Blotter: Suspect Tries to Run Over Mailman With Car

Friday, Nov. 2

3:24 a.m. - Possible Auto Burglary: Occured on Roosevelt Avenue. Blue trail blazer in the parking lot - reporting party says unknown suspects are near it and he/she can hear banging, like they are possibly trying to open the car.

8:37 a.m. - Disturbance: Occured on Broadway. Dock-area fight between driver and employee. An Asian male around 45 years old wearing a uniform tried to run over a mailman. Arrest made.

11:12 a.m. - Suspicious Person: Occured at Downtown Main Library on Middlefield Road. Library employee reported an unknown subject hanging around the children's section without any children. Has been asked to leave before. Described as a white male, around 40-50 years old with salt-and-pepper hair and a goatee, wearing a t-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes.

12:43 p.m. - Altercation/Disturbance Involving Juveniles: Occured at Winslow and Hamilton streets. Two male juveniles and one female are shooting at unknown objects with a pellet gun in the back of the reporting party's store. Officers were unable to locate the subjects.

1:30 p.m. - Disturbance: Occured at El Camino Real and Woodside Road. Two subjects were arguing over a traffic altercation when one slapped the other. The victim, who reported the incident, took a photo of the other car. Report taken.

2:44 p.m. - Vandalism: Occured at Middlefield Road and Winslow Street. A rock was thrown through the reporting party's passenger-side window by an unknown suspect in a beige car. Report taken.

3:36 p.m. - Disturbance/Fight/Gang Activity: Someone called to report about eight gang members engaged in a verbal fight in the middle of the street on Cleveland Street. Gone upon officers' arrival.

8:38 p.m. - Juvenile Probation Violation: Occured at 5th Avenue and Rolison Road. A juvenile on probation was out with four other juveniles, with a weapon. Arrest made.

8:55 p.m. - Subject With Gun: Occured on Allerton Street. Police received a report of a subject out in front of a school with a gun. Officers were unable to locate.

Saturday, Nov. 3

2:40 a.m. - Disturbance/Vandalism: Occured at El Camino and Jefferson. A male with his shirt off smashed a window.

10:17 a.m. - Person Down: Occured at Jefferson Avenue and Middlefield Road. A male subject was reported to be lying in the walkway with a blanket over him, under the tracks on Jefferson.

12:26 p.m. - Fraud: An authorized purchase was made on a Redwood City resident's debit card in an East Bay city. Report taken.

6:02 p.m. - Disturbance: Two Asian males reported to be fishing out behind Hotel Sofitel on Twin Dolphin Drive.

6:53 p.m. - Auto vs. Pedestrian: Occured at Beech Street and El Camino. Caller said he had just witnessed a pedestrian get hit by a truck. The victim was trying to get up and walk. Report taken.

7:11 p.m. - Person Down: Occured at Brewster Avenue and El Camino. Police received a report of a male subject lying on the ground in front of a bakery in a pool of urine.

9:31 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances: Occured on Broadway. A man was seen putting fuel in a wine bottle and purchasing a lighter from a gas station. Subject was riding a bicycle and was described as a Hispanic male wearing a black shirt and green pants. Officers were unable to locate.

9:53 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances: Occured on Main Street. A resident reported hearing two men outside his apartment inserting something into the lock of his front door and jiggling it. Officers were unable to locate.

Sunday, Nov. 4

12:11 a.m. - Suspicious Circumstances/Disturbance: Call reporting a man wearing a dark gray shirt and baseball camp who was jumping out in front of cars on Redwood Avenue. Arrest made.

10:03 a.m. - Person Down: Occured on James Avenue. Report of a person passed out in the bushes.

12:31 p.m. - Obscene Phone Calls: Occured on Berkshire. Subject reports receiving several threatening and obscene phone calls.

1:04 p.m. - Disturbance: Occured at Whipple Avenue and El Camino Real. A drunk male is harassing females in the laundromat. Described as a white male in his 40s wearing a green polo shirt. Gone upon officers' arrival.

1:27 p.m. - Obscene Phone Calls: Occured on Woodside Road. Woman called to report that her ex-boyfriend, who is in police custody, was making threatening and obscene phone calls to her. Report taken.

2:15 p.m. - Disturbance/Drug Activity: Occured at Nevada Street and Madison Avenue. A concerned parent called from the soccer park to report the smell of marijuana coming from the skate park nearby. Smell was gone upon officers' arrival, no suspects seen.

8:35 p.m. - Residential Burglary: Occured on Jackson Avenue. A female resident called to report that she had just arrived home to find her screen door torn off and her home ransacked. Occured sometime since 9:30 a.m. Report taken.

9:16 p.m. - Disturbance/Fight: Occured at Stambaugh and Chestnut streets. Person called to report a physical fight between at least 10 people taking place in the middle of the street. 

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