Police caught up with a man, who told an officer he was in a fight with three guys near Valpico Road and Elissagaray Drive, but he couldn’t articulate what happened.
“He mumbled about losing a ring, cell phone and a blue bag, however, all three items were located in his vehicle.”
The officer later talked to a man and woman in a motor home, both very drunk, who said they were in a nearby park earlier and got in a fight with three guys. She said she ran and fell and hit her head, but wanted no medical attention. An officer said they were too drunk to explain what happened.
The Tracy Police Department received 201 calls for service on Tuesday. The following is a sample of those calls:
12:06 a.m.: A caller complained about people riding bikes who had baskets going through a recycling bin at De Bord and MacArthur drives. Police warned them.
5:50 a.m.: A man on the 1200 block of Dover Lane reported his 1994 Saturn was stolen during the night. The car was later found parked on Gentry Lane.
6:19 a.m.: A man said someone broke a window on his car and burglarized it on the 100 block of Edward Court.
7:36 a.m.: A caller from the police shooting range at 7299 S. Tracy Blvd. Reported three raccoons were rummaging through a trash bin. The animals were caught and returned to the wild.
8:20 a.m.: Glass was smashed out at a city bus stop at Grant Line and Corral Hollow roads, a caller reported.
9:04 a.m.: A woman on the 2900 block of Misty Meadows Drive reported that her daughter heard people who live across the street screaming and cussing, and at one point heard a woman yell, “I can’t breathe!” Police arrested a 33-year-old man.
9:57 a.m.: A caller reported two employees at Realty World, 1486 W. 11th St., got in a fight.
11:04 a.m.: A caller from Starbucks, 569 W. Clover Road, said a customer after he left complained about being “shorted” $10. The caller said the cash register was balanced and the man wasn’t shorted money, but the guy said he’d be in anyway to get his money.
11:39 a.m.: A caller from Traina Elementary School, 4256 Windsong Drive, reported a student brought a knife to school. School officials confiscated the knife.
11:55 a.m.: A caller complained about a guy carrying two bags going through recyclables at Cottonwood and Chestnut avenues.
12:52 p.m.: A caller reported the theft of his 1997 Honda Civic from the 200 block of West Central Avenue.
1:22 p.m.: A caller from the Grace Baptist Church, 1330 N. Tracy Blvd., reported a 30-year-old tattooed man peering into cars in the church parking lot and at a nearby medical office.
1:43 p.m.: A caller at Gomes Drive and Kavanagh Avenue complained about a nearby dog that barks all night. An officer left a note on the dog owner’s door.
2:52 p.m.: A caller returned home to find the house ransacked on the 3200 block of Buthmann Avenue. There was a ladder against the side of the home, the caller said.
3:11 p.m.: A caller’s 15-year-old son the previous night was robbed at gunpoint by three guys aged 16 to 20 at Clyde Bland Park, 1753 Blandford Drive.
4:10 p.m. A caller on the 1200 block of Pyrenees Court complained a neighbor might have been responsible for dog feces found in the caller’s swimming pool as well as a stolen sprinkler.
4:37 p.m.: A caller reported a guy with a goatee pushed a woman to the ground after their dogs got in a fight at El Pescadero Park, 1500 Promenade Circle. A second caller said the man pushed the woman after she asked him to take his aggressive German shepherd out of the park.
4:57 p.m.: A woman reported her car was vandalized on the 3000 block of Ferndown Lane.
4:58 p.m.: A caller from Tracy Chevrolet, reported rims and tired were stolen from a car.
5:22 p.m.: A caller from Chevron, 2615 W. Grant Line Road, reported a customer driving a Chevy Silverado drove off without paying for an oil change and car wash.
7:27 p.m.: A caller reported three or four guys fired a gun at Hastie Park, 1384 Lankershire Drive, and a bullet that hit his uncle in the neck. An officer said it was a BB gun shot by a teenager, and the uncle had a minor injury.
7:50 p.m.: A woman reported three boys were hanging out at Barcelona Court and Cypress Drive, and one had a knife. She said her husband asked the teenagers to move along, but they told him “they were there on gang business.”
8:03 p.m.: A caller reported kids might have been playing with fire in the backyard of a mobile home at the Green Oaks Mobile Home Estates, 2929 MacArthur Drive. An officer said the smoke came from a barbecue.
9:05 p.m.: A man reported his brother on the 300 block of Acacia Street sent a text message saying “it’s God’s will for him to die,” and that he was upset over his wife and children leaving. The caller said his brother also threatened, who has a history of drinking, to go to San Jose and hurt the caller and his family.
9:53 p.m.: A caller reported three cars were racing at Corral Hollow and Grant Line roads. Police arrested a 34-year-old man, and released a kid to the custody of his father.
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 anonymously report information about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.
- ...and the dog ate the note. My dog eats anything. Paper is justas tasty as a bone.
That Honda is over 800 years old! They sure do run a long time. Its previous owner was Methuselah!