1 Odd attack. A disgruntled man ran up to a patrolling police officer Oct. 31 and said someone beat him with a stick in the 10700 block of East Alameda Avenue. The officer interviewed people in the area, and none of them saw the incident, but one witness who worked in a nearby store said the victim had been causing a scene inside the store before running over to the officer.
2 Floor pennies. Police were called to the 17900 block of East Colorado Drive because someone used an unlocked sliding door to enter a woman’s house Oct. 29. The thief took $800 cash from her bedroom and emptied the woman’s change all over her kitchen floor. There are no suspects.
3 Tool tank. A woman who lives in the 220 block of South Salem Court called police Oct. 25 because someone stuck a screwdriver in her gas tank.
4 Wrong bins. An off-duty police officer doing security for Spinnaker Run Condominiums in the 12500 block of East Cornell Avenue cited a man Oct. 24 when he saw him drive up to the complex’s garbage bins and dump all of his trash inside. The suspect didn’t live there.
5 Littlest window. A man returned to his home in the 17100 block of Tennessee Drive and realized that his wife and two daughters’ jewelry boxes had been ransacked, and $2,000 cash was taken Oct. 21. He called police who determined that a burglar came in from a tiny open window near the front door.
6 Unlocked Cadillac. Someone stole a man’s wallet out of his car Oct. 23 while it was unlocked and parked in front of his home in the 1200 block of South Zeno Circle.
