Harrison Thorp 1:04 p.m.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:10 pm

ROCHESTER - Anyone who reads the Rochester Police logs know they deal with a lot of stressful situations every day, and last Sunday was no different, especially when a call came into dispatch around 12:30 p.m. for a suspicious character pouring gasoline on the ground near the corner of Columbus and South Main Street.

The subject was wearing a full face mask and dressed all in black with black gloves with the fingers cut out and a red bandanna.

The caller said the man was carrying a green can that contained gasoline.

When police arrived on scene a couple of minutes later they found the man who had been "pouring gas on the ground."

The one-line message the officer sent dispatch sounded the all-clear.

It read, "Male did not have gasoline, was an energy drink - units clear."