Crime & Safety
Week in Crime: Man Assaulted Downtown
The following information was supplied by the Palo Alto Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Downtown Assault: An unknown suspect attacked a man with a wooden club or bat at University Avenue and Emerson Street Tuesday, inflicting unknown injuries on him after he left a bar. According to emergency room staff, who called police, the attacker hit the man several times at approximately 1:53 a.m.
Friday
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8:30 a.m., 2088 Edgewood Drive: A blue 2007 Honda Odyssey was reported stolen.
12 p.m., 400 block of Fulton Street: An unknown suspect stole some tools from outside a construction site.
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4 p.m., 1111 Alma Street: Someone reported receiving verbal threats.
4:25 p.m., 900 block of Waverley Street: Police arrested a man on charges of being drunk in public.
10:53 p.m., 2400 block of Birch Street: Police arrested a man on charges of being drunk in public.
Saturday
2:15 a.m., 250 University Avenue: Police arrested a man on charges of being drunk in public.
6:05 a.m., 400 block of Ventura Avenue: Janaya Michelle Solgos, 30, a Brentwood resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of two felony drug charges.
10:11 a.m., 30 block of Waverley Street: An attempted armed-robbery was reported.
10:28 a.m., Unknown Location, Tasso Street: An attempted armed-robbery was reported.
8:57 p.m., Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real: Police cited a woman on charges of petty theft / shoplifting.
Sunday
10:45 a.m., Unknown Location, Sutter Avenue: Police arrested someone on charges of domestic violence and battery.
11:15 a.m., 3500 block of Foothill Expressway: A minor-injury accident happened.
12:30 p.m., 845 Ramona Street: An unknown suspect broke into a car and stole items.
3:33 p.m., Unknown Location, Stanford Shopping Center: Police arrested someone on charges of petty theft and shoplifting.
Monday
1 p.m., 126 East Charleston Road: An unknown suspect fraudulently used someone's identity.
2:45 a.m., Manresa Lane: Someone reported a case of possible child abuse.
2:53 p.m., 4138 Abel Avenue: An unknown suspect used someone's credit cards to make fraudulent purchases.
11:11 p.m., 400 block of Waverley Street: Police arrested a man on an outside warrant.
Tuesday
4:53 p.m., 220 University Avenue: Police arrested a man on charges of being drunk in public.
7:20 p.m., 741 De Soto Drive: An unknown suspect entered a home and stole several personal items.
9:32 p.m., 95 University Avenue: Police issued someone a notice to appear in court on an outside warrant.
Wednesday
10:22 a.m., 2600 block of Birch Street: Police cited a man for driving with a suspended or revoked license.
12:30 p.m., Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real: Someone reported a case of possible employee embezzlement.
5:38 p.m., Unknown Location, Portage Avenue: Police cited someone on petty theft and shoplifting charges.
7:25 p.m., 408 Grant Avenue: An unknown suspect smashed a car window and stole personal items.
9:02 p.m., 33 Encina Avenue: Police arrested and booked Cory Jones, 25, residence unknown, on felony charges of making terrorist threats.
Thursday
9:14 a.m., 722 Channing Avenue: An unknown suspect entered a car, rummaged through the glove box, but did not take anything.
1 p.m., 1385 Dana Avenue: An unknown suspect stole a laptop computer worth more than $400.
5:16 p.m., 451 University Avenue: An unknown suspect used someone's debit card to make fraudulent purchases.
10:21 p.m., 4300 block of El Camino Real: Police issued someone with a notice to appear in court on an outside warrant.
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