Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Oct. 26 and Nov. Oct. 30:

Oct. 26

Theft from motor vehicle: 8:39 a.m., 3500 block of Scenic Drive Southeast. Somebody smashed the passenger-side window of a woman’s car and ripped off her backpack, containing contents undisclosed. Police also chose not to disclose a value for the missing items.

Postal theft: 2:10 p.m., 1339 West Valley Highway North. Oak Harbor Freight Lines fell victim to mail theft. Police chose not to disclose a value for the missing items.

Theft: 1:30 p.m., 900 block of 14th Street Northeast. A man called 911 to complain that somebody had stolen the Xbox 360 he had left unattended overnight at a friend’s house.

Theft from motor vehicle: 3:29 p.m., 202 N. Division St. Somebody stole an oxygen bottle from a vehicle parked at Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Theft from motor vehicle: Overnight, 2600 block of 26th Street Southeast. An Auburn resident lost to theft from his vehicle a GPS, a hard drive and other items of value undisclosed.

Oct. 27

Obstructing justice: 1:11 p.m., 800 block of 21st Street Northeast. As police were talking to a man about a traffic violation he’d just committed on his bicycle, the guy dished out bogus information about who he was, whereupon police arrested him, hustled him off to the SCORE jail and booked him under the name of John Doe.

Theft from motor vehicle: 7:50 a.m., 2202 Auburn Way N. While an employee of 7-Eleven was working, an unknown suspect entered the employee’s vehicle and lifted a black hand bag containing various legal documents.

Burglary: 11:40 a.m., 1801 R St. SE. A man complained to police that somebody had broken into his storage unit and taken several power tools of undisclosed value.

Bicycle: 2:35 p.m., 2:35 p.m., 1825 K St. SE. Somebody stole a kid’s bicycle from Olympic Middle School.

Animal problem: 1:59 p.m., 120 block of N Street Northeast. A dog’s aggressive nature got it taken to the King County Animal Shelter. The owner was nowhere to be found.

Vandalism: Overnight, 1101 Supermall Way SW, Suite 901. Vandals painted the west and east brick walls of Regal Theaters with graffiti sometime overnight.

Shoplifting: 5:45 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way. The manager at The Sports Authority reported a female sort of person running out of the store with a North Face Denali ski jacket in hand. The thiefette got away in a white Honda Civic.

Vandalism: 12:15 a.m., 500 block of O Street Northeast. A woman called in to report that a thief who’d tried to break into her vehicle left damage behind. Suspicious evidence left behind, at first thought to be drugs, turned out to be only candy-coated chocolate in a medication dosage bubble pack.

Auto theft: 12:13 p.m., 700 block of F Place Northeast. A watchful thief pounced on the opportunity a man provided when the man left his vehicle running to warm up while he made a quick dash into his house to use the bathroom. Having finished his business, the man stepped outside, only to see his vehicle pulling away with somebody else’s unauthorized head behind the wheel. Police checked the area, no luck.

Oct. 28

Theft: 6:41 a.m., 30500 block of 58th Avenue South. Somebody stole a woman’s vehicle from her driveway where she had left it to warm up, only 10 minutes earlier.

Theft: Overnight, 500 block of M Street Northeast. A female complained that somebody had stolen a gaming console and five games from her residence.

Thieving from granny: 6:30 p.m., 30000 block of 51st Court South. A man stole his grandmother’s laptop.

Oct. 29

Shoplifting: 6:25 p.m., 1320 Supermall Way SW. A man stole a pair of tennis shoes from the Nordstrom Rack and ran off with them. Police did not disclose a value for the tennies.

Gas station robbery: 7:42 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. A man and a woman worked together to rob at gunpoint the Safeway Gas Station. After a short vehicle chase and foot pursuit, police caught up with the duo.

Oct. 30

Trespassing: 12:58 a.m., 340 E. Main St. When police saw a man walking through the secured southwest parking lot of the Auburn Police Station, they decided to check things out. The man, who was drunk, claimed he was only taking a shortcut home through that place where he wasn’t supposed to be. This line of defense failed to sway police, who issued the man a citation and let him go.