A woman on the 2400 block of Dorset Lane called at 9:46 a.m. to report a man tried to open the front door and get inside her home while her son was home alone.

She said a guy in his 20s told her son he was from Fed Ex, but he wore no uniform and no delivery truck was in site.

She said the man pounded on the door and jiggled the door handle, and she asked for extra police patrols on the street.

The Tracy Police Department received 210 calls for service Thursday. The following is a sample of those calls. To read more, visit www.tracypress.com.

7:25 a.m.: A caller reported a car at Rodeo Way and Mount Diablo Avenue was burglarized.

8:03 a.m.: Graffiti was spray painted on walls at Ceciliani Park, 1600 Cypress Drive, a caller reported.

8:14 a.m.: Graffiti was spray painted on the offices of the California Highway patrol, 385 W. Grant Line Road, a caller said.

11:01 a.m.: A man returned home to the 1700 block of Lasata Drive to discover a Playstation3 and a computer printer had been stolen. He thinks the thief might have been his nephew who lived with him for awhile.

11:40 a.m.: A woman reported two guys just left a car in front of her house on the 1900 block of Thelma Loop and drove off in a gray Dodge pickup with a “very loud exhaust.” The car was 2000 Lexus RX3 that turned out to be stolen from Fremont, police said, and the front end was wrecked. Police called in a tow truck.

11:57 a.m.: A man on the 1500 block of Holly Drive told police he saw a man in blue jeans and a sweatshirt with a hood pulled over his head jump down from a roof into someone’s backyard. Police said the man was part of a crew of gardeners.

12:10 p.m.: Police stopped someone on probation at 11th and E streets who was suspected of having a connection to gangs.

12:17 p.m.: A caller said a guy about 20 in a four-door Honda Accord with tinted windows appeared to be selling drugs at Jack in the Box, 611 W. Grant Line Road. Several people pulled up to the car, and the driver would get out, open the gas cap, and “then makes an exchange.” He was gone when police arrived 15 minutes later.

12:40 p.m.: Police stopped a person at Grant Line Road and Tracy Boulevard who was suspected of having gang ties.

1:28 p.m.: Police went to Kimball High School, 3200 Jaguar run, on a report of a drug violation.

1:56 p.m.: An air conditioner was stolen from the 2100 block of Pedro Lane, a caller reported.

1:57 p.m.: A car was burglarized on the 300 block of Citrus Way.

2 p.m.: Someone stole “landscaping blocks” from the 1100 block of Palomino Court.

2:29 p.m.: A caller reported an ice cream truck struck a child at Williams Middle school, 1600 Tennis Lane. Police said no truck hit a child, but there was an incident where an ice cream truck door was slammed on a kid’s hand, and it might have been intentional.

2:32 p.m.: A caller reported two guys got out of a car that pulled over at Franklin and Hollywood avenues, and one of them put a piece of paper over the rear license plate and the other had a brick in his hand, walking toward Tracy High School. Police questioned the men and issued a citation.

2:43 p.m.: A caller reported construction workers at Bessie and Lowell avenues were being reckless. The caller said a backhoe driver nearly hit a child, was driving too fast and was causing “severe traffic problems.”

3:04 p.m.: A caller said six boys were smoking drugs at Tennis Lane and Hickory Avenue. The kids took off running, but police arrested one boy on suspicion of a drug violation.

3:48 p.m.: Police stopped three people at Grant Line Road and MacArthur Drive who were suspected of having ties to gangs.

3:50 p.m.: Police stopped to questioned three people at Foster’s Freeze, 28 E. Grant Line Road, who were suspected of having gang connections.

4:12 p.m.: A woman said her 12-year-old son was attacked by his cousin, who took off from the 1100 block of Vallerand Road. She said her son’s cousin tried to smother her son with a pillow. She talked to the cousin about “community programs” that could help him with “life issues,” but she said the boy “didn’t seem interested in my advice.”

4:27 p.m.: A caller said a woman damaged a car’s side mirror with a shopping cart at Save Mart, 875 S. Tracy Blvd., cussed out the caller, then took off in a Dodge Charger.

5:01 p.m.: A caller reported people in a park near English Oak Avenue and Whispering Wind Drive smoked drugs, then hid behind a bush. Police were unable to find them 51 minutes later.

7:59 p.m.: A woman said her son saw someone with his stolen bicycle on the 500 block of Tennis Lane, and the parents of the thief refused to give the bike back, saying “they got it from a friend.” Police found the bike and returned it to the owners.

9:12 p.m.: A caller reported people loaded a cart full of merchandise at Walmart, 3010 W. Grant Line Road, pushed it through emergency doors into a field, loaded up cars and took off. Someone followed one of the cars with stolen loot but lost them at a streetlight.

10:02 p.m.: A girl told police she was afraid to go home to the 900 block of West Sixth Street because she is pregnant but her parents don’t know it. An officer told the girl and her mother about services to help with her pregnancy, and the girl went home without incident.

10:52 p.m.: Police questioned someone at Sunset Liquors, 2355 Parker Ave., who was suspected of having gang ties.

10:54 p.m.: Police arrested and cited a 20-year-old man at Quik Stop, 1153 Lincoln Boulevard, who was suspected of having gang ties.

11:42 p.m.: A woman reported her ex-boyfriend was vandalizing a place they were evicted from on the 3000 block of Holly Drive. Police detained the 26-year-old man at gunpoint and arrested him on suspicion of burglary and vandalism.

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.