WCPD: U-turn Through The Bushes

Feb 24
Lots of smashed windows. Windows were smashed at about 10 different stores at Broadway Plaza, with the reports coming in between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Walnut Creek police are investigating reports that a man in his 20s with brown hair was responsible.

Boat broken into. Over the weekend, someone slit the cover of a boat parked in front of a residence on Second Avenue and stole a music setup with Kenwood marine speakers.

Wrong way. At 7:14 p.m., a 58-year-old driver headed the wrong way on North Main Street was stopped and arrested for DUI.

Feb. 25
Roof rack tangled up. On Ygnacio Valley Road, a vehicle's roof rack was torn off by a PG&E service wire, leaving the wire dangling in the street. PG&E responded and removed the wire.

Be kind to the bushes. A motorist's U-turn involved some pavement and some bushes at a busy intersection, Ygnacio Valley Road and Oak Grove Road. Police had a phone number for the motorist and were pursuing the investigation.

Art-lovin' thieves. Police received a report that, between Feb. 17 and Feb. 19, someone took two paintings from a leasing office in the 1400 block of Creekside Drive.

Pay attention. A man left his white iPad in a brown leather case at Rudgear Park from 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. When he returned, it was gone.

Taxi stiffed. A taxi coming from Oakland dropped a fare off South California Boulevard at 3:05 p.m. and the fare still hasn't come back with the money.

Feb. 26
Tools stolen. At 7:25 a.m., police responded to a back service area on the 2500 block of North Main Street, where a vehicle was broken into through a pried door and a grinder and multiple saws were stolen.

Rape investigation. A woman reported that a man who had raped her in Oregon at the end of January was now at a building on the 1900 block of Trinity Avenue. She was adamant about not wanting a police report on the incident, but just advice regarding the trouble, police reported.