Most of the time the local police reports are pretty mundane. There’s always some theft, some drug possession, and some drivers who shouldn’t be behind the wheel for various reasons. But there was a particularly interesting entry recently:
“2:16 p.m.: A dead coyote was left on a porch in the 1600 block of West 16th Street.”
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