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Crime & Safety

Creek Diva: Busy Sunday, Late Night Scrubbing

Rewritten excerpts from the Walnut Creek Police Log from Oct. 29 - 31.

Sunday, October 28

Record breaking?  The WCPD stayed very busy into early Sunday morning with several arrests downtown. One man was wrestled to the ground outside of Vice on Arroyo Way and subsequently arrested on suspicion of drunkenness. A woman was also charged with drunkenness. Two men were arrested for having fake identification and being drunk in public at 2 a.m. A juvenile was arrested on a DUI charge on Rudgear Road at 2:20 a.m.

Party Bus. A caller reported a possible fight on a party bus that was parked on Newell Hill Place at 2:35 a.m. The caller reported, “at least two subjects had guns.” No gun was found on either man when police arrived on the scene.

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Busted. Two juveniles were cited on charges of possession of marijuana on Commercial Lane and Civic Drive at 4:26 a.m. They were released to their parents.

Monday, October 29

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Arson. The Fire Department put out a small fire at a homeless encampment behind the Sprint store on N. Broadway at 2:13a.m. Another small fire was extinguished on the 1300 block of N. Main Street at 4:37a.m. Lastly smoke was seen from the parking garage on the 1300 block of Locust Street at 7:01a.m.  All three fires are under investigation.

Late night cleaning. A man was power washing a parking lot on the 1500 block of Geary Road when he was told to call it a night and turn off his machine at 11:37 p.m.

Tuesday, October 30

Car theft. A dark grey 2012 Honda Accord license plate 6WYB399 was reported stolen from the 2200 block of Buena Vista Avenue at 5:24 a.m. 

A giant rip-off. A man in town from Los Angeles for the World Series reported that he bought fraudulent World Series tickets last week at the Shell station downtown.

Fraud & felonies. An employee of a business on the 1000 block of N. Main Street called police about an alleged fraud suspect inside the store at 1:30 p.m. The man was arrested on three outside felony warrants.

He’s back.  The Ice Cream Man who supposedly rips off his kid clientele was back on the scene on Cedro Lane. Kids, boycott this man if he’s ripping you off!

Kudos! A round of applause for the kind citizen that found and turned over a lost wallet on the 1900 block of Mt. Diablo Blvd this afternoon. Job well done.

Wednesday, October 31

Theft. A maintenance room was broken into on the 800 block of Hutchinson Road overnight. A leaf blower, weed cutter, and tools were reported stolen.

High crime. An unknown subject spray painted over surveillance video cameras and left the message “smoke reefer, u know me” at Northgate High School overnight.

BMX. An unknown subject on the 1600 block of Locust Street stole an all white Freeagent BMX bicycle at 10:54p.m. 

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