Man covered in deer blood sparks police interest
| Advocate staff report June 24, 2014
NEWARK — A man walked into a Newark convenience store Monday covered in blood, worrying the clerk and several customers who saw him.
But it's not what you think.
At about 11:14 a.m. Monday, the man entered the Circle K on West Church Street with blood on his arms, clothing, legs and shoes, according to a news release from Newark police.
When the clerk asked about the blood, the man said, "if you think I look bad, you should see the guy in the back of the truck," the release said. He then made his purchase and left the store in his truck.
A concerned customer wrote down his license plate number and called Newark police to report the incident. Officers responded to the address the truck was registered to but were unable to locate the vehicle.
The police department issued a news release just after 3 p.m. Monday asking for the public's help in locating the man, fearing that he or another person were injured.
An hour after the notice was issued, police canceled the request, saying they had found the man and everything had checked out.
Police located the man on his drive home from work.
It turns out he had received a call at about 10:30 a.m. Monday from another police agency about a deer struck by a car, according to the release. The driver responded, received the proper paperwork and took the deer, covering himself in the deer's blood in the process.
The man stopped at the Circle K to buy an ice to pack the deer and keep it cold until he could get off work to butcher it, the release said.
Police confirmed his story with the other agency
| Advocate staff report June 24, 2014
NEWARK — A man walked into a Newark convenience store Monday covered in blood, worrying the clerk and several customers who saw him.
But it's not what you think.
At about 11:14 a.m. Monday, the man entered the Circle K on West Church Street with blood on his arms, clothing, legs and shoes, according to a news release from Newark police.
When the clerk asked about the blood, the man said, "if you think I look bad, you should see the guy in the back of the truck," the release said. He then made his purchase and left the store in his truck.
A concerned customer wrote down his license plate number and called Newark police to report the incident. Officers responded to the address the truck was registered to but were unable to locate the vehicle.
The police department issued a news release just after 3 p.m. Monday asking for the public's help in locating the man, fearing that he or another person were injured.
An hour after the notice was issued, police canceled the request, saying they had found the man and everything had checked out.
Police located the man on his drive home from work.
It turns out he had received a call at about 10:30 a.m. Monday from another police agency about a deer struck by a car, according to the release. The driver responded, received the proper paperwork and took the deer, covering himself in the deer's blood in the process.
The man stopped at the Circle K to buy an ice to pack the deer and keep it cold until he could get off work to butcher it, the release said.
Police confirmed his story with the other agency