Benicia Police Log: Lots of Brass Water Valves Stolen in the Benicia Industrial Park

This is the crime bulletin for Monday, May 21, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

5:09 a.m.: Police received a report of tow people going through the trash on Rose Drive.  They were gone before police arrived.

5:19 a.m.: A business on East Industrial reported the theft of metal.

6:51 a.m.: A pet owner on Buena Tierra reported that his dog was charged by a pit bull that was running loose. The owner of the Pit Bull learned of a hole in the fence that needed repair.

7:23 a.m.: A business on East Channel road reported the theft of a brass water flow valve

7:33 a.m.: Another East Channel Road business reported the theft of a brass water flow valve.

7:34 a.m.: A business on East Channel Road reported somebody had attempted to steal a brass water flow valve from their business.

7:45 a.m.: Officers were asked to standby while a court ordered child exchange took place.

7:50 a.m.: Two businesses on Egret reported the theft of brass water flow control valves from their buildings.

8:08 a.m.: Officers left a note for the person who parked their boat on Piercy.  The note informed the owner that the boat needed to be moved.

8:28 a.m.: Officers received a report of a vehicle parked in a red zone on London.  The vehicle was gone when they arrived.

9:30 a.m.: A business on Park Road reported the theft of a brass water control valve.

10:17 a.m.: Police checked on a residence where a man and woman were having a loud argument.   The man left before the officers arrived and the woman confirmed that the argument was verbal only.

11:09 a.m.: Police investigated a 911 call from a residence on Greenbrier.  There was nothing amiss when they arrived.

11:20 a.m.: Some tools wee stolen from a residence on Columbia.

11:53 a.m.: A resident on rose Drive wanted advice from an officer regarding a possible violation of a court order.

12:20 p.m.: Officers were asked to investigate whether a motor home was legally parked at a residence on Regis. They found that it was legally parked.

1:46 p.m.: Officers opened an investigation into a case of identity theft.  The victim lives on Kerry.

2:33 p.m.: A business on Military East reported a case of attempted fraud.

7:10 p.m.: Officers were unable to locate a vehicle parked on the sidewalk on West I Street.

8:01 p.m.: Police received a report of a motorcyclist and passenger riding without a helmet.  Officers talked to the helmetless folks.

8:16 p.m.: A 27-year-old Benicia man was arrested on an outstanding Marin Coutny warrant.

8:42 p.m.: Police opened an investigation into the theft of a UPS package from a home on London.

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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