From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 17-23.
April 17
• Someone vandalized a retaining wall with graffiti on Escobar Avenue.
• A box of jewelry was reported stolen from a home on Cherrystone Drive.
• A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Winchester Boulevard and Hacienda Avenue at 9:26pm.
April 18
• An attempted vehicle burglary was reported on Glen Ridge Avenue.
April 19
• A wallet was reported stolen on the 100 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
• A vehicle was reported stolen on Roberts Road and Forrest Avenue.
• A caller reported two men as suspicious because they were riding bikes through a neighborhood at Westhill and Old Orchard drives “looking at houses” at 2:38pm.
April 20
• Someone smashed a vehicle’s window on Wilder Avenue and on Hilow Road.
• An unknown suspect stole mail from a box on Dover Street.
April 21
• Petty theft was reported on the 16900 block of Roberts Road.
• A purse was reported stolen on the 16100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard.
April 22
• A vehicle was reported stolen on Rushmore Lane.
• A man and a woman were arrested for vehicle theft and being in possession of a controlled substance on the 200 block of Almendra Avenue at 1pm.
• A caller reported a man was playing a guitar “very loudly” on the 15400 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 1:42pm.
• A man was arrested for giving false identification to a police officer and for failing to update his registration as a sex offender on the 15600 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 2:37pm.
• A man reportedly stole more than $1,000 in alcohol from a store on the 15500 block of Union Avenue at 6:07pm.
April 23
• A man and a woman were arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on the 200 block of Tait Avenue at 3:47am.
• A checkbook was reported stolen on Karl Avenue.
• A man filming in the back of the Post Office on S. Santa Cruz Avenue reportedly refused to leave when asked at 5:55pm.
• Grand theft was reported on the first block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
• A man was arrested for disorderly conduct on the first block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 9:23pm.
Information is compiled from public records released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
