June 5

Theft from motor vehicle: Overnight, 1600 block of 8th Street Northeast. Somebody broke into a man’s car and stole his stereo speaker equipment. The later discovery of a jiggler key on the driver’s seat, however, left the distinct impression that something or somebody had interrupted the bad guys in mid-thievery.

Weapon at school: 7:37 p.m., 30620 116th Avenue SE. Rainier Middle School authorities caught a girl with a folding pocket knife on school grounds, a very big no no.

Fraud: 11:37 a.m., 10000 block of Southeast 304th Street. A man claiming to be an attorney representing a woman’s grandson asked for, and got, $14,000 in “fees and bail” via a wire transfer supposedly to get the allegedly erring lad out of Mexican jail. Unfortunately, as the woman found out later, the story turned out to be a big fat lie.

Fraud: 12:20 p.m., 3611 I St. NE. A man, posing as a woman’s great-grandson, called her and tried to get her to send money to Spain. No way, said she, and the man hung up.

Robbery: 10:40 a.m., 12401 Southeast 320th St. Two young men approached a Green River Community College student, acted as if they had guns under their sweatshirts and threatened his life if he did not hand over his “cool stuff.”

Burglary: 6 a.m., 308 W. Main St. Police arrested two boys for burglarizing and vandalizing Ace Hardware.

Unlawful burning: 11:47 a.m., 800 4th St. NE. Some yahoo, as yet unknown, set a fire in a metal trash can on the north side of the student parking lot at Auburn High School. No damage or dollar loss was available.

Shoplifting: 12:39 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. Three people entered a clothing store, chose about a dozen leather items and lugged them to the counter. The employee rang up and bagged the items, and while said employee went to fetch an additional item for the suspects, they skipped out with the merchandise, dispensing with that whole business about paying for stuff.

Theft: 1:34 p.m., 500 block of H Street Northeast. Somebody stole a paint ball gun from a parked vehicle, damaging a window in the process.

Burglary: 1:02 p.m., 10300 block of Southeast 304th Place. Burglars took advantage of an unlocked home.

Forgery: 10:01 a.m., 500 block of 8th Street Northeast. A man who’d replied to an online post for a housekeeper later received a suspicious check in the mail for services he had not yet provided. The check was later confirmed as bogus.

Boosting booze: 12:10 p.m., 1509 Auburn Way S. Two boys tried to swipe a bottle of whiskey from Rite Aid but got themselves arrested instead.

Shoplifting: 6:25 p.m., 1231 Auburn Way N. Three people tried to shoplift multiple bottles of liquor from the north end Rite Aid but failed as the clerk retrieved all the bottles and the bag the suspects had stashed them in.

Shoplifting: 9:02 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Walmart security eyeballed two females trying to steal a total of 19 items valued at $71.42. Police cited those females and issued them trespass letters, informing them that their thieving carcasses were no longer welcome at the door and should stay away.