Benicia Police Log: Someone Trying to Look In Through a Peephole and a Suspected Drink Driver was Sober

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

12:43 a.m.: Police opened an investigation into a case of vandalism on Military East.  Somebody broke the windshield of a car.

2:20 p.m.: Officers gave advice to a citizen trying to resolve an issue with a car.

2:36 p.m.: A citizen reported the presence of an injured bird on Cambridge.

4:17 p.m.: A vehicle parked on East Industrial Way was vandalized.

4:39 p.m.: An employee at a Military West business accidentally set off an alarm.

4:59 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to investigate a suspicious circumstance on East Third Street.

6:52 p.m.: An officer was dispatched to Rose Drive to do some follow-up with a citizen.

8:15 p.m.: A burglar alarm was activated at a business on East Industrial Way.  Officers didn’t find any evidence of a break-in.

8:58 p.m.: Police received a blind cell phone call from the vicinity of Fitzgerald Field.  There was a game being played at the time and it was determined the call was accidental.

9:52 p.m.: A resident on Southampton Road reported a neighbor was looking through the peephole on her front door.  Officers talked to the neighbor who claimed to be looking in on a friend.

10:08 p.m.: Officers stopped a car on Interstate 780 after receiving a report that the driver might be drunk.  The driver wasn’t drunk.

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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