Crime & Safety

Found Golf Clubs, Scattered Fritos, Home Invasion, A Couple Of Deleted Expletives

The following information was taken from the Daily Police Log, Feb. 14 - 17, and rewritten by Martinez Patch.

February 14

3:52 a.m. - A resident of Alhambra Lane took exception to the noise made by several motor scooters going up and down the street.

6:50 a.m. – A resident of Elmquist Court noticed a man she believed to be intoxicated on her porch. He was there for about an hour. He was described as bald, skinny, wearing a blue jacket and no pants. Police relocated him to county jail.

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12:48 p.m. -  A resident of Donaleen Court had his home invaded by a gun-wielding who demanded money and his iPhone, and stole his Honda Element. The suspect was captured by police in Richmond the following day, after a crime spree over several cities. 

1:40 p.m. – A Frito Lay truck reportedly went across Arnold Drive, involving several cars in the accident. No word if they got the chips off the old block.

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6:02 p.m. – A resident of Valley View Court was perusing Craig’s List and noticed golf clubs for sale. By no coincidence, they were the very same Callaway golf clubs stolen from the resident's garage two weeks prior.

February 15

5:50 a.m. - 05:50 – A man, pulled over at the corner of Alhambra Avenue and Mellus Street by police, was taken to jail when it was discovered he was driving in an unsober condition.

4:08 p.m. – A man on Lassen Drive reported that he received several calls threatening him with harm if he didn’t go out of business.

5:10 p.m. – A man in a ski cap and black sunglasses was skateboarding at Hidden Valley Elementary School on Glacier Drive. When he was asked to leave, he said he would “skate where he (expletive deleted) pleases.” He was (expletive deleted) gone when police arrived.

February 16

2:28 a.m. – A knock on the door of an apartment on Virginia Hills Drive awoke the resident, who answered and found a man in one white shoe and one black shoe asking her to call 911 because he could not get into his apartment. The problem as she saw it was that the man no longer lived in the apartment, so she called 911 per his request, and the man was arrested for being drunk in public.

9:56 a.m. – Police gave advice to a student who was stabbed with a pencil at Alhambra High School.

4:00 p.m. – Con Fire and an ambulance were summoned to Alley Cats Thrift & Collectables on Main Street when a woman reported having a clasp stuck inside her thumb.

9:40 p.m. – A woman on Center Avenue reported that someone broke into her car and stole her purse and her hookah.

February 17

12:55 a.m. – A man on Alhambra Way and Estudillo Street was reportedly lying down and yelling, then getting up and falling over. This apparently went on for some time, until the man walked away toward Nancy Boyd Park. He was gone when police arrived.

2:20 p.m. – A resident of Pebble Creek Court reported that a man was knocking on doors, asking to meet the neighbors. Apparently at least one neighbor did not wish to meet him and called police.


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