Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between May 21 and May 27, as follows:

May 21

Theft: Overnight, 5000 block of Quincy Avenue Southeast. Vandals afflicting Lakeland Hills struck several light poles belonging to the City of Auburn, stealing copper wire from the access panels next to each street light. No estimate of costs was available.

More wire theft: Overnight, Nathan Loop Southeast and Marshall Avenue Southeast. Thieves cut wire from street light vaults in Lakeland Hills. No estimate of costs was available.

Theft: 8:30 a.m., 1505 West Valley Highway S. Siphoners sucked up gas from 10 vehicles.

Burglars: 1825 K St. SE. Burglars hit a classroom at Olympic Middle School some time over the weekend. Police didn’t disclose if the burglars took anything.

Burglary: Overnight, 1308 W. Main St. An employee of Eagle Hydraulics reported a burglary sometime overnight after finding a back door ajar the next morning and two large tool boxes missing. One tool box contained hand tools incised with the victim/owner’s name.

Burglary: Overnight, 3218 Auburn Way N. Burglars cut off several power cords and stole them from camper trailers parked inside the storage yard at Valley Auburn RV.

May 23

Prowler: 12:44 p.m., 901 Supermall Drive SW. A man walking through a parking was spotted trying to open several vehicles, so police showed up, arrested him and tossed him into the pokey.

Theft: 12:45 a.m., 3611 I St. NE. Thieves took advantage of early morning darkness to swipe somebody’s solar lights.

May 24

Theft: Overnight, 4400 block of B Street Northwest. Thieves broke into a secured semi trailer and snuck off with 11 boxes, contents and value unknown.

Trespassing: 8:18 p.m., 102 15th St. NE. Cedars Inn got its missing key back but gave the fellow who’d stolen said key a heartfelt, sincere and extended boot from its premises.

Vandalism: 11:06 p.m., 1407 Auburn Way S. An Auburn business sustained $7,400 in damages to some sort of act of vandalism.

What part of no…?: 12:39 a.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a male-type person, approximate age not disclosed, for trespassing at the Supermall, although he’d been told on three previous occasions that his offending carcass wasn’t at all welcome there.

May 26

Burglary: 7 a.m., 909 12th St. SE. Having broken the window of a cigarette shop, a burglar stuck his greedy paw inside to scoop up several boxes of cigarette tubes. The burglar’s subsequent decision to enter the business through the broken window set off an alarm, spooking him to such an extent that he promptly took to his heels, butts in hand.