Blotter: Twist of testosterone edition

Discriminating thieves generally go after things of monetary value—say, widescreen TVs or jewelry. Either that or they go straight for stuff to pacify an addiction that gnaws at their insides. That’s what appears to have happened October 27 at University of Alaska Anchorage, where police reported a break-in at a campus health center and theft of narcotics from its pharmacy. The theft of a rifle, a Savage 30.06 reported missing October 30 by Wasilla Police, might straddle the two categories if the thief has both a gun fetish and the criminal know-how to fence one. But a Wasilla theft reported on Halloween day seems to defy the categories, if not defy logic itself. A 45-year-old Wasilla woman was accused that day of taking a Chihuahua puppy without paying for it. Perhaps it was crime of passion, prompted by love for those big brown bulging puppy eyes.