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Among reports recently generated by the Conway Police Department:

1. Commercial burglary at 607 Oak St. (Rent-A-Center). At about 1:40 a.m. Friday someone smashed the business' glass door with a rock and stole four TV sets totalling more than $8,000 in value. Police have reason to believe at least three thieves were involved, all described as black males, and that the TVs were loaded into a red, late-model, four-door pickup truck with chrome wheels.

2. Suspected DWI/property damage accident at 1115 College Ave. (St. Joseph Cemetery). Police found a silver 2001 Pontiac Bonneville abandoned "mid-way through the cemetery, facing north, with numerous headstones knocked over." A 12-pack of beer was found inside the vehicle, but a driver was nowhere to be found. The vehicle's registered owner was contacted and told police that he had given the vehicle to a Conway man. This man had not been arrested as of Tuesday afternoon, according to CPD public information officer Sharen Carter.

3. Residential burglary at 10 block of Lower Ridge Road. At some point between 8 and 11 a.m. Thursday someone broke open the rear door of a residence and stole items including a computer, TV, DVD player and Mossberg model 500 pump-action shotgun.

4. Breaking or entering at 5300 block of Pewter Drive. At some point late Sunday night or early Monday morning someone stole a Taurus .40 caliber pistol and an iPod from a car that was left unlocked.

5. Breaking or entering at 1200 block of Summer Circle and 1600 block of Flemming Street. Late Thursday night or early Friday morning someone broke into a SUV and stole a pair of Memphis Car Audio 15-inch subwoofers, a Power Acoustic amplifier and a Dual Electronics XDVD710 in-dash DVD player. About a mile away at Flemming Street, a man was awoken by his vehicle's car alarm and went outside to see two men running from his vehicle. Both were described as black males in their mid-20s, one with a short beard and wearing a blue or black T-shirt and shorts, the other wearing a white T-shirt and shorts. The two left in a white SUV, possibly a Chevrolet Tahoe. The vehicle's owner suspected the thieves were after his vehicle's aftermarket stereo system.

6. DWI at 1200 Old Morrilton Highway (Wendy's restaurant). Police arrested 25-year-old Tyler Lee Goodall of 1322 Fifth Ave., Fort Worth, Texas, after finding him asleep in an idling vehicle at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday with an open can of beer in the center console.

7. Third-degree assault at 1400 block of Hardy Street. A man told police he was "relaxing outside with his family and friends" just past midnight Saturday when an unfamiliar person described as a black male wearing a white "hoodie" sweatshirt and blue knee-length basketball shorts approached. The man told police he said "what's up?" to the stranger, at which point the stranger produced a black semiautomatic pistol, cycled the slide as if loading it, and replied "what's up now?" The stranger walked away from the scene without further incident, the man told police.

8. Theft of property/criminal mischief at 4800 Westin Park Drive. A man answered his doorbell late Sunday night to find that there was nobody there and a pair of black wicker chairs were missing.

(Those with information pertaining to these reports or any unsolved crime are urged to contact the Conway Police Department at 450-6120. Staff writer Joe Lamb can be reached at 505-1238.)