She didn’t know what kind of animal it was, but she said the beast was on its hind legs, had a long tail and was as tall as she was.
She was afraid it was going to get her cats. Police later saw a large raccoon headed toward MacDonald Park.
Tracy police responded to 148 calls for service on Monday. The following is a sampling of those reports.
1:41 a.m.: A caller told police five teenagers walking around the 2400 block of Amatchi Drive “must be up to no good at this late hour” and asked for extra police patrols. The caller said a couple of them ran off, and were possibly doing fireworks.
4:46 a.m.: A patient in the emergency room of the hospital reported he was beaten up three guys who were walking near Quik Stop, 1153 Lincoln Blvd. He said he walked his niece home and “got jumped” in an alley across the street from the market. The caller said he never got a good look at the guys who attacked him.
9:28 a.m.: Police arrested, cited and released two guys who got in a fight at the Tracy Superior Court, 475 E. 10th St.
10:08 a.m.: A man on the 2400 block of Travao Lane said a guy he hired to do some work at the caller’s home threatened to kill him. The caller said the guy’s workmanship was lousy and he refused to pay him.
10:49 a.m.: A caller said a stray cat was pulled from a swimming pool after it drowned on the 200 block of Sekera Court. An officer picked up the dead cat, which may have had a couple of kittens in nearby bushes.
11:37 a.m.: A woman said a guy about 20 jumped out in front of her car at Grant Line and Naglee roads yelling, “Come on! Come On!” She thought he was trying to kill himself. Police caught up with the 24-year-old man, who was pushing a stroller with recyclables packed inside it, and arrested him on suspicion of public drunkenness.
11:57 a.m.: A woman reported losing her wallet with her driver’s license and Social Security card inside Save Mart, 875 S. Tracy Blvd.
1:36 p.m.: A woman said someone broke the lock on her car at Costco, 3250 W. Grant Line Road.
2:08 p.m.: A man on the 3000 block of Hull Court reported his mother-in-law showed up at his home to pick up his kids because she felt he was “working them too hard making them mow the lawn.” The man’s wife over the phone told her mother to leave the kids alone. When the couple got home, the kids, 12 and 14, were home and the woman was gone, thought she “took pictures of the children mowing the lawn.”
3:20 p.m.: When a 30-year-old man refused to get out of a car parked on a front lawn, an officer broke a car window, pulled the guy out of a Honda and arrested him on suspicion of drunken driving on the 400 block of Glenbriar Circle.
4:09 p.m.: A caller said his wife’s purse was missing from a drawer at her employer’s business, Beauty Beyond, 1829 W. 11th St.
4:24 p.m.: A man who rides his bike reported seeing “many dead animals” along Schulte Road that need to be picked up and disposed of. Police found none.
4:56 p.m.: A caller’s daughter received threatening text messages from a 17-year-old who threatened to “shoot up their house” on the first block of East Ferdinand Street. The caller wanted to police to tell the guy “to knock it off.” Police said he was on probation for robbery.
7:41 p.m.: Police arrested a 46-year-old woman on suspicion of creating a disturbance at FoodMaxx, 3225 N. Tracy Blvd.
8:04 p.m.: A caller reported a mailbox at a vacant home was “completely destroyed” on the 1800 block of Duncan Drive.
10:56 p.m.: A woman reported her stepson was breaking windows trying to get in a house on the 1500 bock of Grace Court. The kid is on probation for vandalism and ran off.
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.
"12:34 a.m.: At a bar on 30 W. 11th St., a caller reported that two women and a man dressed like a woman who appeared to be prostitutes were asking for money for sexual favors. When police arrived at 1255, they couldn't find them."
What was confusing to arriving officers, having canvassed the area and secured some of the local color. (Was) The three then decided to reveal their real identities as post graduate interns attempting to buy back their student loans while doing research on local politicians engaged in after-hours, cost-effective budget analysis.
4:34 p.m.: 1988 W. 11th St., a man urinated in the Dumpster and was talking to himself. The police log said he appeared to be drinking from a 40ounce liquor bottle."
Passersby recall the faint echoing of intermittent rain drops against the back drop of bellowing favorites from 'Wayne Newton's Greatest Hits'.
"She didn't know what kind of animal it was, but she said the beast was on it's hind legs, and was as tall as she was."
"She was afraid it was going to get her cats. Police later saw a large raccoon headed towards MacDonald Park."
[The Zeanons traveled may light-years to arrive on planet Earth.]
(It was their intention to reveal the secrets of the universe however..,)
After landing at MacDonald Park and seeking the wisdom of a tribal elder...
In a traditional Earth-like ceremony, Granny historically managed to remember to grab her cane while forgetting to wear her bi-focals.