Latest police logs include multiple issues with transients at various businesses, a low-budget shoplifter at Walmart being caught with less than $10 worth of items, and a 14-foot flatbed truck being stolen from a new business just days after it opened.
The following is a summary of select incidents listed in the Citrus Heights Police Department’s daily incident bulletins for July 24, 2018. Additional bulletins from July 18-23 are linked below.
Tuesday July 24, 2018: Total of 69 incidents listed
Incident report categories of note: 32 calls regarding suspicious activities, 11 disturbance-related, 5 homeless/transient-related, no petty theft, no grand thefts, 3 burglaries, 4 assaults, and 2 domestic violence reports.
1:45 a.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Antelope Road. Police responded to a call from a person reporting they heard knocking at the back door, but that the motion sensor lights had not activated and no one was there. Disposition listed: Checks Ok.
5:00 a.m., Stolen Vehicle, Parrot Planet, Auburn Blvd. A black, 14-foot flatbed truck with side rails and a six-foot ramp was reportedly stolen from outside Parrot Planet, which recently opened up shop on Auburn Boulevard. A small box including bindings and equipment was also stolen. Disposition listed: Report taken.
8:21 a.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Garry Oak Drive. Police responded to a foreclosed residence where five men in a black Nissan truck were reportedly cutting up and taking items out of the walls, along with doors, appliances and plumbing. According to the report, it was unknown if they were from the bank or stealing. Disposition listed: Unfounded.
9:19 a.m., Fraud/Forgery, Pacific Coast Foods, Greenback Lane. Police were notified regarding a contract employee accused of embezzling money from the store. Disposition listed: Report taken.
9:22 a.m. Suspicious Vehicle, 7-Eleven at Van Maren/Auburn. A caller requested police assistance in asking the occupants of an RV in the parking lot to leave the premises. The white RV with green and purple trim was occupied by three suspected drug users and had been in the parking lot for over an hour. Disposition listed: Gone on arrival. About five hours later, another log entry indicates the RV returned and the individuals were reportedly throwing lit cigarettes out of the vehicle and were blocking the delivery entrance. The disposition for the second call was listed as: “Checks ok.”
11:50 a.m. Suspicious circumstances, Rusch Park, Auburn Blvd. A shirtless man was reportedly jumping on the fence near the pool and “glaring at the children.” Disposition listed: Assisted.
12:23 p.m., McDonald’s at San Juan/Madison. Police were called when a man panhandling in the drive thru pushed the person asking him to leave. The caller, who was not injured, took a photo of the suspect who was last seen pushing a tan shopping cart nearby. Disposition listed: Assisted.
3:09 p.m., Shoplifting, Walmart on Sunrise Blvd. Police were called regarding a shoplifting suspect who was in custody for theft under $10. The suspect was reportedly refusing to give ID, other than their name and social security number. Disposition listed: Cancelled.
3:49 p.m., Assault, Wendy’s on Greenback Lane. Police were notified of a man and woman pushing each other in the parking lot of BevMo. The man reportedly threw the woman’s bicycle into traffic on Greenback Lane. Disposition listed: Assisted.
4:55 p.m., Verbal Disturbance, Jamba Juice on Sunrise Blvd. A verbal disturbance was reported when juveniles selling candy in front of the store started spitting on the windows. They were last seen on foot headed towards Old Navy. Disposition listed: Gone on arrival.
5:17 p.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Glen Arbor Wy. A woman from Santa Rosa called CHPD to request a welfare check on a newborn kitten that had been left with her boyfriend. The boyfriend’s roommate was allegedly under the influence of speed and was violent and had a gun, so the boyfriend had left. The woman was unsure if anyone else was in the house. Disposition listed: Checks Ok.
6:47 p.m., Disturbance Verbal, Lialana Wy. Two men with heavy builds in a red pickup truck allegedly started dumping garbage, including a large mattress and other trash, in front of a caller’s property. When asked to leave, the men refused. Not wanting to get into a fight, the caller notified police. Disposition listed: Advised.
8:33 p.m. Disturbance Loitering, Walgreens at Sunrise/Greenback. Officers responded to a call regarding multiple transients with backpacks who were suspected of stealing from the store, including one suspect that attempted a grab and dash for cigarettes and were now refusing to leave the parking lot. Disposition listed: Gone on arrival.
Full logs: July 18 | July 19 | July 20 | July 21 | July 22 | July 23 | July 24
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Note: The Sentinel compiles summaries of select local police incident bulletins each week as a service to the public, based on data available from CHPD. Police advise that the information included in daily bulletins are summaries of calls for service for each day, with information “deemed confidential” not included in the record. CHPD states that the information noted on its daily bulletins is what was reported to police by callers, or in person, and therefore “may or may not actually reflect the true content of an incident.”
