Auburn Police blotter | July 20

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between July 8 and 12:

July 8

Weapons offense: 5:57 a.m., 762 Outlet Collection Drive SW. Police busted a man and a woman for, oh, some sort of undisclosed weapons offense.

Explosives: 1:20 p.m., 11300 block of Southeast 304th Street. A resident called to report having discovered what may have been a live hand grenade in his or her elderly parents’ garage.

Strong arm robbery: 9:20 pp.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Somebody robbed a senior citizen of her wallet at the Muckleshoot Casino.

July 10

Theft: 1:30 a.m., 100 block of E Street Southeast. Some thief got onto someone’s front porch and stole something.

Warrant arrests: 6:38 p.m., 2041 Auburn Way N. Police busted two guys on confirmed Auburn warrants after catching them rooting around in a business’ trash.

Theft from vehicle: 1:33 p.m., 400 block of 16th St. NE. Somebody stole someone else’s lawn equipment.

July 12

Assault with hands and fists: 10:10 p.m., 2400 block of N Street Southeast. One female assaulted another female, injuring her.

July 15

Vehicle theft: 6:55 a.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. The owner of a truck left it running for a moment to fetch a newspaper mere feet away, and somebody was right there to take advantage of the moment and steal it.

Weapons offense: Overnight, 1000 block of 12th Street Southeast.A bullet from an illegally-discharged firearm penetrated the floor of a second-story apartment, continued into the first-floor apartment directly below and nearly struck a sleeping resident.