Sticks and Stones
Twenty-five-year-old Jennifer Levesque got herself arrested on March 7 when she reportedly called someone a "fucking pregnant retard" outside of a library in Manchester, according to cops. We have no idea why she felt the need to do this, but she got charged with disorderly conduct.

Negligent Parental Units
Take your eyes off your children for 10 seconds, or, well, maybe a half hour, and someone is automatically calling Child Protective Services on your ass for being a terrible parent. Here we have two separate incidents, one in East Hartford, where Lillian Turkson, age 38, allegedly left a 2-year-old and a 14-month-old alone at home for about 30 minutes while she swung by a Walgreens. Turkson was charged with risk of injury to a minor on March 5. Then on March 7 in Manchester, Ilianis Rodriguez reportedly decided it was a brilliant idea to go catch a quick tan at Exotic Tanning in Manchester while she left her two little stepbrothers in the car for 15 minutes. Guess people need their blustery glow during the winter months. The door was also reportedly unlocked and she was arrested with a charge of risk of injury to a minor, according to Manchester police reports.

Don't Cross the Family
It could get messy when a family member wants to break away from the pack, move out and make it on their own. Forty-year-old East Hartford resident Antoinette Little took it a little too hard on March 2 when a member of the family said he was leaving the nest. What came next was an alleged stabbing by Little because the family member wanted to "move out." Little reportedly fled back into their home and out through the back door, but was eventually located and charged with disorderly conduct and assault in the third.

Heroin and Mall Rats
Lots of out-of-place arrests occurring at West Farms Mall recently. This week a couple got busted for reportedly holding some heroin, as if shopping around sober just isn't enough. The pair of 18-year-olds, Gabriel Ramos and Shianne Ramos, got cuffed in West Farms on March 7 for allegedly having some heroin and weed, along with weapons in their car. Why one would come strapped to the mall with that stuff is beyond us. Gabriel Ramos got charged with illegal possession of heroin and Shianne was booked on illegal possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and weapons in the motor vehicle.

Eat the Evidence
Yaniel Cruz-Ortiz, we hope that whatever "white, rock-like substance" you swallowed on March 6 gave you a hell of a buzz and is worth pending jail time. The 25-year-old was arrested in West Hartford for destruction of property, interfering with a cop and larceny in the sixth. He was originally arrested for trying to gank some merchandise at a Macy's, but scarfing down that substance was what apparently got him in real trouble, but maybe it was just snow or cotton candy that he ate, because the arrest report does not specify what it was. Cruz-Ortiz allegedly ate the evidence.

One Step Over the Line
People go postal over the smallest things sometimes. Joseph Johnson, a 38-year-old resident of East Hartford, scored a charge of disorderly conduct and an assault in the third on March 8. He was arrested when he got into a domestic dispute with his wife over a car key. No details if it was lost or if there were qualms with the design or ownership of the key, but it looks like Johnson took it a little too hard.

The Runaway Bunny
It's rough for newspapers. We have to compete with those pesky and agile bloggers. We have to worry about dwindling ad revenues, bankrupt parent companies, that type of thing. And now we have to compete with the po-po for clever headline writing. We received a notice Monday from the always helpful South Windsor police department alerting residents of a white domestic rabbit that had been found in the area, probably escaped from the yard or chased away by a dog. The police directed the distraught owners of the bunny to contact South Windsor Animal Control officers Robin Bond or Brian Kelley at (860) 648-6239 for further information. The subject heading of the notice: "Bad Hare Day."

Hostage Wife
Duran Davis allegedly "unlawfully restrained his wife inside their motor vehicle" on March 6 in West Hartford. His wife was reportedly able to escape from the vehicle while her husband drove away reportedly drunk. Duran was arrested on charges of breach of peace, violating a protective order and unlawful restraint in the second.

More Heroin!
And finally two men got arrested during a routine traffic stop that turned out to be something much worse, which sucks when you are concealing some heroin and just trying to get waved on by cops. But Michael Saternis and Shawn Anderson, both 25, got arrested for possession of heroin in East Hartford on March 7.

All of the information contained in the Advocate's police blotter comes from police reports or officials, or has been shamelessly swiped from other published accounts. Individuals charged have not been independently investigated by the Advocate. All those arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.