Police log: Two hurt in fight on Holly Drive
by Tracy Press staff
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Tracy Police went to the 2300 block of Holly Drive at 2:05 a.m. Monday after someone reported the sound of two gun shots. Another person called to report that gang members were beating up his neighbor, and the neighbor needed an ambulance for an open wound to the head. Police found a couple bullet holes in the window of a nearby house, and also learned that a man was rushed to the Sutter Tracy Community Hospital emergency room with a stab wound to the chest. Police did not report any arrests, and the man at the hospital would not tell police much.

Tracy Police logged 636 calls between Friday and Monday, including the following reports:

Friday, Sept. 3

12:23 a.m.: Someone stretched plastic wrap across Sycamore Parkway, which caused drivers to hit their brakes. Police got a description of a the people and the pickup truck they were in and stopped the truck in front of Hirsch School. They didn’t cause any damage and cleaned up the plastic wrap.

5:38 p.m.: Police called an ambulance for a car crash at the corner of East Street and Eaton Avenue. Two cars collided, and people said it looked like two teenagers were injured.

7:30 p.m.: A woman on the 300 block of West Central Avenue told police that a man in San Diego keeps calling her on the phone, and has done so for several years even after she asked him to stop calling. Police suggested she get a restraining order, and an officer also called the man and told him to stop bothering the woman.

11:28 p.m.: A woman in the central part of town told police that her boyfriend beat her. Police arrested the 23-year-old man on suspicion of domestic violence.

Saturday, Sept. 4

1:08 a.m.: A man told police that he was robbed while walking with his bicycle near Kenner Park, 1850 W. Kavanagh Ave. He said that robbers, possibly two or three of them, hit him in the head and stole his bank card and about $125 in cash.

4:49 a.m.: A group of teenage boys was seen checking door handles on cars parked on the street around Dove Drive and Sycamore Parkway. Police arrested three of them, including a 20-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

3:45 p.m.: Someone reported a group of kids playing with a remote control car on the softball diamond of Williams Middle School, 1600 Tennis Lane. The caller was worried they might cause damage to the ball field.

9:35 p.m.: Police arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of drunken driving after a traffic stop on the 400 block of West 11th Street. His Cadillac was towed and he was booked and released.

11:34 p.m.: Police arrested a man on suspicion of racing after an officer saw an older tan Chevrolet Nova and a Buick Skylark speeding south along Corral Hollow Road at Schulte Road. The officer quickly lost sight of the cars, but another officer saw them as they approached MacArthur Drive along Valpico Road a few minutes later, traveling at about 80 mph. Police estimated that they reached about 90 mph as they approached Chrisman Road, where the Skylark lost control after turning onto southbound Chrisman Road. Police held a group of people in the car at gunpoint, and arrested Matthew David Petz, 23, on suspicion of racing. He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail and held on $101,000 bail pending a Wednesday court hearing in Manteca.

Sunday, Sept. 5

12:34 a.m.: Police arrested a 40-year-old man in the north part of town on suspicion of violating a restraining order after he showed up at his ex-girlfriend’s house and tried to get into her garage. Police took him to San Joaquin County Jail where he awaits a Wednesday morning court hearing in Manteca.

2:54 a.m.: A man on the 2800 block of Hawkins Lane called 9-1-1 to report that his neighbors were jumping on a trampoline. Police told the people on the trampoline to quiet down, and told the man who called to use the police department’s regular business line next time, instead of the emergency line.

5:55 a.m.: Police were called to a fight between husband and wife on the west part of town after the woman said the man attacked her. The woman told police that she pepper-sprayed the man, which the man confirmed. The woman also told police that he had several assault rifles in the house, and the man told police that all of the weapons were put away safely. Police arrested both of them, the man on suspicion of domestic violence, and the woman on suspicion of assault with a caustic chemical.

4:59 p.m.: Police called an ambulance for an elderly man who was attacked in front of an apartment building on the 1300 block of Holly Drive. Police were told to look for a man with brass knuckles, and detained a 38-year old man, but the victim told police from the hospital that he did not want to press charges.

Monday, Sept. 6

6:33 a.m.: Police responded to the central part of town after a woman said she was in a fight with her boyfriend. Police arrested both the man and the woman on suspicion of domestic violence.

12:53 p.m.: A man often who hangs out along the 800 block of West 11th Street reportedly told a woman that he watches her while she is out walking her dog, and that he intends to rape her. She told police that he followed her again when she was out for her walk on Monday.

6:38 p.m.: A car and a pickup collided at Parker and Whittier avenues, and both took off, one chasing the other. Police found the pickup at 11th and A streets and arrested the driver, a 45-year-old man, on warrants for two previous drunken driving arrests.

9:27 p.m.: A person was robbed at knifepoint on the 2300 block of Parker Avenue. The robber, who appeared to be a teenage boy wearing a black hoodie, pushed the victim down, held a switchblade knife to the victim’s throat, and stole an iPod and a cell phone.

10:24 p.m.: A woman told police that two men in a red truck pulled up on the 2000 block of Holly Drive and beat her friend with a bat. Her friend ran off and the assailants got back in the truck and chased after him. The woman said they drove past again and threw something at her car, breaking out a window.

11:10 p.m.: A person at AM/PM, 3425 N. Tracy Blvd., told police that a man with a knife came into the store and asked for someone to call police because someone was after him. Police arrived and arrested the 48-year-old man on suspicion of being under the influence of illegal drugs.

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ConcernedNeighbor
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September 09, 2010
The RC I mentioned is "Remote Cars", not actual racing cars!

CN
ConcernedNeighbor
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September 09, 2010
What are the things the kids, pre-teens, and teenagers can do in Tracy without getting in trouble?

CN

Rather have them play the RC than go around tagging, might be even more expensive?
misma
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September 09, 2010
Sneaky, I beg to differ. I think $101k is the right number. What is "typical speeding" speed? 5 to 20mph over the speed limit? The limit on Valpico is 40 (in some areas 35). These kids were going approx 50mph over the speed limit, in residential territory. It isn't about the "actual damage" caused it is about the POTENTIAL damage and loss of LIFE.

I say ride the damn RC cars over the baseball field, that is fun. Racing real cars on city streets is not.
A_DOGS_LIFE
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September 09, 2010


Dog - why do you have an issue with me because I see the school district trucks on the weekends getting over time to fix something that I don't think is a big issue you get a life Dog.

I have a life and a damn good one at that.

You should try racing RC Cars Grand-ma.

BTW if you want to complain about an issue why don’t you complain about the Middle Eastern people that walk freely about our city parks with Baseball Bats and Daggers attached to their Belts? It is ok for them However if it is a white guy Id be in trouble “AGAIN Profiled”

I’ve called TPD about this and the response was its ok for the Middle Eastern people to do this since it's ok in their country and TPD doesn’t want to be Racist in doing so...

Sneaky
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September 09, 2010
"11:34 p.m.: Police arrested a man on suspicion of racing after an officer saw an older tan Chevrolet Nova and a Buick Skylark speeding south along Corral Hollow Road at Schulte Road. The officer quickly lost sight of the cars, but another officer saw them as they approached MacArthur Drive along Valpico Road a few minutes later, traveling at about 80 mph. Police estimated that they reached about 90 mph as they approached Chrisman Road, where the Skylark lost control after turning onto southbound Chrisman Road. Police held a group of people in the car at gunpoint, and arrested Matthew David Petz, 23, on suspicion of racing. He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail and held on $101,000 bail pending a Wednesday court hearing in Manteca."

I don't want to in any way encourage people racing anywhere other than racetracks but the punishment seems a bit overboard. 101k bail for a driving offence that resulted in no actual damage? What is a typical speeding ticket nowadays? A 25k bail? I also wonder where they get exactly 101k. Why not 100k?
Gramma1
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September 09, 2010
Also I don't think parents teach their kids to respect other people and their property and that is why it has to be a police issue.
Gramma1
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September 09, 2010
Dog - why do you have an issue with me because I see the school district trucks on the weekends getting over time to fix something that I don't think is a big issue. You get a life Dog
cody01
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September 09, 2010
Nobody wants to tell. Be a witness. The situation is out of control.

Nothing funny about it.
ameghoo
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September 08, 2010
Yep, very pro-active police chief. lots of fluff happening in our town, all hat and no kickass and taking gangsters names like the city promised.

Tracy Police went to the 2300 block of Holly Drive at 2:05 a.m. Monday after someone reported the sound of two gun shots. Another person called to report that gang members were beating up his neighbor, and the neighbor needed an ambulance for an open wound to the head. Police found a couple bullet holes in the window of a nearby house, and also learned that a man was rushed to the Sutter Tracy Community Hospital emergency room with a stab wound to the chest. Police did not report any arrests, and the man at the hospital would not tell police much.

Read more: Tracy Press - Police log Two hurt in fight on Holly Drive
dfras13
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September 08, 2010
Is this why we need to pay more in sales tax? So police officers can chase people and their pesky RC cars off of the ball diamonds at the publc schools?

I think we need to let those people play at the ball fields, then the city could help subsidize them and we wouldn't need to build a new sports park or soccer fields. We could then use the money slated for the soccer and ball fields to pave streets, add streetlights, improve the Bow Tie area etc...

A_DOGS_LIFE
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September 08, 2010
This is A CHICKEN SH*& issue.

So what If someone is running an RC car on a baseball Diamond

" BIG DEAL "

So whats wrong are you tired of People having A little fun !!!

You should be so lucky,

you take away the only fun a person can have and what happends They turn to Being Distructive, Gun's, Drug's, Gangs, Then Prison so the tax Payer can support tham at that point

GRAMMA

what do BaseBall Cleats do to the dirt they do the same even more then an RC car would.

"GET A LIFE"

If they ruin the field that is ok because the school district will just send someone out on the weekend and pay overtime in this budget crisis to fix it. That would be an emergency you know.

Gramma1
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September 08, 2010
If they ruin the field that is ok because the school district will just send someone out on the weekend and pay overtime in this budget crisis to fix it. That would be an emergency you know.
klv
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September 08, 2010
Saturday, Sept. 4

3:45 p.m.: Someone reported a group of kids playing with a remote control car on the softball diamond of Williams Middle School, 1600 Tennis Lane. The caller was worried they might cause damage to the ball field.

After a disagreement about a close call at second, "Kit" spun dust all over the umpire's shoes, yet was later credited for winning the game in extra innings after stealing home...


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