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This city is being terrorised by the most mundane crimes ever

Raccoons are loitering and they must be stopped.

May 1st 2014, 5:02 PM 3,720 Views 2 Comments

THIS CITY IN California has problems. Many many problems. Atherton is rife with crime, and the poor police have their phone ringing off the hook non-stop. And the Mercury News Blotter? They cover every, one.

And rightly so. Check out these harrowing offences.

1. This terrifying delivery

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2. This fighter who lived to tell the tale

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3. WHO WALKS at odd hours?

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4. The worrying anti-social behaviour of these raccoon youths

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5. NOT THE STRRREEEET

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6. What if he wasn’t writing though? What of it then?!

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7. Better to be safe than sorry when it comes to elderly women

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How do they cope?

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This city is being terrorised by the most mundane crimes ever