Crime & Safety
Week in Crime: Teens Popped on Shoplifting Charges
The following information was supplied by the Palo Alto Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Friday
10:20 a.m., 2700 Park Boulevard: Police cited a 26-year-old Sunnyvale man for driving with a suspended or revoked license.
4:27 p.m., 384 University Avenue: An unknown suspect found someone's check and cashed it.
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10:46 p.m., Unknown Location, Hawthorne Avenue: Police arrested someone on charges of domestic violence and battery.
10:45 p.m., 400 block of University Avenue: Police cited a 31-year-old East Palo Alto person for driving with a suspended or revoked license.
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Saturday
12:55 a.m., Unknown Location, Cypress Lane: Someone reported a case of possible arson.
4:15 a.m., Unknown Location, Allen Court: Someone reported a case of possible domestic violence and assault.
2:20 p.m., 530 Palo Alto Avenue: An unknown suspect entered a home and ransacked it. It's unknown if the person stole anything.
10:06 p.m., 777 Embarcadero Road: An unknown suspect lit a trash can on fire.
Sunday
1:37 a.m., 500 block of Ramona Street: Police cited a 25-year-old San Jose man for drunken driving.
5:10 p.m., 1791 Arastradero Road: An unknown suspect smashed a car window and stole personal items.
6:14 p.m., Unknown Location, Alma Street: Someone reported a case of possible domestic violence and battery.
7:45 p.m., 300 block of Stanford Avenue: Police cited two Belmont women, ages 19 and 17, on charges petty theft and shoplifting.
Monday
12:05 a.m., 95 University Avenue: Police arrested a 58-year-old Palo Alto man on an outside warrant.
3:29 p.m., 635 Wildwood Lane: An unknown suspect slashed the soft top on a convertible car.
3:58 p.m., 805 Fielding Drive: An unknown suspect made fraudulent purchases on someone's credit card.
11:22 p.m., 700 block of University Avenue: Police issued someone with a notice to appear in court on an outside warrant.
Tuesday
11 a.m., 3308 Middlefield Road: Police towed an abandoned car.
1:30 p.m., 268 Margarita Avenue: An unknown suspect made fraudulent purchases on someone's credit card.
1:32 p.m., 500 block of Forest Avenue: Police towed a car for being parked in a no-parking zone.
6 p.m., Unknown Location, San Antonio Road: Someone reported a case of domestic violence and battery.
Wednesday
8:28 a.m., 95 University Avenue: Police arrested Daniel Hernandez Vargas, 60, a San Jose resident, on a felony drug possession charge.
11:43 a.m., 667 Tennyson Avenue: An unknown suspect made fraudulent purchases on someone's credit card.
3:28 p.m., 400 block of Hamilton Avenue: An unknown suspect stole a jackhammer from a parked truck.
9:45 p.m., 369 N. California Avenue: Police arrested a 57-year-old Palo Alto man for being drunk in public.
Thursday
8 a.m., 440 Portage Avenue: An unknown suspect smashed a car window and stole several items.
3:44 p.m., Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real: A suspect was seen loitering near someone's business and the suspect was also making disturbing phone calls to the victim.
5:15 p.m., Unknown Location, Stockton Place: Someone reported a possible case of family violence and battery.
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