Crime & Safety
Benicia Police Log: Domestic Violence on West L, Loud Pool Party on Southampton
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This is the crime bulletin for Thursday, July 19, 2012  from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.
8:02 a.m.: Police opened an investigation into the theft of a car from Brentwood.
1241 p.m.: Police arrested a 34-year-old Benicia man on West L Street for domestic battery.
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1:59 p.m.: Police received a report of a ma sleeping on the side of East N Street. Apparently he woke up and went to breakfast because investigating officers couldn’t find him.
4:26 p.m.: Officers pulled over a motorist on Interstate 780 who was alleged to have been driving recklessly.
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5:11 p.m.: Officers investigated the activation of an alarm on Sanborn but found nothing out of the ordinary.
6:46 p.m.: Officers went to a business on Indiana where the alarm had been activated. There appeared to be no problems.
8:11 p.m.: Police opened an investigation into an apparent hit and run on Military East.
8:31 p.m.: Officers were asked to standby at a residence on West M Street while a citizen retrieved some belongings.
9:58 p.m.: Officers investigated the activation of an alarm at a City facility on East K Street.
10:17 p.m.: Officers talked to the hosts of a loud party in the vicinity of Cambridge. Most of the partiers left after officers arrived.
11:11 p.m.: Officers talked to several people who were in the pool area of a Southampton Road complex and  being inappropriately loud for the time of night.
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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