard with his pants pulled down to his ankles.

3. The cheese did him in: It was “cheese residue” on the face of a Winder man that led to a shoplifting charge at a grocery store. The man was reportedly seen putting a package of cheese in his jacket and then entering the restroom. He was found in one of the stalls with crumbs on his face and leftover cheese floating in the toilet.

4. Where not to drag race: Two Suwanee men were arrested after drag racing on Buford Highway — right in front of the Duluth Police Department’s headquarters. An officer who was parked in the PD parking lot saw the whole thing. A red Corvette and black BMW pulled to a stop even with each other, then took off at a high rate of speed.

5. Nude walking: A man found walking around naked on a walking trail near a Norcross apartment complex didn’t seem too fazed by a Gwinnett County Police officer’s interest in finding out what he was doing. When the officer approached and identified himself, the man picked up a cup from the ground and poured water over his head, according to the police report. He was advised to put his clothes back on, and was then charged with public indecency and public intoxication.

6. Here’s $35, now leave me alone: A Snellville man told police that a woman and a man came to his home on two occasions one evening looking for “William.” The resident told both people there was no one by that name in the house. But that didn’t satisfy the man, who kicked in the door and said "I want my ... money, so don't play with me," according to the police report. The resident gave $35 to the man, who then left.

7. Blame it on Bambi: A man charged with DUI in Walton County had a lot of answers for police after he swerved his car into a ditch. But it’s unlikely the officer got the explanation he wanted to hear. The man said he couldn’t have smelled like alcohol because he doesn’t drink. He said his speech was slurred because he doesn’t speak English very well. And the car in the ditch? He swerved to miss a deer and ran off the road. A witness told police she didn’t see a deer, by the way. The man was charged with DUI after he refused a sobriety test.

8. Threatening gesture? A man said a teenager pointed a gun and pretended to fire it at him and his family at Bogan Park near Buford. The man told Gwinnett County police that while he was leaving the park, a vehicle full of teens listening to loud music pulled close. He said he saw one of the teens point a black handgun, then “wink and jerk the gun back pretending to fire it,” according to the police report. Police talked to the teen who was driving, and the teen admitted that one of the passengers did point his finger and thumb like a gun. Police wondered how someone could possibly mistake a hand gesture for a handgun. The teen wondered why the police could believe the man and not him.

9. Here’s a good one: A Grayson man, who was stopped for rear-ending a car at a red light and then leaving the scene, told police it didn’t happen that way. Instead, he said the car in front of him backed into his car. The man's story might have been more believable if he hadn’t left the scene, then pull a U-turn in somebody’s front yard. When police asked why he left the scene, he said he didn’t think it was that big of a deal. The man, who had an outstanding arrest warrant against him, also tested above the legal limit for alcohol.

10. Cold medicated: A 26-year-old man was found stumbling, slurring his speech and unable to think clearly when Lawrenceville Police stopped him in a Wendy’s parking lot. But he registered a zero on a police-administered Alco-senor test. Why did he appear to be intoxicated? He admitted he had taken 32 cold-medicine tablets to get high. It apparently worked.