Monday, July 11

Breaking and entering
Leslie Road
Someone broke into the main office and safe. Officer set up frequent patrol.

Welfare check
Little Walnut Road
Caller advised that he has been trying to get a hold of his three kids who are with their mother and she refuses to answer. Officer made contact and advised the kids are fine/she is just having issues with caller.

Welfare check
1201 Pope Street
A disoriented female came up to caller's van/she does not know where she is and appears to be confused. Dispatcher made contact with caregiver.

Game and Fish
Pinos altos Road and Cantada Creek
Broken front leg/walking toward Hwy 15.

Welfare check
Leslie Road
Caller advised that his father has been under the influence of medications and is not acting like himself. Advised the father left in a green, 1997 Chevy Blazer.

Larceny
W. Market Street
Caller requests a standby at Noble Park while he checks on a meter tampering.

Fraud/embezzlement
1956 E. Highway 180 - 4:40 p.m.
Young black male trying to pick up a fraudulent prescription/it has been forged/no such doctor.

Welfare check
Market and N. Bayard streets
Caller advised that they'd given a male a ride to the WNMU campus and the male couldn't remember where he had been staying then advised he wanted to be dropped off and he'll figure it out. Second caller advised that a middle-aged male is stumbling around. Officer had negative contact.

Battery
Canal Street
Officer requested ambulance for a 50-year-old male involved in a physical altercation and was hit on the left side with a baseball bat/negative on emergency response. Officer issued male an indefinite CTW for entire trailer park.

Fraud/embezzlement
610 Silver Heights Blvd - 5:15 p.m.
African-American male trying to fill a fraudulent prescription that has been forged by a non-existent doctor.

Welfare check
N. Swan Street and Silver Heights Blvd.
Male seems intoxicated/has a knife in his back pocket/just walked into the Super Snappy/can hardly walk or stand up/almost got hit by a vehicle. Officer has contact.

Unwanted subject
Canal Street
Female caller advised that her daughter was trying to take caller's belongings. Officer requested ambulance for a 41-year-old female with a broken finger.

Welfare check
Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised that two subjects were inside the room and caller could smell marijuana as he passed by.

Domestic disturbance
Pine Street
Female flagged down an officer advising of an argument. Officer with one in custody.

Welfare check
1814 N. Swan Street
Male passed out in back of the store/lying half in the roadway and half on the sidewalk.

Shoplifting
610 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised that a male took about $100 in merchandise.

Welfare check
1876 E. Highway 180
Verbal domestic going on at DMV. Officer out at address on Bosworth/she said it wasn't her/clear.

Tuesday, July 12

Disturbance
N. Arizona Street
Neighbors upstairs are making lots of noise/sounds like they are fighting. Officer out at apartment/subjects won't open door/everything sounds okay.

Disturbance
Leslie Road
Caller advised that she is hearing yelling from one of the apartments. Officer heard nothing/clear.

Loud music
Leslie Road
Loud music from this apartment. Officer had contact with three individuals; one had a valid DL and clear locally; another had an invalid/suspended DL/clear; and the third had two outstanding warrants out of magistrate court for failure to appear, for $1,000 and $1,500.

Game and Fish
1929 Pinos Altos Road
Deer trapped in a fence. Caller called back advising the deer is out of the fence and is OK.

Suspicious vehicle
1609 N. Swan Street
Officer had contact/she is just waiting for the bank to open.

Larceny
1332 N. Hudson Street
Caller advised that a named individual stole money about 20 minutes ago from their tip jar.

Disturbance
2750 E. Highway 180
A disturbance between an older male and a younger male, possibly father and son. Officer advised it was a disciplinary action between a 12-year-old son and parents.

Larceny
Bosworth Drive
Caller advised her license plate was stolen. Sheriff Villanueva advised the plate was found at the In and Out car wash.

Domestic disturbance
Newsham Street
Caller advised that her husband is going crazy, is destroying her belongings, then left. Second caller advised that his wife is going crazy and he just left.

Unwanted subject
2045 E. Highway 180
Caller wants a named female removed from his car. Caller doesn't know why she is yelling, they didn't fight. Officer with one female en route to income support then to Wells Fargo.

Disturbance
1040 E. Highway 180
Caller needs a guest removed. The guest complained of bugs in the room and is making a scene. Officer made contact and advised both subjects left the property/clear.

Fraud/embezzlement
1203 N. Hudson Street
Officer spoke with a bank employee who stated a named female is taking $10,000 from her mother's or grandmother's account every two weeks and wiring the money to a male in Africa and the employee feels something isn't right. The employee contacted his compliance department and they advised him to contact law enforcement.

Harassment
N. Corbin Street
Caller advised that her brothers and sister are harassing her about shutting off the power next door that was under caller's name. Caller advised that she turned off the power to her brother because he was not paying her for the electricity.

Shoplifting
2148 E. Highway 180
Male and female couple stole some merchandise, possibly from automotive, and some fake eyelashes, then left in an older maroon Hyundai Elantra.

Littering
2110 E. Highway 180
Homeless male in a wheelchair leaving his trash in the parking lot. Officer had negative contact with caller.

Welfare check
Florence and Alabama streets
Caller advised that an elderly male is always yelling and causing a disturbance with some females at his residence.

Welfare check
314 E. 14th street
Intoxicated male passed out/has been asleep for about 20 minutes/would like him to move along.

Loud music
E. 15th Street
Caller advised he works graveyard and hasn't been able to sleep. Dispatcher could hear music and caller advised he is a block away. Officer advised they would turn the music down.

Harassment
E. 32nd Street
Caller advised that her neighbor is yelling at caller's new puppy and advising that the new dog better not bark.

Fight
Leslie Road
Females fighting in the front.

Stolen motor vehicle
Lamina Loop
A named female stole caller's red 2002 Toyota Tacoma.

Wednesday, July 13

Criminal damage to property
711 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller found a broken window.

Burglary
900 Silver Heights Blvd.
Caller advised when she opened up, the windows were shattered.

Panhandler
2110 E. Highway 180
Caller advised that a man is sleeping outside Shoe Dept.

Shoplifting
2501 E. Highway 180
Two females, one male, stealing makeup. Officers have contact.

Harassment
White Signal
Employee stated he was just threatened by a named male.

Larceny
900 Silver Heights Blvd.
Employee stole her wallet at about noon.

Harassment
W. Market Street
Former tenant was threatening to burn the trailer park down, then left.

Welfare check
2005 E. Highway 180
Two employees are smoking weed in a red Mitsubishi Spider and a 4-year-old child in the car is crying. Officer advised they were only smoking cigarettes, they just got out of work, and are leaving.

Welfare check
2850 E. Highway 180
Male in a wheelchair with two dogs on a leash/too close to the highway.

Welfare check
Yucca Street
Officer advised that contact was made and daughter is okay/set up frequent patrol.

Harassment
W. Market Street
Landlord continues to harass her. Officer en route to speak to the other half.

Domestic disturbance
Newsham Street
Drunk in front of his kids. Officer advised it was verbal only.

Unwanted subject
Valley Vista
Caller advised that a named male was told to stay 50 yards away from a named female and her daughter and he is hiding in the area. Officer made contact with the female who advised male is not at location and closed the door on us.

Battery
Little Walnut Road
Caller advised that a named male who possibly has a gun is trying to hit caller's sister.

Welfare check
501 Silver Heights Blvd.
Male sitting/his face is very red/he is holding his head. Officer advised male stated he is just resting/not red in the face/cancel EMS.

Battery
123 W. 12th Street
Caller advised that a male is after her son who is at a laundromat. Caller lives in Arizona but is in California at this time.

Criminal trespass warning
1956 E. Highway 180
A named male is trespassing. Officer advised the male was issued a CTA and re-issued a CTW.

Unwanted subject
E. 14th Street
Caller advised that a male is passed out on the front porch/it may be her grandson/she is unsure. Caller advised that it is her grandson but she wants nothing to do with him. Officer transported grandson to a Mountain View Drive address.

Domestic disturbance
E. 20th Street
Caller advised that she does not feel safe/she is getting attacked/she does not need medical attention/he did hit her/they have kids in the home/ they are safe.

Suspicious vehicle
E. 13th and N. Swan streets
Officer advised they are playing Pokemon.

Thursday, July 14

Criminal damage to property
Yucca Street
Smashed mailbox.

Burglary
Pine Street
Missing items from his shed.

Missing persons
Vicky Place
A 3-year-old girl just came to caller's yard with a pit bull on a leash and cannot advise where she lives. Officer made contact and is trying to get the little girl to walk us together to her residence. On the phone advising that the little girl left with her mother and they were . . .

Intoxicated persons
Visitor Center
Highly intoxicated male who has an infection on his hand. Will be transported to GRMC by EMS.

Welfare check
Little Walnut Road
Caller from CYFD requests emergency referral on a named female. Officer out at Silver Cliff Apartments with CYFD for welcheck.

Welfare check
2501 E. Highway 180
One elderly male in Row 13 in a red Ford with a dog. Officer made contact and advised the air conditioning was on high inside the vehicle/everything is okay.

Harassment
Penny Park
Three male juvis are harassing people and now are walking toward Pope Street. Officer had negative contact.

Larceny
E. Pine Street
A friend's Coca Cola table and chairs were taken from his porch.

Fraud/embezzlement
809 N. Hudson Street
Reference an employee involved in food stamp fraud.

Burglary
Alabama Street
Both storage trailers have been broken into. Caller warns the driveway is really rough.

Grafitti
Newsham Street
Female writing on their warehouse right now. Officer advised we do hold juvenile bench warrant. Arrest the defendant only during court hours after confirming a judge is available for immediate appearance.

Domestic disturbance
Leslie Road
A named female is fighting with her boyfriend/he is shooting at her. Officer advised it is all verbal/he is leaving at this time.

Welfare check
2110 E. Highway 180
Caller advised that a male in a wheelchair is too close to the road.

Welfare check
Memory Lane
A 2-year-old child is running outside screaming. Officer had contact with three small children prior to getting to residence/they ran inside and no one is opening the door.

Unwanted subject
N. Gold Street
Caller advised that an unknown person is outside her home between the screen door and the front door. Officer had negative contact/clear.

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