People were crying and screaming and so distraught they could barely be understood when they reported at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday that a 2-year-old was choking on the 1700 block of Stag’s Leap Court.

The baby was purple, the caller said, and was taken to the hospital.

The Tracy Police Department received 154 calls for service on Tuesday. The following is a sample of those calls. To read more, visit www.tracypress.com.

1:25 a.m.: A guy broke a coin dispenser at a cash register and tried to steal coins at Safeway, 1801 W. 11th St., then ran off, a caller reported.

2:27 a.m.: A guy reported that he dropped off his ex-girlfriend at a home on the 4200 block of Roxbury Drive, where her new boyfriend was waiting for her. The caller said she and boyfriend got into a fight. Police drove by later and no one answered the door.

5:03 a.m.: A maroon Peterbilt truck was stolen from Tracy Truck and Auto, 3940 N. Tracy Blvd.

7:51 a.m.: Police were told a car was vandalized on the 1900 block of Oregano Court.

7:52 a.m.: A car was vandalized at the Tuscana Townhomes, 315 Mount Oso Ave.

7:55 a.m.: Someone filed an online report of car vandalism on the 2900 block of Ray M. Gutierrez Lane.

8:13 a.m.: Graffiti was spray painted on bleachers at the Tracy Ballpark, 2001 Bessie Ave.

8:15 a.m.: Police were told of a case of identity theft on the 4600 block of Windchime Drive.

8:16 a.m.: A car was burglarized on the 200 block of Firefly Way, police were told.

8:19 a.m.: A caller reported a car spun out and ended up in a ditch at Corral Hollow Road and Interstate 580. The driver was standing outside of the car apparently unharmed.

8:33 a.m.: A caller said her brother was yelling at their parents, threatening to beat them up on the 2300 block of Cabana Lane. She said he’s bi-polar and was “off his meds.”

9:57 a.m.: A man said someone was using his lost credit card to run up charges at Tracy Nails, 1300 W. 11th St. He canceled the card.

10:41 a.m.: Police arrested, cited and released someone on suspicion of drug violations at Williams Middle School, 1600 Tennis Lane.

11:08 a.m.: Police arrested a 25-year-old woman at the Townhouse Motel, 607 W. 11th St., after a caller reported the woman was there with her new boyfriend and her 3-year-old child “smoking crank.” The boyfriend is a drug dealer and the caller reported seeing “a large amount of crank” stuffed in the guy’s right sock. The woman had a $20,000 burglary warrant our for her arrest, and she was taken to the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp.

11:39 a.m.: A caller reported returning home for lunch on the 400 block of Marie Avenue to find a burglary “in progress.” The home backs up to a field, and the caller said guns were missing from the house.

12:12 p.m.: A caller reported hearing three gunshots near Third Street and Guinevere Court, but a neighbor said he heard nothing, and police were unable to find anything suspicious.

12:18 p.m.: A car window was busted on the 100 block of West Clover Road, a caller said.

1:59 p.m.: A woman told police her “ex-boyfriend” busted out her window on Sunday and “got a little violent” with her on the 700 block of Katlin Court.

2:25 p.m.: A woman in the hospital emergency room said she was beaten up two days ago near Extended Stay America, 2526 Pavilion Parkway.

2:47 p.m.: A woman reported her 89-year-old neighbor got a phone call from somebody who told him he had won money, and to meet him at Walmart, 3010 W. Grant Line Road. The person the told the man to meet him at Safeway, and called back later to change the meeting spot to Western Union. The woman’s husband followed the guy after failing to convince him he was lied to. The man is affiliated with the Tracy Moose Lodge, the caller said she’d call back if they need help from police.

2:48 p.m.: A caller reported a possible drug deal at the Tracy Sports Complex, 955 Crossroads Drive, that involved someone in a minivan and another person in a silver Chrysler 300. They were gone when police arrived 32 minutes later.

3:23 p.m.: Police questioned someone on the 800 block of Palm Circle who was suspected of having a connection to gangs.

3:35 p.m.: A guy on the first block of West Eaton Avenue told police he filed a false crime report against his girlfriend, who had an upcoming court date. He told police he’d go to the station later.

4:30 p.m.: A suspected shoplifter was handcuffed, arrested, cited and released at Home Depot, 2461 Naglee Road.

4:56 p.m.: Police arrested a 22-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man and confiscated a gun on the 2300 block of Holly Drive.

5:16 p.m.: A woman told police her ex-roommate broke into her car and swiped stuff at Save Mart, 875 S. Tracy Blvd., but left behind her driver’s license.

5:53 p.m.: A caller on the 1700 block of Alegre Drive reported a 16-year-old gave marijuana to the caller’s 12-year-old daughter, “then engaged in sexual acts” with her.

6:08 p.m.: Police arrested, cited and released a man on the first block of West Eaton Avenue who filed a false crime report against his girlfriend.

8:24 p.m.: A caller reported her brother was fighting with her mother on the 800 block of D Street. Police arrested a 39-year-old man.

9:11 p.m.: Police stopped to questioned someone at Holly Drive and Manzanita Lane who was suspected of having gang ties.

10:31 p.m.: Police questioned someone at Kavanagh Avenue and Sunset Way who was thought to have gang connections.

11:55 p.m.: A woman said a gang member pulled a gun on her at 11th and Ninth streets. She said he and others with him didn’t take anything, but “they are gang members and just don’t want anyone there.”

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.