From the Blotter

One potato

The owner of Burke Feed & Farm Supplies called the cops last weekend after finding a shattered front door.

When a deputy arrived, he showed him what looked like bullet holes in his potato bin and back wall.

The deputy cut open a potato and found a .22 caliber bullet inside.

Cussin' cousins

Two teenage girls were detained for cursing at police.

According to a report filed at the Waynesboro Police Department, officers were trying to diffuse an unruly crowd at the Huddle House around 2 a.m. last Saturday when a policeman was hit on the shoulder with an unknown object.

The officer turned to the table from which it had been thrown and asked everyone to leave. A 16-year-old Waynesboro girl refused to do so and began cursing at the officer, the report said.

While officers tried to arrest the juvenile for disorderly conduct, her 18-year-old cousin, Shequila Lewis, stepped outside and joined in the cursing.

Both were transported to the Burke County Jail.

Washington bullet

A Washington state couple grew concerned when they heard something hit the passenger side door of their SUV last Tuesday.

They called deputies when they realized "that something" was a bullet.

According to the incident report, the couple was traveling on Highway 24 South toward their summer home in Alexander when someone apparently shot at them.

Fortunately, the bullet glanced off the door.