Benicia Police Log: Solicitors, 911 Hang-ups and a Badly Marked Handicap Parking Spot

This is the crime bulletin for Thursday, May 24, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

12:08 a.m.: Officers spoke to the owner of a dog who was barking and bothering the neighbors on Buena Vista.

2:52 a.m.: Officers talked to the residents at a home on Carlisle where the garage door had been left open.  The residents closed the door.

3:01 a.m.: A resident on Ardmore thought there was someone in their garage but investigating officers didn’t see anything suspicious.

8:01 a.m.: A 911 call from a home on Greenbrier was the result of a crossed line.

8:32 a.m.: A resident on Rose Drive called police to complain about a man driving while talking on a cell phone.  Police were unable to locate the car and driver.

8:42 a.m.:  Police investigating a burglar alarm activation on Addison found nothing suspicious in the area.

9:08 a.m.: Officers began an investigation into the theft of a truck from West I Street.

10:12 a.m.: A vehicle without a handicap placard was parked in a badly marked handicap spot.

12:53 p.m.: There was a non-injury traffic collision on Military West.

1:07 p.m.: Officers retrieved a bicycle that had been on West K Street for over a month.

1:52 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of kids possibly tagging the East Third Street tunnel.

4:07 p.m.: Officers stood by while a property manager on Riverview had a vehicle towed.

4:11 p.m.: Officers received a report of a solicitor selling meat on Periwinkle.

4:45 p.m.: A 911 call from a business on East Industrial turned out to be a case of misdialing the number.

6:58 p.m.: A resident on Oxford failed to turn off the burglar alarm in a timely fashion.

7:56 p.m.: A burglar alarm at a business on East Second Street malfunctioned.

8:01 p.m.: Officers talked to a suspicious person who was walking on Interstate 780 eastbound.

8:34 p.m.: Officers talked to the suspicious characters who were suspected of lighting fireworks on Columbus Parkway.

8:50 p.m.: A business owner on Getty accidentally activated the business’s burglar alarm.

10:49 p.m.: Officers talked to the people responsible for the loud music and talking on Southampton Road.

10:57 p.m.: A business on First Street asked officers to walk though because of very large crowd inside the business.

11:16 p.m.: A business on Bayshore had an alarm malfunction.

11:18 p.m.: A business on Stone Road had an alarm malfunction.

11:45 p.m.: Officers talked to a man on Southampton Road who was getting a ride home from a friend who lived in the area.

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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