Police Blotter: Aug. 2-8

August 2

1 a.m. – A resident of Circle Avenue reported hearing glass breaking in a nearby home that had been empty for a while. The caller reportedly heard a male voice and saw lights on in the home. Police officers responded and saw the lights go out in the house when they arrived. Police said they found six teens inside the house. They were released to the custody of their parents.

10:55 a.m. – An employee at reported that the cash drop safe in the office was found open and deposits were missing. There was no sign of the safe being forced open. The hotel was unable to estimate the amount of money taken.

1:45 p.m. – An employee of reportedly was given $1,400 to deposit at the bank but did not do so. Police are investigating the case as a suspected grand theft.

August 3

1:48 p.m. - A employee reported a customer was yelling and threatening others in the store and was pounding on the vending machines. Police responded and determined that the man had been drinking. He was arrested for public intoxication and booked into Marin County Jail.

2:16 p.m. – A resident of Lovell Ave. called police to report that her bi-polar son was breaking things at the house. The caller then hung up and police went to the home. Officers reportedly found that the son had smashed all the windows of a neighbor’s vehicle with a golf club and was now riding his bicycle down Miller Avenue. Officers stopped the son, assessed his mental condition and took him to Unit B, the crisis unit of the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Community Mental Health Services.

4:46 p.m. – A woman called police to report that gasoline had been siphoned from her car in the area of Shelter Bay Avenue.

August 4

7:10 a.m. – An anonymous caller asked police to force the construction crews at to quiet down. The caller said the permit for the ongoing overhaul of the school mandated that work not begin until 7:30 a.m., and an officer agreed to follow up with City Hall on the permit’s rules.

August 5

1:32 p.m. – A resident who had sub-leased office space on Throckmorton Ave. called police to report that her tenant gave her a fraudulent check and then trespassed on the property after she had advised him that she changed the locks.

2:36 p.m. – A Safeway employee reported that an older man came into the store, placed a UPC bar code for a $3 item onto an $80 bottle of wine and tried to use the self-checkout lane. The employee said the store’s management confronted the man, who fled the scene in a car. The employee said he got the license number and caught the subject on video. A police officer located the man and told him he was no longer allowed in Safeway.

August 7

4:37 p.m. - A resident of Lovell Avenue reported that her road bike was stolen sometime on Monday or Tuesday from in front of her apartment. The estimated value of the bike was $1,500.

6:19 p.m. – A resident of Janes Street reported that a car crashed into his fence and took off. The resident said he heard the crash and the car screeching away. The resident suspected that the driver was visiting his neighbor’s house and said when he went to the neighbor’s house and knocked on the door, no one answered. Police reported four feet of fence was damaged at the resident’s home as a result of the crash. No suspect was identified.

August 8

10:24 p.m. – A resident of Tamalpais Avenue reported that an open house was held at his home the previous night, with eight individuals going through the house. The man told police he discovered this morning that his wife’s prescription drugs were stolen from the bathroom, with several different bottles of medication being emptied.