Benicia Police Log: Phone Found, Car Lost and Disappearing Dog Didn’t Bark

This is the crime bulletin for Monday,  August 6, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

1:30 a.m.: Officers were unable to determine what caused an alarm activation at a Columbus Parkway fast food restaurant.

6:39 a.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a Stone Road business.

9:57 a.m.: Police received a report of a large black dog running loose in the vicinity of West Ninth Street.  The dog was gone when officers arrived to investigate.

10:21 a.m.: A resident on Southampton Road woke to find his car had been vandalized sometime the previous evening.

10:46 a.m.:  If you lost a Nokia cell phone you may be in luck.  A citizen found a phone on Devonshire and turned it over to an officer who checked the hone into the evidence locker at the police department.

11:19 a.m.: Police were alerted to the presence of a suspicious vehicle on West Third Street.  They forwarded the concerns to the vehicle abatement officer.

12:23 p.m.: A homeowner on Mayo failed to turn off the burglar alarm in a timely fashion.

2:27 p.m.: Police were asked to document a series of harassing phone calls made to a resident on Southampton Road.  The police also dispensed advice on obtaining a restraining order.

2:58 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to East Third Street where, they were told, a case domestic violence was happening.  It turned out to be a verbal altercation and officers talked to all involved parties.

3:17 p.m.: Police opened an investigation into the theft of a vehicle from East Tennys.

5:11 p.m.: Police received a report of a suspicious person in the open space near Baker.  Responding officers found the person who was resting.

5:36 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to Solano Square where two people were in a verbal altercation.

6:31 p.m.: Police received a report of suspicious persons in backyards of homes on Panorama.  The people were gone when officers arrived on the scene.

6:45 p.m.: A 27-year-old Detroit woman was arrested on Southampton Road for shoplifting.

7:29 p.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a West Tenth Street residence.

7:32 p.m.: Police received a report of two people possibly smoking pot on Lori Drive.   The alleged smokers were gone when officers arrived on the scene.

8:03 p.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a First Street business.

9:37 p.m.: Police received a report of kids hanging out in a housing complex on Southampton Road.  Officers spoke to the kids.

10:08 p.m.: Police received a report of a man yelling for help in the vicinity of Military West.  Officers spoke to a man who ran out of gas on the freeway.

10:27 p.m.: A resident on Vecino reported someone was knocking on their front door.  Officers conducted an area check and were unable to locate any suspicious people.

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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