Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service between Oct. 12 and Oct. 14:

OCT. 12

Burglary: Overnight, 1900 block of West Valley Highway South. In the descriptive terminology peculiar to Auburn police, a “commercial burglary occurred” at an unnamed business, resulting in an undisclosed loss of something, or perhaps a number of somethings worth something.

OCT. 13

Vandalism: 7 a.m., 900 W. Main St. Somebody smashed the windshields and side windows out of two semis parked on the Interurban trail between Oct. 11 and Oct. 13. Police did not offer a value for the damage.

Burglary: Overnight, 2400 block of A Street Southeast. A commercial burglary occurred at an unnamed business in the 2400 block of A Street Southeast. Police did not disclose what was stolen, what its value was or how the burglars entered.

Assault: 9:35 p.m., 900 block of 22nd Street Northeast. Police arrested a female of undisclosed age after she assaulted her brother-in-law by punching him in the face as she held a can of baby formula.

Controlled substance: 12:10 p.m., 501 Oravetz Road. A student – he, she, who knows – at Auburn Riverside High School got himself or herself arrested for possession of some type of drug paraphernalia at school.

Burglary: 11:55 a.m., 130 block of 12th Street Southeast. To revisit the now-familiar police description, “a residential burglary occurred.” Again, no details.

Shoplifting: 3:20 p.m., 801 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a person of the male gender, age not given, for failing to pay for many items, not described, obtained from Fred Meyer. With three warrants out for his arrest, this guy assured himself of accommodations in the Auburn jail.

Shoplifting: 3:34 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way S.W. Police arrested a man for shoplifting a leather coat valued at $220 from Burlington Coat Factory at the Supermall. The male had various warrants for his arrest as well and was invited to familiarize himself with the interior of the Auburn Jail.

Shoplifting: 5:30 p.m., 801 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a guy for shoplifting at Fred Meyer after he tried to abscond with $515 of groceries. The stolen items were recovered.

Robbery with firearm: 7:55 p.m., 1307 Auburn Way N. An unidentified male — young, old, police didn’t say — tried to rob Sally’s Beauty Supply. The male showed the employees a black handgun tucked behind his belt and demanded they give him money out of the registers. The male left the business without any cash or merchandise. Police didn’t offer a description.

Hit a cop car, kept on going: 8:33 p.m., 1400 block of Harvey Road Northeast. Police arrested a woman for hit and run and DUI after she struck a police patrol car and failed to stop.

OCT. 14

Assault: 8:55 a.m., 200 block of 37th Street Southeast. Police arrested a juvenile of one gender or the other after he or she shoved his or her mother during an argument.

Assault: 10:30 a.m., 1400 block of 17th Street Southeast. Police arrested a man for felony domestic assault after he sat atop his girlfriend of nine months, placed both hands around her neck and squeezed so hard she couldn’t breathe. An argument about somebody hogging the bed space during the night led to the incident.

Street robbery: 1:15 p.m., 12400 block of Southeast 320th Street. A female, age undefined, reported that three guys pressed what she believed to be a handgun into her side and demanded her purse. The three males fled north east.

Nice doggie: 4:30 p.m., 3400 block of 53rd Street Southeast. Somebody trying to break in to a man’s home while he was away from work kicked a front door panel in before the prospect of the man’s great big, highly motivated, impressively fanged dog forced the would-be burglar to reconsider his or her course of action.