Tracy police received 110 calls for service Thursday, Dec. 29. The following is a sample of those calls.
1:48 a.m.: A caller reported a child riding a bicycle to Walmart, 3010 W. Grant Line Road. He was upset because it was almost 2 a.m. and the child was out. Police checked and found the mother, father and child were going to Walmart to get the mother medicine. Police counseled the parents regarding the child’s lack of a helmet.
3:41 a.m.: A caller reported a car into a tree at Henley Parkway and Lowell Avenue. Police found the car empty. The car was towed away.
9:01 a.m.: A woman called to report she was receiving death threats from her former boyfriend’s brother and sister on the 4500 block of Oakridge Drive. Police are investigating.
2:29 p.m.: A caller reported a man was unconscious on the steps of the former Stan Morri Ford trailer at 430 W. 11th St. Police checked and found the man was taking a nap.
3:11 p.m.: A caller reported loud drums coming from a garage on the 2100 block of Joseph Damon Drive. Police advised the drummer to try and work something out with his neighbors.
3:55 p.m.: A caller on the 4500 block of Lammers Road reported he keeps getting harassing phone calls from someone trying to collect $25 for a traffic violation in Hawaii. He told police he hasn’t been in Hawaii for 25 years and thinks the call is a scam.
5:23 p.m.: Police arrested a 55-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman following a pedestrian stop on the 1900 block of West 11th Street. The couple was arrested on suspicion of defrauding veterans.
5:29 p.m.: Police arrested a 19-year-old woman on the 800 block of West Clover Road. The arrest occurred after a caller reported the woman took his keys during a custody exchange and refused to return them. She also called police and told them he refused to turn over their child, so she took his car keys.
5:30 p.m.: A caller reported her co-worker at Taco Bell, 2880 W. Grant Line Road, was blackmailing her He told her he would report her to their corporate office if she did not comply.
6:23 p.m.: Police arrested a man outside Tracy Press, 145 W. 10th St. for a warrant violation. He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp.
9:16 p.m.: A store clerk called to report someone threw an object through the window at the Ninety Nine Cent Store, 1320 W. 11th St. The window was shattered.
9:30 p.m.: A caller reported two men at Stone Pine Apartments, 227 W. Grant Line Road, and one of them was carrying a shotgun. Police searched the area but were unable to find the men.
10:29 p.m.: A caller reported a loud party on the 1400 block of Gable Court. Police checked and found the party was ending and people were leaving. They were issued a warning.
• 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. Charges may have been added or dropped as of press time, and all suspects are assumed innocent until proven guilty. To report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.
Aren't there enough vacant parking lots and parks in Tracy that are available during regular daylight hours?
AFTER the cops showed up, then there were parents mentioned (they could have been in the store, not near the child when the report was filed, etc.). My point AGAIN is that when the report was made, obviously there were no adults with this child. No one would call the cops based on a family together riding their bikes.
You really need some reading comprehension help and logical reasoning skills. Don't bother replying for my benefit, I've wasted enough time on this thread with you numbskulls.
I won't bother to elaborate because pinnicle wouldn't get it anyway.
Seriously? Lack of a helmet? That's the danger to a child riding a bike alone in the Walmart parking lot at 2AM? Ever heard of Sandra Cantu? I think child molesting predators are a tad more of a concern than riding without a helmet.
The majority of the population believe that children should be wearing safety helmets always. There happens to be a very good reason for that, AverageBri. Hopefully the parents took that child back to Walmart, or somebody referred this issue to CPS who could follow up on the investigation. I'm very glad that someone called the police to talk to the parents. Thank You! The website at http://www.bhsi.org/stats.htm says that "Ninety-one percent of bicyclists killed in 2009 reportedly weren't wearing helmets, the same percentage as 2008."