Auto Theft, 500 block Showers Drive, 3/22
At 12:56 p.m., police responded to a call at Radio Shack on Showers Drive, where a young man had immediately left the store after attempting to use a stolen credit card. Officers saw a young man who fit the description walking to a vehicle parked in the Wal-Mart lot. The car was determined to be stolen, and the 20-year-old was arrested for burglary, identity theft and possession of a stolen vehicle.Attempted Strong Arm Robbery, Safeway on California Street, 3/27
At around 9:12 p.m., Safeway staff members noticed two men in the store pushing shopping carts filled with toilet paper. The men passed the registers without paying and attempted to leave store with the carts. An employee blocked the door to prevent them from leaving, but one of the men charged the worker and hit him with his body, knocking him down and causing injury. The suspects then abandoned the cart and fled in a car. The injured staff member received medical treatment and the other workers located numerous boxes of Claritin — a cold medicine regulated due to its use in manufacturing methamphetamine — buried among the toilet paper.One suspect is described as Asian or Hispanic, 20 years old, with black hair and eyes. He is 5-foot-7 and weighs about 140 pounds, and was wearing a green hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. The second suspect is white, also 20 years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is 5-foot-10, 170 pounds and was wearing a red shirt with black pants.
Their escape vehicle is described as a white Toyota four-door, 1989 or 1990 model. Police obtained a possible partial California license plate of 5WR 460.
