Auburn Police blotter | June 12

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between June 1 and June 8:

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between June 1 and June 8:

June 1

Theft: 9:20 a.m., 3040 B St. NW. Two guys got into a scrap bin and scuttled off with $200 worth of scrap metal.

Trespassing: 5:58 a.m., 918 H St. SE. For acts of naughtiness undisclosed, a man was given the White River Valley Museum’s best, “don’t you come back now, hear.”

Fraud: 3:59 p.m., 400 block of 15th Street Northeast. Somebody stole a man’s misplaced wallet and used a credit card inside to go on a spending spree.

June 2

Theft: 6:15 p.m., 12200 SE 320th St. Somebody stole a Metro bus driver’s cellphone while she was away from her bus, and the four boys she accused of the deed denied having anything to do with it. Somebody found the phone later in a ditch about a block away.

Dog bite: 8:05 p.m., 12722 SE 312TH St. A dog bit a kid in a park at the apartment complex he lived in. The kid told police it was merely a scratch and declined medical aid. The dog’s owner said the kid ran up to the dog excitedly and probably spooked him.

June 3

Burglary: Overnight, 6100 S. 296TH St. Somebody stole tools from a construction site.

Theft: 1 p.m., 37th and B Street Northwest. Somebody stole a compressor that had been left on a corner, an easily recognizable, rectangular machine with two roll-up hose locations, according to its owner.

Theft: 3 p.m., 2236 Auburn Way N. A man stole two chainsaws from Cash America.

Theft: Overnight, 30229 125th Court SE. Thieves stole hundreds of dollars worth of building supplies from a home under construction.

June 7

Strong arm robbery: 3 p.m. 762 Outlet Collection Drive SW. Walmart security confronted a man who was trying to shoplift multiple Blu-Ray DVDs, and he used aggressive force to keep the stolen stuff and escape.

June 8

Burglary: 9 a.m., 1268 E. Main St. Dishonest characters snuck into a business through a side window and grabbed two laptops.

Trespassing: 10:43 a.m., 1101 5th St. NE. Fulmer Field Park gave a trespassing woman the boot.

Car theft: 2:40 p.m., 4600 Mill Pond Drive SE. Somebody stole a woman’s car while her high school-aged daughter had it at Auburn Riverside High School.

Theft: 3 a.m., 328 37th St. NW. A thief stole wheels and tires from a vehicle.