Benicia Police Log: Suspicious Jogger, Suspicious Car and a TV Too Loud

This is the crime bulletin for Thursday, July 12, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

1:02 a.m.: Police received a complaint about noise coming from a residence on Southampton Road.  The contacted the occupant of the noisy residence who agreed to turn down the volume on the television.

1:18 a.m.: Officers responded to a burglar alarm activation at a business on California and found nothing amiss.

1:20 a.m.: Officers received a report of a car parked on London with the lights on and someone inside.  The car was gone when officers arrived to investigate.

1:24 a.m.:  A resident on Bradford reported hearing someone rattling a fence.  Investigating officers didn’t discover any fence rattlers.

2:04 a.m.: A citizen on East O Street requested an officer call and possibly advise the resident regarding a civil issue.

8:23 a.m.: Two transients were given a warning about sleeping in city parks.

11:08 a.m.: An officer dispensed advice to a resident on Rose Drive regarding an altercation.

2:07 pm.: A citizen requested that officers document an altercation between a landlord and a tenant.

3:22 p.m.: Police began an investigation into a residential burglary that occurred on Panorama Drive.

8:12 p.m.: Police received multiple calls from a man on West Ninth Street who seemed to be in some distress. It turned out that a boy and his friends were goofing around.

8:42 p.m.: Police began an investigation into why two children were left unattended in a car on Bayshore Road.

10:47 p.m.: A resident on Riverview reported an unfamiliar man in the area.  Investigating officers found the man and determined he was out for a late night jog.

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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