Police Beat: A Stray Peacock and a Man in the Median

A stray peacock ruffled a few feathers at a home on the W18000 block of Silver Spring Drive Thursday.

At 9:30 a.m., a 23-year-old woman called the Menomonee Falls Police Department to report their neighbor’s peacock was on the loose in their yard. The woman feared for the safety of her children, and also worried that the peacock could cause a traffic accident if it wandered into the road.

A police aide attempted to catch the misplaced bird, but was unsuccessful. Fortunately, the peacock decided to return to its property voluntarily. Throughout the fray, the owners of the peacock were not home.

According to police records, this wasn’t the first time the owners were contacted about their trespassing peacock.

Also in the reports:

• At 2:04 a.m. Wednesday, a 31-year-old man was found laying in the median at County Line Road and Appleton Avenue. When officers arrived, the man said he believed he had passed out. Police transported him to and he was later released. There was no evidence that alcohol was involved.
• At 1:05 p.m. May 8, a 60-year-old man crashed his vehicle into a marked police car near the intersection of Appleton Avenue and Homestead Drive. The officer was performing a traffic stop at the time, and the man was unresponsive after hitting the squad. The man was transported to CMH where he later admitted that he was on prescription drugs and was attempting to kill himself. A citation for first-offense OWI in pending.
• On May 10, a 59-year-old woman reported that her credit card had been stolen and suspects attempted to purchase four Internet programs valued at $1,100. The woman reversed the charge, but is still fearful that her identity had been stolen.
• A silver Kindle was found at the intersection of Menomonee Avenue and Lavergne Avenue at roughly 6 p.m. May 10. The owner couldn’t be identified despite several contacts with neighbors.