Wait for me. A woman called Arvada police Oct. 14 to report that her car had been stolen. Officers saw the car traveling eastbound on West 58th Avenue, approaching Pierce Street. They stopped the car and found the reporting party in the passenger seat. According to a police report, when officers asked the woman why she reported her car stolen, she said she’d thought her friends were going to leave the house without her, but they waited. The driver was taken into custody for driving under the influence.
An attempt at cheap dinner. According to a police report, on Oct. 6 a woman in King Soopers, 9731 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, filled a trash can with three packages of beef and 12 ribeye steaks, then attempted to leave without paying. The total value of the merchandise was $236.13, police reported. She was cited with petty theft.
Tight-lipped hooligan. Arvada officers were dispatched to the 8500 block of West 53rd Avenue on Oct. 9 because a woman was reportedly yelling and banging on the doors of her neighbors late at night. When officers contacted her, she would not provide any reason for her actions, police reported. She was issued a summons for noise disturbance. Officers encouraged her to “refrain from screaming and banging on others’ doors without explanation.”
Double-edged crime. A resident in the 6600 block of Holland Court, Arvada, called police Oct. 10 to report that a man was urinating on a tree in her front yard. A witness confronted the man, according to a police report. When the suspect “came at him,” the witness punched the man in the face, according to the report. The suspect was cited for urinating in public, and the witness was cited for causing bodily injury.