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AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY - Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Chief Jamie Field (left) with Capt. Rebecca Albin at the Town of Los Gatos Fourth of July celebration at Oak Meadow Park. (Dinah Cotton / Los Gatan)

June 28

  • A bike was reported stolen at Tamarack Apartments on University Avenue. The theft occurred June 27, but was reported on June 28 at 2:32pm.
  • A caller reported loud music playing for hours on Castlewood Drive at 7:58pm.
  • A caller reported that four men attempted to steal their neighbor’s vehicle on Pinehearst Avenue at 10:51pm.

June 29

  • A driver reportedly ran their vehicle into a tree at Sebastian and Almond Blossom courts, resulting in a misdemeanor arrest, at 12:08am.
  • A caller’s neighbor was reportedly banging on her walls and floorboards on Towne Ter at 12:52am.
  • Two subjects reportedly broke windows at Almond Blossom Lane Begonia Drive at 6:14am.
  • Someone reportedly broke the caller’s vehicle window and stole their credit cards and ID on Belblossom Way at 8:50am.
  • Someone reportedly stole the caller’s phone from their vehicle after they left the window down at 7-11 on East Main Street at 11:47am.
  • A driver reportedly ran their vehicle into a building at Los Gatos Parkside on West Main Street at 10:44pm.

June 30

  • A vehicle accident with no injuries were reported at Wimbledon Drive and Winchester Boulevard, and the two drivers did not exchange information at 2:44pm.
  • A man was reported going through items he reportedly hid under his shirt in a bush at Los Gatos-Almaden Road and Camino Del Cerro at 3:23pm.
  • Two men reportedly approached the caller’s resident and said they worked for Verizon, asking for her phone number, name and if her husband was at home on Blanchard Drive at 6:32pm.

July 1

  • A tree was reportedly blocking the roadway on Crescent Drive at 2:20pm.

July 2

  • Subjects reportedly cut or pried open the padlock to the porta potty at Town Plaza Park on South Santa Cruz Ave, the fourth time the vandalism has occurred, at 3:34pm.
  • A homeless man was arrested on a misdemeanor after they were causing disturbance inside a residence on Union Avenue at 4:45pm.
  • Subjects reportedly stole $1,000 worth of alcohol from Safeway on Union Avenue at 4:43pm.
  • Eight baby ducks and an adult duck were reportedly walking in the middle of the roadway at Winchester Blvd and East Vineland Ave at 7:56pm.
  • Juveniles in a vehicle reportedly shot the caller in the eye with an orbeez gun while the caller was riding his bike on North Santa Cruz Avenue. The battery occurred two hours prior to the call at 8:32pm.

July 3

  • A caller reported that around eight shots fired from a BB gun from a vehicle passing him and his wife at Vasona Park on Garden Hill Drive hit him in the leg and chest, and his wife in the leg at 8:46am.
  • A man wearing American flag overalls was reportedly soliciting stating that he was selling solar panels on Cherrystone Drive at 1:30pm.
  • A caller on an ebike reported that a vehicle behind her almost hit her, and the male, elderly driver proceeded to scream and spit on her back at Great Gas on Los Gatos Boulevard at 1:32pm.
  • Credit cards and debit cards were reportedly stolen from an unlocked vehicle at Vasona Park on Garden Hill Drive at 7:17pm.

July 4

  • A vehicle was reportedly broken into overnight after the passenger side window was smashed, door handle was damaged and items from the middle console were taken at Los Gatos Commons on Alberto Way at 9:46am.
  • A naked man running around the area of the gateway bathrooms at Vasona Lake County Park on Garden Hill Drive was arrested on a felony charge at 11:32am.
  • A driver’s side window was reportedly smashed overnight when an unknown number of items were taken on Oak Rim Way at 11:40am.
  • A rear driver’s side window was reportedly smashed, and subjects left a plastic dome-shaped item on the top of the car at Valley Oaks Apartments on Oak Rim Way at 12:03pm.
  • A rear license plate was reportedly replaced with an unknown plate on Sund Avenue at 6:31pm.
  • A caller reported their neighbor’s passenger side window was smashed at Live Oak Apartments on Blossom Hill Road at 7:47pm.
  • A vehicle and bicyclist reportedly collided at Los Gatos Saratoga Road and Alberto Way, and the bicyclist was conscious but had a possible head injury at 10:19pm.

These reports are compiled from publicly available information released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

Prepared by Anika Kapasi

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