A man and woman were going around to people in the SaveMart parking lot, 1950 W. 11th St., with a gas can and asking for gas money, according to a caller at 5:47 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25. The caller said the couple had been asking for gas money in that same parking lot for the past two months.

The Tracy Police Department logged 156 calls Monday, Oct. 25. The following is a sample of those calls:

• 3:47 a.m.: A woman called police after she arrived home and found a man inside her house. When the dispatcher asked her if she knew the man, she hung up. She later said she didn’t want the man to be arrested because she knew him.

• 7:41 a.m.: A caller said a white utility truck had been sitting behind his house for the past two days, and he was wary of it because his house was broken into on Friday. Police discovered the truck belonged to the city of Tracy — the driver was reading a newspaper.

• 8:40 a.m.: A man was “physically beating” his dog according to a caller at Home Depot, 2461 Naglee Road.

• 9:27 a.m.: A caller noticed someone in a parked truck “moving his head back and forth a lot” near the intersection of Gandy Dancer Drive and Mars Way. The truck was gone with police arrived.

• 12:53 p.m.: A woman who was having ongoing problems with her neighbors said they threw cake at her house during a loud party they were having the night before on the 1700 block of Ash Tree Way.

• 1:27 p.m.: A man reported someone stole his grandson’s cell phone from his locker at West High School, 1775 W. Lowell Ave.

• 2:33 p.m.: A woman in southeastern Tracy said she got a threatening text from a phone number she didn’t recognize. Part of the text said, “if she loved her life and everyone in it,” she should be “careful what she does.” The message also threatened to kill her. She wanted advice on how to handle it.

• 3:19 p.m.: An employee at Tracy Toyota, 2895 Naglee Road, reported a car was stolen from the business, and the key was also missing.

• 4:31 p.m.: Some staff vehicles were damaged at Montessori School, 100 S. Tracy Blvd. The caller said vehicle damage happens every week.

• 5:07 p.m.: A man who had caused problems at Backroads Custom, 2446 Toste Road, earlier in the day because he was unhappy with service he received there, was now calling the business and “threatening to kill them,” according to an employee. Police contacted the man and told him to take his grievances to the civil justice system instead of calling. The man promised not to call again.

• 8:59 p.m.: A house was “ransacked” and possibly burglarized on the 3900 block of Tropaz Lane while the homeowner was away.

• 11:54 p.m.: A caller at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, 1420 North Tracy Blvd., said a fight had broken out inside the emergency room, and about ten people were involved. Hospital security seemed to have the situation under control a few minutes later.

• This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher’s daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. To report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.