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A person on the 2700 block of Hawkins Lane called at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday to report seeing a guy carrying an Xbox 360 walk out of a home that had its front door kicked in.
The guy got into a blue BMW and drove off with another person in the car.
The caller said his father was at work and his mother was picking up his two brothers was at work at the time of the burglary, and that a laptop was also stolen. Police detained two men and a boy, but made no arrests.
The Tracy Police Department received 163 calls for service on Tuesday. The following is a sample of those calls:
5:06 a.m.: A woman reported hearing five or six gunshots from the ACE Train station at 4800 S. Tracy Blvd. A minute later, police received a second call reporting gunshots either in the parking lot of the train platform, or on Tracy Boulevard. Police found nothing.
7:59 a.m.: A man on the 800 block of Palm Court reported his 14-year-old son was “out of control,” and wanted to know “what he can legally do with his child.” The kid was gone when an officer arrived, and police gave the man “information regarding available resources.”
8:57 a.m.: A caller reported a head-on crash at 11th Street and MacArthur Drive. A Nissan Sentra and a 2003 Mercedes collided, an ambulance was called in, as was a tow truck.
10:36 a.m.: Graffiti was reported on the 200 block of Portola Way.
11:32 a.m.: A caller from Nation’s Giant Hamburgers, 3574 N. Tracy Blvd. reported a transient was bugging customers for money outside, and when he was asked to leave, he yelled at the caller. An officer asked him to leave and he did, and told the man employees don’t want him on the property and can refuse service.
12:56 p.m.: A caller complained that an “elderly” neighbor couldn’t walk out to his trash can because another neighbor’s pit bull was wandering around. An officer warned the dog’s owner and the pooch was brought inside, but as soon as the officer left, the dog was let out of the house, the caller said.
1:07 p.m.: A car burglary was reported on the 500 block of Clarence Bromell Street.
1:41 p.m.: A caller reported the garage door was “up about 2 feet” at a vacant home on the 500 block of Sir Lancelot Court. An officer said the place was empty.
2:12 p.m.: A car was towed after going into a ditch near Sugar Cut and Tracy Boulevard, and a person was taken to the hospital, a caller said.
2:30 p.m.: A woman at the Chesapeake Bay Apartments, 2941 W. Lowell Ave., reported receiving mail with her name and Social Security number on it, and so has her daughter. She said they both might have had their identities stolen.
3:04 p.m.: Police detained two people after a caller from Big Five, 3200 Naglee Road, reported a man and woman were shoplifting.
3:49 p.m.: A woman on Gibralter Lane reported her 17-year-old adopted daughter was molesting her “18-month old.” The woman said the girl has already been removed from the house, but had previously been suspected of molesting the caller’s 13-year-old son.
5:14 p.m.: A caller reported a 14-year-old son was “jumped” by three boys at South School, 500 W. Mount Diablo Ave.
5:50 p.m.: A caller from Citi Financial, 2633 Naglee Road, reported receiving counterfeit money earlier in the day.
5:58 p.m.: A caller from Realty World Corral Hollow, 628 N. Central Ave., reported graffiti on an office building.
6:05 p.m.: Graffiti was reported on “residential property” on the 1900 block of Cactus Street.
6:10 p.m.: Graffiti was reported on the 700 block of Roosevelt Avenue.
6:12 p.m.: Police received an online report of graffiti at True Value Hardware, 30 E. 10th St.
6:18 p.m.: A caller reported “renters” on the 200 block of West 20th Street were taking a shed that belonged to the caller. It turned out the caller was the property owner’s grandson, and police said it was a civil rather than criminal matter.
6:21 p.m.: Police got an online report that a car was broken into at the Chesapeake Bay Apartments, 2941 W. Lowell Ave.
6:43 p.m.: Someone walking to work reported finding bullets at Windsong Drive and Tracy Boulevard. There were four bullets, and two were for a 9-millimeter gun. Police destroyed the bullets.
7:29 p.m.: A caller reported someone in a pickup stole “wood pallets” from the back of Safeway, 1801 W. 11th St.
7:31 p.m.: Police arrested 30-year-old woman on suspicion of drunken driving on the 2000 block of Superior Court. Her white 2005 GMC Yukon was towed.
8 p.m.: A guy in his 20s swiped an 18-pack of beer from 7-Eleven, 2360 W. Grant Line Road, a caller said, and the store has surveillance camera footage of the theft.
This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher’s daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. To anonymously report information about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.
