Benicia Police Log: Missing Girl, Barking Dog and a Woman Arrested for a Parole Violation

This is the crime bulletin for May 1, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

1:57 a.m.: A 20-year-old man was arrested in Solano Square for drunk driving.

6:47 a.m.: Officers inspected a home on Carsten where a gate was left open.  Officers found that nothing appeared to be out of place.

8:38 a.m.: A trailer was stolen from a business on West Channel Road.

8:44 a.m.: A resident on East Third Street reported a vandal had put a small hole in a window.  Investigating officers believe the hole may have been made by a pellet or BB shot through the window.

8:44 a.m.: The kid who was creating a hazard by lying in a driveway was taken away by his mom.

8:45 a.m.: A 34-year-old Benicia woman was arrested on East Second Street for receiving stolen property and a parole violation.

9:32 a.m.: Officers investigated an alleged violation of a court order and found that no violation had occurred.

10:49 a.m.: Officers counseled a family that was in the midst of a family disturbance.

1:26 p.m.: A barking dog was reported on West J Street, but officers were unable to locate the animal when they arrived on the scene.

2:28 p.m.: Officers stopped a car on Military East after receiving reports that the driver might be drunk.  They decided the driver was sober.

7:28 p.m.: Officers opened an investigation into a missing 15-year-old girl.  She failed to return to her Southampton Road home after school.

9:21 p.m.: Officers opened an investigation into the theft of items from a car on West Third Street.

10:41 p.m. A man on McAllister reported he was having trouble with his 17-year-old son.

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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