Police log: Police find no sign of gang brawl
by TP staff
Mar 16, 2010 | 2474 views | 6 6 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend | print
A caller from the Chesapeake Bay Apartments, 2941 W. Lowell Ave., called at 9:21 p.m. Monday to report people were out on their balconies to watch a fight involving about 30 people inside the pool area.

The caller said guys in red and blue were on the ground, and that it might be gang related.

An officer showed up 6 minutes later and saw no one around the pool. A second officer said a nearby park was calm as well.

The Tracy Police Department received 195 calls for service Monday. The following is a sample of those calls:

1:20 a.m.: A woman at Valero, 153 E. 11th St., said she beat off a robber with a broom after he broke into her kiosk through the back door. Police later arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of robbery, and contacted his parole officer.

9:16 a.m.: Graffiti was reported on cement near the ball park and restroom at Clyde Bland Park, 1753 Blandford Lane.

9:20 a.m.: A caller from Best Buy, 2550 Naglee Road, reported the “unauthorized use” of a debit card.

9:21 a.m.: Police were told of a case of identity theft on the 700 block of Victoria Street.

9:23 a.m.: A backpack, driver’s license and Social Security card were stolen from a car on the 1300 block of Parkside Drive, police were told.

9:25 a.m.: Vandalism was reported at the West Valley Mall, 3200 Naglee Road.

9:26 a.m.: Someone used the Internet to report a car was burglarized at the West Valley Mall, 3200 Naglee Road.

9:30 a.m.: Golf clubs, a Macintosh laptop computer, and an iPhone were reported stolen from a car at the Waterstone Apartments, 1951 Middlefield Drive.

9:38 a.m.: A “package containing face creams” was reported stolen from the 1000 block of Roy Frerichs Lane.

10:21 a.m.: A caller from the Mark Connelly law firm at 121 E. 11th St. reported finding an abandoned bicycle.

10:39 a.m.: A caller said a man was trying to break into a house with a screwdriver at Cherry Blossom Lane and Peony Drive.

11:01 a.m.: A caller reported a 16-year-old boy was smoking pot with other kids inside a home on the 1700 block of Delores Drive. The caller said the boy’s grandmother buys marijuana for him. Kids were gone when an officer showed up 1 hour and 25 minutes later, and the boy’s stepfather showed no signs of drug use.

11:25 a.m.: Police went to West High School, 1775 W. Lowell Ave., and arrested a 19-year-old man on a $100,000 warrant. He was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp.

12:37 p.m.: A caller from Party America, 2475 Naglee Road, reported containers were stolen from the back of the store.

12:59 p.m.: A caller reported a cat was stuck in a tree on the 700 block of Menay Drive.

3:19 p.m.: A woman on Honeydew Court reported she was being abused by her husband who punched her in the face last week. She was told to get a restraining order.

3:54 p.m.: A man on the 800 block of Potsgrove Place told police his girlfriend is taking money out of his account and misusing his personal information. She was gone when police arrived 1 hour and 24 minutes later.

4:05 p.m.: A caller from the Shell gas station at 3725 N. Tracy Blvd. reported that a man and woman who stole paper towels the previous day were back in a white Dodge Neon. They were asked to leave on Sunday, and got into an argument with the man. Police arrested, cited and released 27-year-old man.

4:49 p.m.: A man said he returned home to the 100 block of Hawthorne Drive to discover “all of his belongings” had been taken out of the house by his wife, and the kids were gone. He said someone from the school his children attend told him his wife “removed the children permanently from school.”

5:38 p.m.: A caller reported four boys beat up another boy at Grant Line Road and Holly Drive. The victim was bleeding the caller said, but all the kids were gone when police went by 14 minutes later.

5:38 p.m.: A man on the 1500 block of Franklin Drive reported that another guy threatened to kill him, and not for the first time. He told police to keep an eye out fore the guy.

7:36 p.m.: A caller reported a fifth-grader at Bohn Elementary School, 350 E. Mount Diablo Ave., “flicked a piece of tan bark” at an eighth-grader, and the caller’s son was pushed down and punched. The parent later called back and told police there were two assaults captured on a camera phone’s video.

8:46 p.m.: A caller reported possible drug dealing and drug use at Tracy Press Park, 731 Weeping Willow Lane.

10:08 p.m.: People were arguing after a car crash at Renown Drive and Tennis Lane, a caller said. People involved were pushing each other, and police arrested a 20-year-old man who was “getting violent” with a tow truck driver.

10:27 p.m.: A burglary was reported on the 2900 block of North Tracy Boulevard.

10:40 p.m.: Someone pumped gas and left without paying at the Arco station at 3425 N. Tracy Blvd.

10:55 p.m.: Police questioned two suspected gang members after a caller complained about loud music blaring from cars at 22nd Street and Holly Drive.

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.
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Spikeidaho
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March 17, 2010
"Tinfoil" writes some of the funniest responses here, outside of yours truly. The "Zitboy" comments cracked me up. Well done.

If we can't solve crimes here in Tracy, we might as well laugh at ourselves more often.

Thanks for lightening up my load today.
dgasper
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March 16, 2010
"9:23 a.m.: A backpack, driver’s license and Social Security card were stolen from a car on the 1300 block of Parkside Drive, police were told."

"9:30 a.m.: Golf clubs, a Macintosh laptop computer, and an iPhone were reported stolen from a car at the Waterstone Apartments, 1951 Middlefield Drive."

Why do folks insist on leaving bait in their cars for the troglodytes?
klv
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March 16, 2010
"12:59 p.m.: A caller reported a cat was stuck in a tree on the 700 block of Menay Drive."

['Cat Stuck in Tree' - Resolve No. #9.]

Wait until this evening ... sneak out in your bath-robe and house slippers and your very best maternalistic voice ... utter these words.

"Here kitty, kitty..."

"Come snuggles' with Mama..."

Tinfoil
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March 16, 2010
I'd finger Zit Boy for that crime. Ask any girl in Tracy. They'll know who's the guilty party.

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9:38 a.m.: A “package containing face creams” was reported stolen from the 1000 block of Roy Frerichs Lane.
Spikeidaho
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March 16, 2010
She said what? What do you mean?
Spikeidaho
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March 16, 2010
Be on the lookout for three youths, two white, one of mixed race in a huge White SUV. They asked me which near by apartment complexes were "full of rich people" and "mixed" (meaning race, I assume). I made up some jibberish and sent those three losers, one of whom has bright red hair, on their way. They are selling magazines subscriptions, and naturally probably didn't bother to get a temporary business license.

Don't let punks like this in your apartment, your house, or your tent for that matter. Sheesh.


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