Benicia Police Log: Suspicious Vehicle Delivering Newspapers, Arguments and Assault

This is the crime bulletin for May 17, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

1:17 a.m.: That slow moving vehicle spotted on Military East was delivering newspapers.

7:18 a.m.: A burglar alarm at a business on East Industrial appeared to have malfunctioned.

8:19 a.m.: Officers issued a citation for an illegally parked vehicle on East Second Street.

9:26 a.m.: An adult brother and sister on Dover were having a heated argument.   The brother left before officers arrived.

9:46 a.m.: A homeowner on Cambridge failed to turn off the burglar alarm in a timely manner.

11:41 a.m.: Officers issued a citation for an illegally parked car on Oxford.

11:43 a.m.: Two Benicia women, a 20-year-old and a 24-year-old were arrested on a variety of charges including assault and possession of stolen property.

12:29 p.m.: Officers responded to an East Third Street residence where a mother and her adult son were having an argument.

12:35 p.m.: A resident on East Third Street reported seeing some kids throw a backpack into the back of a parked truck.  Investigating officers found the truck but no backpack.

1:21 p.m.: A resident on Lori reported a car in the area with no license plates.  Officers talked to the owner of the vehicle.

2:23 p.m.: Police received a report of a disoriented man charging a vehicle on East Third Street.  They couldn’t find the disoriented man.

3:37 p.m.: The suspicious vehicle parked near the middle school on Southampton road was occupied by the parent of a middle school student.

3:47 p.m.: Officers received a report of a possible drunk driver on westbound Interstate 780.  They were unable to locate the vehicle and passed the information on to the California Highway Patrol.

4:01 p.m.: Those two boys who were cussing and generally exhibiting bad behavior got to have a discussion with police officers.  Then their parents were called and the parents got to have a discussion with police officers.

5:07 p.m.: Police received a report of a man and a child sitting for a long time in a vehicle parked on West K Street.  Investigation officers found the car but it was empty.

6:28 p.m.: Officers were unable to locate the possible drunk driver reported on Rose Drive.

6:55 p.m.: Officers received a report of cars illegally parked on Hillcrest.  The cars were gone when officers arrived.

7:05 p.m.: Officers received reports of aggressive solicitors on Southampton Road.  They were unable to locate the solicitors.

8:09 p.m.: A citizen on Southampton Road requested to speak to an officer regarding an issue with his daughter.

8:31 p.m.: Police received one call regarding possible shots fired in the vicinity of East Second Street.

8:38 p.m.: Officers gave a warning to a person making harassing phone calls.

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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