Thieves trick woman with ‘lost dog’ scheme | Auburn police blotter

Sample from the Auburn police log

August 26, 2020 4:30 pm
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Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 17 and Aug. 22.

Aug. 17

Burglary: 6:30 a.m., 6600 block of Charlotte Avenue Southeast. Unknown bad guy entered multiple houses and stole items found within.

Aug. 18

Misdemeanor harassment: 12:30 a.m., 2800 block of Auburn Way N. Some guy harassed his former roommate.

Auto theft: 12:30 p.m., 700 block of 47th Street Southeast. Someone broke into a man’s Hyundai Elantra, found keys to his Mercury Mountaineer and stole it from the parking lot of his apartment complex.

Aug. 19

Assault: 1:34 a.m., 12720 block of Southeast 312th Street. A man reported that his daughter had assaulted him.

Misdemeanor harassment: 1:52 a.m., 1900 block of A Street Southeast. Some guy tried to steal a catalytic converter, with a female as his getaway driver.

Theft: 6:23 a.m., 507 C St. SW. A known male stole a known computer from a known hotel.

Industrial arson of inhabited structure: 4:18 a.m., 22 30th St. NE. Someone lit a fire that damaged a trailer and a wall.

Aug. 20

Purse theft: 12:50 p.m., 230 block of 13th Street Southeast. A woman reported that three people tricked her into helping them with a lost dog, and when she was distracted, one of the trio stole her backpack with her wallet, cell phone and cash inside.

Extortion: 2 p.m., 31900 block of 104th Avenue Southeast. Someone extorted a man for money in exchange for not carrying out his or her threat to post naked photographs of him.

Aug. 21

Burglary: 2:05 p.m., 11530 block of Southeast 308th Place. A man reported that someone had taken items from the garage attached to the home he shares with other people.

Hit and hoofed it: 8:28 p.m., 100 block of 37th Street Southeast. Driver A rear-ended Driver B, then promptly took off.

Assault with injury: 11:06 p.m., 12720 block of Southeast 312th Street. Guy told police a female who had trespassed into his apartment also had stolen his male dog.

Aug. 22

Burglary: 12 a.m., 5100 block of Irene Avenue Southeast. A woman reported that her deceased husband’s will had been stolen from her home.