Crime & Safety
Week in Crime: iPhone Thief, Missing Diaper Bag and a Stolen Rental Car
The following information was supplied by the Palo Alto Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Friday
8:47 a.m., 250 Lytton Avenue: James McFarland, 47, a Palo Alto resident, was arrested and booked on an outside warrant.
11:56 a.m., 814 San Antonio Road: An unknown suspect did not return a rental car.
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4:29 p.m., 300 block of University Avenue: Jeffry Zeman, 58, a Menlo Park resident, was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.
11:10 p.m., 100 block of University Avenue: Edwin Felipe Moreno, 29, a Menlo Park resident, was arrested and booked on an outside warrant.
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Saturday
2:23 a.m., 700 block of Oregon Expressway: Kelina Destiny Burris, 19, a San Jose resident, was arrested cited on suspicion of drunken driving.
2:35 a.m., 500 block of Ramona Street: Venko Gospodinov, 45, a Sunnyvale resident, was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.
11:09 a.m., 700 block of San Antonio Road: Kurt Eugene Cocktine, 53, a Mountain View resident, was cited on suspicion of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
4:05 p.m., 702 Colorado Avenue: Alfred Padilla, 52, was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.
6:28 p.m., 340 Portage Avenue Avenue: Barry Buchstaber, 54, a Portola Valley resident, was cited on suspicion of pretty theft / shoplifting.
11:25 p.m., 500 block of Emerson Street: Police towed a car that was parked in a taxi zone.
Sunday
12:42 a.m., Embarcadero Road and Waverley Street: Pierce August Soracco, 24, a San Bruno resident, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
1:42 a.m., 600 block of University Avenue: John Louis Amos, 32, a Newark resident, was arrested and booked on an outside warrant.
3:01 a.m., 500 block of Arastradero Road: Peiling Chang, 47, a Palo Alto resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.
11:09 a.m., 436 High Street: An unknown suspect stole art supplies from someone's personal locker.
3:30 p.m., 1788 Sand Hill Road: An unknown suspect broke into a home and stole personal belongings.
7:12 p.m., 400 block of San Antonio Road: Police arrested Neil Richard Favro, 33, a Redwood City resident, on suspicion of drunken driving, hit-and-run and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Monday
10:20 a.m., San Antonio and East Charleston Roads: Brian Bitney, 59, a Saratoga resident resident, was cited on suspicion of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
12:12 p.m., 2225 East Bayshore Road: Alton Simond, 37, a San Francisco resident, was cited and released on suspicion of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
4:15 p.m., 305 Cowper Street: An unknown suspect used someone's identity to make fraudulent credit card purchases.
8:13 p.m., 2800 block of Ramona Street: Roger Callahan, 29, a San Diego resident, was cited on suspicion of soliciting sales without a permit.
Tuesday
7:23 p.m., 100 block of University Avenue: William Edward Tate III, 55, a Palo Alto resident, was cited on suspicion of driving with suspended or revoked license.
9:40 p.m., 300 Pasteur Drive: An unknown suspect stole a wallet from a woman's purse and then used her credit card's to make fraudulent purchases.
10:18 p.m., 100 block of El Camino Real: Frank Perez, 42, a Palo Alto resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.
11 p.m., 500 block of Emerson Street: Paul Jones, 35, a Palo Alto resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of a parole violation.
Wednesday
12:30 a.m., 200 block of University Avenue: Alexander Semeno, 45, a San Jose resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.
8:55 a.m., 400 block of Sequoia Avenue: Police towed an abandoned car.
5:02 p.m., 777 block of El Camino Real: Someone found a diaper bag.
7:48 p.m., 2805 El Camino Real: An unknown suspect stole an iPhone from a store.
10:34 p.m., Unknown Location on Harker Avenue: Police arrested someone on domestic violence and battery charges.
Thursday
1:38 a.m., 733 Addison Avenue: Police and medics sent someone who was extremely intoxicate to a hospital.
9:25 a.m., 375 Mandarin Drive: An unknown suspect stole a black 1992 Acura Integra, License 3BZW136.
4:30 p.m., Unknown Location on Embarcadero Road: Police took a report on possible child abuse.
5:31 p.m., 451 University Avenue: An unknown suspect stole a laptop from a store's display table.
7:16 p.m., 400 block of Scripps Avenue: Someone's dog got loose and attacked another dog, causing its owner to fall and suffer an injury.
8:27 p.m., 1105 Lincoln Avenue: An unknown suspect entered someone's home through an open window and stole jewelry and laptops.