Tracy police received to 201 calls for service Wednesday, June 16. The following is a sample of those calls.
7:03 a.m.: A man went to the police department lobby, 1000 Civic Center Drive, to turn himself in on a warrant out of Bakersfield.
8:06 a.m.: Someone on the 700 block of Saddleback Court reported identity theft.
8:40 a.m.: On an outstanding warrant, police arrested one of two people in a Honda Accord at the Grant Line Road on-ramp to Interstate 205 after the driver failed to yield at the on-ramp.
9:14 a.m.: Vandalism was reported at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, 715 Central Ave.
10:48 a.m.: A caller on the 200 block of West Carlton Way reported a fire.
12:48 p.m.: A “bag of cash and jewelry” was reported stolen from the 4100 block of Cherry Blossom Lane while the home’s resident was in the process of moving.
2:12 p.m.: A caller on the 800 block of West Clover Road reported that her daughter’s friend had her daughter’s iPod and wouldn’t return it.
2:27 p.m.: Police warned a man at 11th Street and Bessie Avenue who was selling dogs from an empty lot.
3:34 p.m.: A caller from Chevron, 1960 W. 11th St., said that a man who had previously stolen from the shop six times was inside. The caller tried to detain the suspect, but the man pushed through the door, hopped inside a white Toyota Tercel, and drove away with another man.
4:58 p.m.: A 1996 Honda Civic was reported stolen from a house on the 300 block of Yosemite Drive.
5:28 p.m.: A caller at Sierra House on Whittier Avenue said that a juvenile who was “AWOL” had returned, but wasn’t allowed back into the house until he had been searched by police. Police went to the scene and searched the kid, who was allowed to enter the home.
6:23 p.m.: A caller said that people looked like they were buying and taking pills at Larsen Park, 1401 S. Central Ave.
9:07 p.m.: Fireworks were reported going off at Eighth and E streets.
9:47 p.m.: A man flagged down an officer at Fourth Street and Central Avenue and said that a driver in a car almost ran him over while he was in a crosswalk.
9:55 p.m.: Police detained and released to their parents two teenage boys who were spraying graffiti near Leprino Foods, 2401 N. MacArthur 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 report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.
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When someone is stopped for a DUI, they are arrested and issued a citation (promise to appear) since it is a misdemeanor. So, when the police report indicates the man was issued a citation, that is what it means. He was still arrested, handcuffed, transported to the station, administered the rest of the tests, booked for DUI, and released on his promise to appear (ticket). Just an FYI.
-AverageBri, you and I are in the same boat (or car). A police officer come here to state WHY this driver was only cited and NOT arrested?! Since the driver caused no crash he is free with a paper and a fine and have a nice day? If there is more to this story, I personally don't care. ANYONE (president to bum) deserves to be arrested for a DUI!
(That is what I believe an officer will say: NO BAC was available then, so he only got cited. No wreck occurred, so they can only suspect he was drunk. If so, what made them suspect he was drunk in the first place???).
I warned the City of Tracy and this newspaper about the dangers of this place as the New Jerusalem Charter School District stupidly installed a "school" just two businesses away from this bar. This happens there all of the time, and naturally beer is sold RIGHT NEXT DOOR at Tarasco's. Of course, we can't forget "Ben" there are Sunset Liquor. I worked at that location since August 2009, and folks, you don't want your kids surrounded by these so-called adults.
There was a time that people like us stood tall against large corporations and big educational institutions. Join me in protesting this half ass, poorly thought out and poorly executed idea. To protest, call Mrs. Stephanie Lytle, the principal of this strip mall school. Here's her number:
(209) 835-2597
Scott Tudehope
Former Employee
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Cited? Not arrested? Your blood alcohol content (BAC) is either over the legal limit, or not. Which was it? I've never heard of being cited for suspected DUI, and then let go. Doesn't TPD use breath analyzers?
Somehow this is news? Maybe the part about being caught I guess, since leaving an establishment that serves a drug that makes you so stupid you will break the law every time is a daily ritual for many people.
Potheads on the other hand get high and are too worried about cops to think about driving. Make our streets safer and outlaw alcohol and legalize marijuana.