The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County.
A Panama City police officer recently responded to a local store because a man was causing a disturbance and scaring other customers.
In his report the officer described the man as mentally disturbed and single-minded. Every time the officer asked the man a question he responded that he planned to buy the laundry mat across the street from the store. Finally, when he was asked if he had a place to stay that night the future entrepreneur said. "No."
The officer discovered the man had recently been released from prison but failed to find out more about his business and marketing plan for the laundromat. The officer took the man to the Rescue Mission.