Auburn police blotter | May 22

Published 2:34 pm Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between May 9 and May 17:

May 9

Vandalism: 12:10 a.m., 59th and Lakeland Hills Way. Two red-headed boys were busy defacing the Ashton Homeowners’ Association Monument in Lakeland Hills by adding to it the medical name of the external male genitalia when a nearby homeowner interrupted them, causing the young crime wave to take to their heels and vanish into the darkness.

May 10

Clean getaway: 2:35 a.m., 1402 Outlet Collection Way. A cashier at Elephant Chevron was preparing early morning java when a woman entered the store and shoplifted Tide, Dawn and Clorox bleach.

Theft: 8 p.m., 200 block of M Street Northeast. Somebody stole scrap metal from a home garage.

May 11

Burglary: 6:50 a.m., 4310 B St. NW.  Having smashed its glass front door, a burglar, or burglars, stole undisclosed items from a commercial business.

Strong arm street robbery: 9:24 a.m., 2200 block of D Street Southeast. As a woman was taking a morning stroll along a city street, a stranger pushed her to the ground and ripped her cellphone from her.

Vandalism: 12:33 p.m., 1700 block of K Street Northeast. As a male stepped outside of his parent’s home, he saw a female running from his car, which had sustained damage to its paint job. This female, claims the male, was the culprit.

Trespassing: 10:41 p.m., 2117 Auburn Way S. As night was firming up its grip on the city, a man entered the Muckleshoot Bingo Hall where his earlier bad behavior had gotten him barred, so police arrested him.

May 15

Theft: 2:30 p.m., 725 37th St. SE. Somebody stole a woman’s Mexican passport from her car parked at a south end apartment complex.

May 16

Vandalism: 7 a.m., 20 block of A Street Southwest. Somebody hurled a beer bottle through the window of a parked car.

Prowling: Overnight, 7200 block of Lindsay Avenue Southeast. Prowlers prowled multiple vehicles in the darkness, vandalizing and stealing stuff.

Theft: Overnight, 3600 block of I Street Northeast. Thieves ripped an undisclosed quantity of copper wire from light posts.

May 17

Hit, and hit, and hit – and run: 12:31 p.m., 802 45th St. NE. A woman whose driver’s license had been suspended drove her boyfriend’s car into a tree, struck another car, and drove through a garage before police arrested her.