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Citrus Heights Police Logs: Dine-and-Dash, football fight, robbery

Latest police logs include several adults reportedly getting into a fight at a San Juan High School football game, robbery at Grocery Outlet, a rash of assault reports, and a dine-and-dash incident at Texas Roadhouse on Sunrise Boulevard.

The following is a summary of select incidents listed in the Citrus Heights Police Department’s daily incident bulletins for Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

Friday, September 21, 2018: Total of 75 incidents listed.
Incident report categories of note: 12 calls regarding suspicious activities, 22 disturbance-related, 5 homeless/transient-related, 3 petty thefts, no grand thefts, 3 burglaries, 9 assault reports, and 3 reports of domestic violence.

8:31 a.m., Hit & Run non-injury, Pastors Auto Care on Sunrise Blvd. Police were advised that the driver of a Ford pickup had hit a gas station pump, causing about $500 in damage. The driver reportedly refused to provide info and then left. The truck was described as a 1998-2000 silver Ford pickup, pulling a 6 x 10 ft. white box trailer with no license plates.

8:42 a.m., Disturbance Noise, Ketch Ct. An ongoing issue was reported to police regarding after-hours construction noise in the backyard of a residence on a small court off Birchglade Way. The issue reportedly had been going on for several months and was continuing each night until 3 a.m. and then resuming at 8 a.m.

9:41 a.m., Robbery, Grocery Outlet on Greenback Ln. A suspect allegedly pushed an employee while stealing items from the store and then took off in a burgundy colored Town & Country sedan. Suspect information and estimated loss was not included in the log.

10:20 a.m., Disturbance Verbal, Lichen K-8 on Lichen Dr. Police were contacted regarding a parent allegedly “harassing other parents” in the parking lot.

11:09 a.m., Homeless Camp, Sunrise Blvd. Police were advised of an ongoing problem with a homeless camp behind a business on Sunrise Boulevard. The campers were described as aggressive and had reportedly “pulled knives on business employees.” The camp had already been tagged by police with a notice to clear out by Sept. 19.

11:49 a.m., Burglary Vehicle, Benihana Grill on Sunrise Blvd. A caller told police that more than $20,000 of computer and specialized racing equipment had be stolen overnight from a vehicle at Benihana Grill on Sunrise Boulevard.

6:47 p.m., Assault w/ weapon, Wendy’s on Greenback Ln. A caller told police that a Honda SUV had just run over their mother’s feet, which was described as an intentional act related to a road rage incident.

7:06 p.m., Assault, San Juan High School. Police were contacted after several adults reportedly got into a physical altercation at a high school football game.

7:51 p.m., Vandalism, Slippery Creek Ln. A caller told police their ex-girlfriend was kicking a vehicle and was currently smashing out the front windshield by using her feet to smash it from the inside. Police were told that the woman was not on drugs and had not been drinking.

9:53 p.m., Disturbance Noise, Rollingwood Blvd. An underage drinking party with about 50 people, ages 15-17, was reported at a location on Rollingwood Boulevard.

10:20 p.m., Petty Theft, Sunrise Mall. A caller reported interrupting a thief in the process of stealing a bike at Sunrise Mall. The caller said the male suspect was observed cutting a lock and then riding off on the bike.  The suspect’s only description was a white male adult, with a shaggy beard.

10:52 p.m., Criminal Threats Report, Catamaran Dr. A called told police he had met another party online and subsequently provided the other party with a “video of his penis.” The other party then allegedly threatened to release the video if the man didn’t pay $500 within 24 hours. The caller said he did not know the other party, other than through an online conversation.

11:12 p.m., Petty Theft, Texas Roadhouse on Sunrise Blvd. A dine-and-dash incident was reported, involving several customers who left without paying their bill. The total price of the meal was $63.93.

Full log: Sept. 21, 2018
*Note: As of Oct. 1, incident logs from police were only available through Sept. 21st.

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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.”

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