The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County.
A woman called police to report her car had been burglarized overnight.
Her purse was taken, but there was nothing inside except for some work papers. The value of what she lost was about $25.
The police came and began to investigate. It had rained, so taking fingerprints from the outside of the vehicle wouldn’t work, and the officer swabbed the area of the car where the victim left her purse hoping to get some DNA evidence that might lead to a suspect.
But the officer went a little too far with the investigation when he tried to take a DNA sample from the victim. She explained that she was a conspiracy theorist, and she refused to give the sample.