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Week in Crime: Suspect Drives on Lawn, Kicks Open Front door, 87-year-old Suspect Shoplifter

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Friday

8 a.m., 1526 Louisa Court: An unknown suspect entered a home and stole several items.

8:20 a.m., 328 Fulton Street: Someone reported a residential burglary.

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8:22 a.m., 2000 block of Park Boulevard: David Bottoms, 47, a San Jose resident, was arrested and booked on an outside warrant.

1:15 p.m., San Antonio Road and Leghorn: Diana Ramos, 44, a Palo Alto resident, was cited and released for driving with a suspended or revoked license.

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4:39 p.m., 340 Portage Avenue: Zora Norris, 67, was cited on suspicion of shoplifting.

9:25 p.m., 500 block of Alma Street: Matthew Maveety, 47, a Cameron Park resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.

 

Saturday

12:50 a.m., 400 block of High Street: Jared Sudano, 22, a Burlingame resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.

2:25 a.m., 600 block of Waverley Street: A misdemeanor hit-and-run accident happened.

9:05 p.m., 500 block of Ramona Street: Michael Esquivel, 25, a Palo Alto resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.

2:38 p.m., 340 Portage Avenue: Charles Chang, 87, a Palo Alto resident, was cited and released on suspicion of shoplifting.

10 p.m., West El Camino Real and North San Antonio Road: Augustin Guerrero, 40, a Watsonville resident, was cited and released for driving with a suspended or revoked license.

 

Sunday

12:46 a.m., Stanford Avenue and El Camino Real: Pablo Arrednondo, 32, a Los Angeles resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.

12:47 a.m., 400 block of Ramona Street: Jeffrey Sulak, 47, a resident of Temple Terrace, Florida, was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunken driving.

1:19 a.m., 100 block of University Avenue: Peter Welch, 28, A Saratoga resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of being drunk in public.

2:43 a.m., 375 University Avenue: Gerbert Monroy, 24, a Redwood City resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson.

11:14 a.m., 807 Clara Drive: An unknown suspect drove over someone's lawn and kicked the person's front door open.

 

Monday

8 a.m., 1525 Middlefield Road: An unknown suspect broke into a business and stole three iPads and a computer.

8:44 a.m., 700 block of Greer Road: William Zaremba, 50, a Redwood City resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia. 

9:02 a.m., 1525 Middlefield Road: Someone lit a fire that caused damage to a window.

4:46 p.m., 50 Embarcadero Road: An unknown suspect smashed a car window and stole a laptop.

 

Tuesday

2:20 p.m., 2600 block of Alma: Abdourahman Obsiye, 34, a San Jose resident, was cited and released on suspicion of driving with a suspended or revoked license.

5:30 p.m., 121 Emerson Street: Police towed a car for blocking a driveway.

9:43 p.m., 1700 block of Embarcadero Road: An unknown suspect smashed a car window and stole items.

11 p.m., 535 Ramona Street: Travis Wellman, 26, a San Bruno resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime.

 

Wednesday

5:07 a.m., 3900 block of Louis Road: An unknown suspect ripped off a cab driver.

10:45 a.m., 4286 Suzanne Drive: An unknown suspect cut a lock off of a gate to a residential home, but did not enter the residence.

11:01 a.m., 459 Kingsley Avenue: An unknown suspect broke into a commercial building and stole items.

1:20 p.m., 2700 block of Middlefield Road: Police arrested Brian Sullivan, 38, on suspicion of being drunk in public.

8:18 p.m., 400 block of Leland Avenue: An unknown suspect smashed two separate car windows and stole items from both vehicles.

 

Thursday

7:58 a.m., 680 University Avenue: Unknown suspects broke into a commercial business by smashing a glass door, but left without taking anything.

11:25 a.m., 800 block of San Antonio Road: Police arrested Kelly Toppine, 44, a San Carlos resident, on suspicion of being drunk in public.

5 p.m., 800 block of El Camino Real: Police arrested James Clark, 52, a Sunnyvale resident, on suspicion of being drunk in public.

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