Latest police logs include reports of a Craigslist car purchase gone awry, videogamers playing too loudly in a garage, a vehicle stolen for the third time from an apartment complex, and a rash of graffiti incidents and homeless-related reports.
The following is a summary of select incidents listed in the Citrus Heights Police Department’s daily incident bulletins for Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Additional logs for Sept. 7 to Sept. 11 are linked below.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018: Total of 72 incidents listed.
Incident report categories of note: 20 calls regarding suspicious activities, 17 disturbance-related, 11 homeless/transient-related, 3 petty thefts, 1 grand theft, 1 burglary, 6 assault reports, and one report of domestic violence.
3:10 a.m., Burglary, Lake Tree Ln. A vehicle reportedly smashed into bricks in front of a house on Lake Tree Lane, near Calvary Cemetery. The vehicle, a silver Ford Explorer, was last seen going towards the entrance of the Lakeview Village Mobile Home park.
6:32 a.m., Disturbance Loitering, Car Czar on Greenback Ln. An ongoing problem was reported to police, involving two men spending the night in a vehicle parked in the parking lot. When police were contacted, one of the men had just been observed changing his clothes in the parking lot, “exposing his bare bottom.”
6:51 a.m., Disturbance Verbal, Ranch Motel on Auburn Blvd. Police were contacted after a woman said a friend she was sharing a room with at the motel “suddenly started yelling” for her and her son to get out of the room. Drugs were possibly involved.
7:16 a.m., Stolen Vehicle, Sierra Ridge Apartments on Auburn Oaks Ct. A vehicle was reported stolen overnight from the Sierra Ridge Apartment complex, located near the northern border of the city. Police were advised that this was the third time the vehicle had been stolen. No suspect information was known.
10:43 a.m., Homeless Camp, Butternut Dr. Police were informed that a woman was reportedly camping in the back of her boyfriend’s truck on Butternut Drive.
12:54 p.m., Petty Theft at Old Navy on Birdcage Centre Ln. Two suspects reportedly had just walked out of Old Navy with $800 to $1000 worth of merchandise. Police were provided with the license plate number of a gray Toyota Camry that was involved.
4:16 p.m., Shoplifting at Macy’s. Police were contacted after two shoplifting suspects were taken into custody in the loss prevention office at the Macy’s Mens store in Sunrise Mall. Both were allegedly lying about their identification, and one was described as a juvenile.
5:05 p.m. Graffiti Public Property, Antelope/Saybrook. Graffiti was reported painted on a cable box near Antelope Road and Saybrook Drive. Within 10 minutes, police logs indicate four other graffiti incidents were also reported, including graffiti on a nearby sound wall and two other locations on Auburn Boulevard. Graffiti was also reported on Wonner Way on the inside and outside of a bridge, involving a “phallic symbol” and letters spelling “KAOS.”
7:39 p.m., Disturbance Noise, Summerplace Dr. Two males in a garage with the door open were reportedly “playing video games and screaming.”
8:51 p.m., Grand Theft, Spring Creek Apartments on Sun Hill Dr. A woman told police she saw a car for sale on Craigslist and came to an apartment complex to purchase the vehicle for $1700. After handing over the money, the seller reportedly walked inside and then texted her that she “out of luck” and did not give her the car.
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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.”
