Police Log - Weird Panhandling Habits, Pot Smoke At The Birthday Party, Dog Bites Leg

Sunday, March 4

8:03 am – A man in a turquoise shirt and grey pants was reported in front of Wendy’s on Alhambra Avenue spitting at people and running in the street.

10:30 am – A panhandler in front of the “downtown” Safeway apparently never read the book “How To Win Friends And Influence People”: he reportedly threatened to chop off one person’s hands. That person thought it best to notify police, who had a chat with the panhandler about using better strategies. That chat apparently didn’t work, because the man was later arrested in front of Starbucks on Main Street for public drunkenness after being aggressive with patrons there.

1:01 pm – A man throwing his daughter a birthday party at the waterfront called police when he noticed some men playing horseshoes and smoking marijuana.

Monday, March 5

9:34 am – Two men, a woman and a dog were sitting under the clock at the corner of Main and Court streets. The people were drinking, the dog was barking at passersby. The police arrested the woman (the dog’s owner) for public drunkenness.

10:48 am – One woman was arrested after she and another woman were reported parked on Silverwood Court by suspicious neighbors. One woman was charged with being in possession of a controlled substance.

11:15 am – A bag with medical waste and at least 20 hypodermic needles was discovered on the southwest side of the overpass at Alhambra Way and Muir Station Road.

12:28 pm – A dog bit his owner’s leg at a home on Yale Street. The owner requested medical attention, and was referred to Con Fire.

12:55 pm – A car parked in the Vista Oaks Apartment complex was broken into.

Tuesday, March 6

1:27 am – A car at the corner of Parkway Drive and Howe Road was “fully engulfed” in flames.

1:04 pm – A woman reported that someone went through her unlocked car, parked at Castro and Susana streets, and stole her purse.

1:42 pm - A man was arrested for public drunkenness in Marina Vista Park at the corner of Alhambra Avenue and Marina Vista after he was reported chasing people and pretending his hand was a gun, pointing it at the Corporation Yard workers.

7:53 pm – A woman on Arana Drive was reported in her pajamas yelling and screaming, but not at anyone in particular.