Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 3 and 10:
Aug. 3
Recovered stolen vehicle: 8:35 a.m., 2700 Alpine Drive SE. A girl snoozing away in Rotary Park some 150 feet away from a stolen vehicle admitted to having it, so police arrested her.
Fraud: 11:35 a.m., 801 Auburn Way N. Three checks that had been in a purse stolen at the Muckleshoot Casino on July 29 were forged and cashed at Fred Meyer.
Theft: 5:35 p.m., 1101 Outlet Collection Way SW. While a woman was shopping at Walmart she set her phone down just for a moment and somebody stole it.
Arson: 9:07 p.m., 1420 17th St. SE. Two boys thought it would be a bright idea to try lighting a tree on fire. They were wrong.
Vandalism: 8:35 p.m., 3225 M St. SE. Yokels known only to their yoklish selves broke a residential window.
Aug. 6
Forgery: 2:35 a.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. A woman passed a bogus bill at the Muckleshoot Casino.
Aug. 10
Theft: 7:45 p.m., 1241 Auburn Way N. While a man was shopping, somebody stole his wallet.
Theft: 1:31 p.m., 1900 block of F Street Southeast. An apartment manager reported the theft of rent checks.
Disrobedly conduct: 4:30 p.m. 5000 block of 55th Street Southeast. A resident complained about an ongoing problem with a neighbor, who she said gets drunk and capers about her back yard, buck naked, though sometimes she putters about in a golf cart.
Shoplifting: 3:20 p.m., 1101 Outlet Collection Way SW. A man stole clothing from Walmart, an employee contacted him outside, and one local manifestation of the corporate giant got its goods back.
Theft: 3:15 p.m., 400 block of 6th Street Southeast. A computer surveillance system caught someone stealing a package from a resident’s door step.
Arson: 9:15 p.m., 12500 block of Southeast 312th Street. A boy tried to start a fire.