By Heather Summerville, Staff Writer

DURANT – Sleeping Beauty takes a break from moving into her apartment, and when she returned her furniture was being hauled away.

On Saturday, at 5:45 p.m., Ptl. Bryan R. Moore was dispatched to North Third Avenue to investigate a theft.


According to Moore’s report, the new resident of an apartment had been moving in that day, before stopping to take a nap at about 4:45 p.m.

After sleeping for about an hour, the woman returned to the front yard. According to the report, she told officer Moore that she saw a man attempting to load a chest of drawers which belonged to her. She then confronted the man and he stated that he thought that the items were being thrown away since they were left near the curb.

She also told Moore that she had seen a black and white dodge pickup truck driving away with her green antique dresser.

According to the report, the woman told Moore that she had left the items on the lawn of the apartment complex in route to taking the items to her upstairs apartment.

In other Durant Police Department news, Ptl. Rocky McDaniel spoke to two young people who were spotted dropping rocks from the overpass.

According to the report, Ronald Gurnick stated that he was driving under the overpass when a rock struck the top of his 2001 Dodge van. He observed two kids running from the top of the overpass and followed them to a home on Texas Street.

McDaniel located one of the kids at the residence. When asked about the incident, the child stated he knew nothing about it. There was a red and white cap laying next to the front door, which Gurnick had said one of the kids was wearing. When McDaniel asked the owner of the home about the cap, he was told that one of the kids was wearing the hat, and the other kid had just left.

When McDaniel was preparing to leave, the other child returned with his father. The man had heard that McDaniel was looking for his child and wanted to bring him back to speak with the officer. The boy stated he did not throw the rock; it was his cousin. He said that they were on top of the tracks when the other boy kicked the rock off. The boy denied throwing a rock, saying that all he had thrown was a fire cracker.

According to the report, McDaniel then went back to the first boy to confirm this story. The boy said that they were at the tracks but he did not do or know anything.

McDaniel talked to the boys and asked them not to return to the railroad tracks and told them not to throw rocks.

According to the report, Gurnick had no damage to the top of the van as of the time the report was filed.