Benicia Police Log: Suspicious Vehicles and a Tanker Truck Dragging a Hose

This is the crime bulletin for Monday, June 18, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

1:31 a.m.: A resident on Rankin wanted to talk to an officer regarding a neighbor and drugs.

4:09 a.m.: Officers began an investigation into the vandalizing of a vehicle on Barton Way.

2:56 p.m.: A resident on Hillcrest wanted advice from an officer regarding vehicles that block her driveway.

3:34 p.m.: Police received a report of a tanker truck entering the freeway with a hose dragging on the ground.  Officers were unable to find the truck.

3:35 p.m.: Officers received a report about a pick-up truck driver who tried to force another vehicle off the road.  The pick-up driver also threw something at the other car.

5:23 p.m.: A burglar alarm activation at an East Third Street business appeared to be a malfunction.

9:52 p.m.: Police received a report about a suspicious vehicle parked for many days on Hillcrest.  The vehicle left the area while officers were on the way to investigate.

11:38 p.m.: Officers received a report of a suspicious vehicle on Myrtle.  Investigating officers fund the vehicle occupants were talking.

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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