Benicia Police Log: Many Arrests and a Few Suspicious Vehicles

This is the crime bulletin for Thursday, October 25, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

1:12 a.m.: A vehicle was repossessed on East L Street.

1:41 a.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a Military West business.

2:09 p.m.: Officers didn’t find the vehicle that was reportedly blocking a driveway on First Street.

3:51 p.m.: Police received a report of tow suspicious men on Buena Tierra.

4:25 p.m.: A citizen on Arguello reported a suspicious vehicle was circling the neighborhood.  The car was gone when officers arrived on the scene.

4:57 p.m.: A 35-year-old Benicia man was arrested on Chelsea Hills.  He had an outstanding arrest warrant issued in Contra Costa County.

5:05 p.m.: Police received a report of multiple people loitering around Gull Point.  The loiterers were gone before police arrived on the scene.

5:08 p.m.: the car that was double parked on Jackson had moved before officers arrived on the scene.

6:44 p.m.: A citizen on Breck reported a solicitor was going door to door in the area.

6:45 p.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a home on Panorama.

7:05 p.m.: Officers spoke to the residents on West K Street who own a dog that was barking for many hours.

7:13 p.m.: A 20-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding warrant issued in Solano County.

8:14 p.m.: A resident on East H Street received a number of threats.

8:26 p.m.: The suspicious looking banged up car that showed up on East Seventh Street is being restored by some residents in the area.

8:41 p.m.: A 21-year-old Vallejo man was arrested on First Street.  He sold alcohol to a minor.

8:50 p.m.: A 47-year-old Benicia man was arrested for violating a court order.

9:26 p.m.: The guy banging on a door on Clos Duvall was trying to serve a subpoena.  The person he was trying to serve had moved.

10:36 p.m.: The three people who were smoking pot on Buena Vista had vacated the area when officers arrived.

10:58 p.m.: Police were unable to locate a possible drunk driver seen leaving the spit at the end of First Street.

11:21 p.m.: A citizen on Mayo reported two shots were fired in the area.  Investigating officers found nothing amiss.

11:34 p.m.: The unwanted guest reported at a residence on Southampton Road was gone when officers arrived on the scene.

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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