Crime & Safety

Police Log — Noise Complaints, Stolen Cars

Also buckets of dirt for sale, coffee assault and more.

JUNE 12

Loud Sunday — It was a noisy Sunday. Noise disturbances were reported on Morello Heights Drive, at the Boys and Girls Club on Alhambra Avenue, Ash Street, and two from Fig Tree Lane.

Not quite July — Fireworks were reported going off behind a house near Hidden Lakes Drive.

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JUNE 13

Stolen phone — A man reported that someone took his phone as he was walking by America’s Best Value Inn on Alhambra Avenue; two men were arrested later.

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Stolen car — A car was reported stolen from Pacheco Boulevard.

Stolen package – A UPS package was stolen from a porch on Ward Street.

Assault – A man said he was hit in the eye after he was asked for a cigarette by another man, who got into a car and drove away. The incident happened at the Carpenter’s Union on Alhambra Avenue.

Impaired driver – An accident on Arnold Drive and Morello Avenue resulted in the arrest of a man on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

JUNE 14

Theft from vehicle – A GPS system, CDs,  a phone charger and other items were reported stolen from a car on St. Moritz Avenue.

Vandalism – Three cars on Sunnyslopes Drive were covered in lotion and a fourth car had an iPod stolen from it.

JUNE 15

Siphon – An Olympic Drive resident reported finding a hose in her gas tank.

Attempted car theft – A man was seen breaking into a car and trying to start it at the Amtrak Station.

Exotic weapons — Two men were reported drinking and shooting blow dart guns out of a window across the street from the Contra Costa Federal Credit Union on Pine Street.

Prowler – A woman on Oak Crest Court reported someone in her back yard.

JUNE 16

Fare dodge – A cab driver reported that a woman he picked up at the airport refused to pay the fare and went inside her house.

No invitation – A man was reported knocking on doors on Milano Drive, yelling “let me in now.”

No exit – A man at the Amtrak Station refused to leave the restroom.

Stolen cars – A car was reported stolen from Waverly Road, another from Virginia Hills Drive.

Burglary – A resident of Mont St. Michel Way reported a burglar in her home.

Assault – A man was hit in the face with a garbage can; an arrest was made.

JUNE 17

Theft – A man was said to have stolen a pair of hedge clippers from the back yard of a home on Mont St. Michel Way. The man reportedly pointed the clippers at a witness.

Assault with coffee – A report of a man throwing hot coffee on a driver on Alhambra Avenue.

JUNE 18

Burglary – A man was seen breaking into a car in the parking lot of Contra Costa Cinemas.

Dirt for sale – A man was reported selling buckets of dirt on Berrellesa Street.

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