Benicia Police Log: Dog Caught in Solano Square

This is the crime bulletin for Monday, November 19, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

4:35 a.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a home on McAllister.

9:55 a.m.: A home owner on El Paseo needs to retake the class on disarming the burglar alarm.

11:20 a.m.: Police investigated a report of a mailbox that had been tampered with.  It turned out to have been closed improperly.

12:09 a.m.: Someone spray painted graffiti on Lake Herman Road.

12:21 p.m.: A resident on Arguello reported either the loss or theft of some plates.

12:29 p.m.: The person who reported an abandoned bicycle in the parking lot at the end of West K Street forgot to mention the bicycle was locked to a pole.

12:53 p.m.: The people who pitched a tent on East Sixth Street left after police pointed out they were camping on private property.

2:07 p.m.: Officers opened an investigation into fraud against a resident on East I Street.

2:23 p.m.: An ex-boyfriend showed up on Hawthorne but left after his ex-girlfriend called the police.

4:31 p.m.: A resident on East H Street reported receiving threatening mail.

6:00 p.m.: There was a family disturbance on Sunset.

6:10 p.m.: Police received a report of a car burning rubber as it left Bolton Circle.

10:06 p.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at an East Industrial Way business.

10:26 p.m.: Police managed to corral the dog that was running around in a Solano Square store.

11:40 p.m.: There was a car illegally parked on Rose Drive.

Editor’s Note:  Even though I inject a bit of humor into these police logs, please remember, the men and women whose job it is to protect us rarely find it funny when they are approaching a drunk person or a building where the alarm is going off.

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