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BEAVERTON, OREGON — Four officers and two police dogs responded to a 911 call about an intruder in the bathroom of a Beaverton residence.

The call came from two men who were house-sitting for a nephew. When the officers arrived, they saw a moving shadow under the bathroom door and heard erratic noises inside.

They identified themselves as police, but got no response from the intruder. They warned that police dogs were present, again with no response.

After a 20-minute standoff, the officers burst into the bathroom with guns drawn. Inside was a Roomba vacuum cleaner stuck in a corner and banging periodically against the shower door.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — Police officers responding to a report of domestic assault took a male occupant of the residence into custody for resisting arrest, obstructing a government operation, false reporting, child neglect, and third degree domestic assault.

The officers knew in advance that one of the residents, 26-year-old Markel Towner, had two open arrest warrants. They found a man matching Towner’s description seated in a parked vehicle. The man identified himself as “Deangelo Towns.”

When the officers placed the man under arrest, he protested that he had done nothing wrong and began to struggle with the officers. Several family members also appeared and tried to interfere, but the man was handcuffed and taken to the city jail.

The police report noted that the subject wore a lanyard around his neck with the name “Markel Towner” on it.

HAINES CITY, FLORIDA — A 68-year-old local man faces DUI charges after he crashed his riding lawnmower into a police car.

The incident happened while the police car was parked in front of a convenience store. The officer heard a crash, ran outside to investigate, and observed a dented bumper on the police car. Next to the vehicle was the subject seated on a riding mower. Connected to the mower was a trailer with a large cooler inside.

The man failed a field sobriety test, and a subsequent blood test revealed the presence of cocaine, which the man accused the police of putting there against his will. He also accused the officers of poisoning him and was taken to a hospital to be examined.

Police said the man has two previous DUI convictions, and his driver’s license has been suspended since 1978, which explains why he needed a riding mower.