ARGYLES crime blazing deserves an A+ in Absurdity – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower hill

The red and blue flashing lights reflect the brown walls of the normally inconspicuous petrol station.

Today's complaints from the sirens still echo in the ears of the employee when he explains the situation to the officers.

He didn't want to call the police; He just thought that the shop could use a little refreshingly.

The real culprit was the stench or maybe his nose that had caught him.

A panic button is an emergency device with which security personnel or emergency services can be made aware of in dangerous situations. You can find yourself in almost every publicly organized workplace.

Contrary to the employee's earlier faith, a panic button brings the police, not the fragrance of summer roses and lemon.

A few days later, the newspaper will get this juicy story under control.

“The police were sent to an alarm on Johnny Joe on the HWY 377. When the officials arrived, they questioned a newly hired employee who said he thought the alarm button was a” fragrance button “to smell it better.”

Max Miller, the editor of The cross cup gazette And the creator of the bloter bought the newspaper in 2006. Shortly afterwards, he noticed that the police petrol was somewhat lackluster, “basically as an Excel table,” he says.

The old scotter showed monthly statistics and was generally not very interesting for the general public. There was no story in the reports, a problem for which Miller quickly found a solution.

He contacted the Argyle Police Department and applied for access to the call protocols to provide the public more information. He found a wealth of interesting calls that ranged from ownership crimes to silly calls.

“We are contacted every month The cross cup gazette For our “remarkable calls”, “says Lourdes Diaz, administrative coordinator of the Argyle Police Department.

Most of the time Millers Staff Reporter puts the information together and sends it to Miller so that he can come up with the word games. In other cases, he gets the reports himself and adds his flair.

“People would stop me and ask” Is that real? “And I would say:” Yes, it is real, because the truth is foreign as a fiction, “says Miller.

As soon as you go through the reports, Miller comes to jokes. From his experience as a long-time father and his previous work as a radio DJ and traffic reporter, his “kitschy” sense of humor naturally comes through. His references mostly come from pop culture and references to the 80s.

In the gentle light of her home office Brainstorming Ideas from Miller and his wife.

Her face is illuminated by the soft blue glow of your computer screen, and she giggles over her husband's ant. The soft kink of her eyes deepens when she rolls her to his weapons.

Her laughter, interrupted by the knocking of your fingers over the keyboard, fills the room with a familiar warmth.

Some jokes make the cut, while others fall flat, with Ms. Miller the last referee between every joke and the world.

Miller's renaming the newspaper's policeblot started in 2008 and quickly gained popularity. Over the years, other police stations in the circulation area of ​​the newspaper have started to send their call protocols The cross cup gazette. The smaller the city, the more entertaining the stories are.

“On February 15th at 9:21 p.m., an official checked a possible suspicious vehicle that was sitting on the Old Town boulevard in front of a shop. It turned out that it was father and daughter who played Pokémon Go. The daughter found a lot at this point. ' Not a word when she discovered Detective Pikachu.

“I think it shows that the police don't just chase criminals all day,” says Miller. “They help people in many different ways and react to all types of inquiries and they always have a good sense of humor for them.”

A website with the name Area Compiled data from Argyle Crime Statistics, in which it was generally determined that Argyle is 65% safer than other cities in North Texas. Argyle's population primarily consists of families in the upper middle class. It is a relatively small suburb with low crime over the years.

In addition, Areavibes carried out polls in which the residents were asked whether they feel safe in Argyle. Based on the survey results (7 answers), 71% of the people stated that there were very few crimes in Argyle and that they were sure at night.

Those living in Argyle, Carol Sherman had to share my own story: “I called the police once because I thought someone tried to break into my house, but it was just an Amazon delivery driver.”

In the early evening, Carol was waiting for her husband to come home from the gym when she heard a loud sound from the side of the house. She feared that a tree had fallen onto the roof, so she went after research.

Then she heard another loud boom from another side of the house. This time the sound sounded like it was coming from the inside. She panic and called her husband, who called the police officers and hurried home.

A non -marked white van was idle in front of her house.

When her husband arrived, a man went away from her front door. It was strange that a burglar went out of a house that they had just tried to rob them.

The man with the van, who was more vigilant under three other houses on the street under John and Carols, although confused eyes.

Then Carol's phone illuminated with a notification.

Your Amazon package has just been discontinued. The news contained a picture of the man with the non -marked white van.

“Fortunately, we live in an area where there is usually not much serious crimes, so we can enjoy the human element,” said Miller. “Sometimes people call the police for things for which they may not call the police, but the police authority always treats everything professionally.”

“On February 2 at 2:18 a.m., a resident of Windsor Drive called a suspicious doorbell ring and noticed that her camera was mysteriously blocked. In further studies it was found that a joke until no Gouda threw into the yard and had placed a slice over the doorbell camera. No charges were submitted, but the case will be unusual as a tanker. “

What makes it possible to have this creative freedom is the fact that he has and operates the paper regardless of a large media conglomerate. The staff consists of Miller, his wife, an employee reporter and many local participants.

“It is a true community newspaper, something you hardly see anymore,” says Miller.

Miller was transferred to the DFW region in 2002 to play a role in the management position at Metro Networks, which provided traffic reports for radio and television. At that time he started a website called Lantanalinks on which he released Community News.

After he started being received The cross cup gazette In his mailbox, he contacted the owner in 2004 with a proposal to work with them to advertise his website and the owner agreed.

In 2006 the owner of The cross cup gazette Miller called with another proposal.

She wanted him to buy the newspaper.

Miller had never had a business. He hadn't even owned a dog, let alone a local newspaper.

He dared to jump and realized what the worst thing was that could happen. Then the 2008 financial crisis shook the basis of every company.

Although his company job was lost for the economic devastation that gazette Keep himself and even grew. It became his full -time job and has flourished since then.

The cross cup gazette Publish the Blotter with clever jokes from Miller every month. Try them under this link.

-written by Jadyn Turner