Auburn police blotter | April 6

Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between March 25 and March 31:

Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between March 25 and March 31:

March 25

Trespassing: 8:41 a.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police ordered a trouble-making, employee-irking fellow to get out, and stay out, of Safeway.

Disorderly conduct: 12:30 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. A boy and a man got into a punch up over, well, something or other.

Shoplifting: 22:23 p.m., 131 E. Main St. A shoplifter was about five blocks away from the downtown business from which he had just swiped a remote controlled car, sitting on a staircase near the parking lot of the Auburn Regional Medical Center, when police showed up to bust him for his wrongdoing.

March 26

Possession with intent to distribute: 12:05 a.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Seeing a man in a bathroom at the Muckleshoot Casino trying to sell cocaine, a police officer took professional offense and busted him.

March 27

Snoozing in the wrong place: 12:42 p.m., 2000 Auburn Way S. Two men had to high tail it out of the watershed after somebody found them passed out there.

Shoplifting: 4:05 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Safeway store security caught a woman trying to steal fish and onions from Safeway. The fib this woman then told police about her name added to her theft charge a second charge – obstructing a police officer.

March 29

Traffic collision, hit and run: 6:45 p.m., 12800 block of Southeast 312th Street. Responding to a hit and run, police found a debris field revealing the missing car to be a Subaru, which had struck a fire hydrant and mailbox, then vanished into the early spring night. Police found the offending car at a local apartment complex and notified the driver. The driver copped to falling asleep and striking the mailbox, but claimed ignorance on the hydrant whacking.

March 31

Trespassing: 11:34 a.m., 3000 block of 22nd Street Southeast. A man was watching TV in the home he had illegally entered and lingered in when police showed up to arrest him. CPS referral: 8:50 a.m., 2400 block of F Street Southeast. Police returned a lost 3-year-old child to his grateful mother.