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Nov. 28

• Two unknown suspects stole an electric bicycle from a driveway on College Avenue at 7:32am.

• A van was spotted driving on the grass near town hall on E. Main Street at 5:13pm. A caller reported that the driver then got out of the van and began playing a guitar.

Nov. 29

• A man was spotted trying to open doors of vehicles parked on Pine Wood Lane at 4:51am.

• Someone cut Christmas lights at a home on Nino Way.

• Tools were stolen sometime overnight on Los Gatos Boulevard.

• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and unlawful paraphernalia on the 14600 block of Winchester Boulevard at 11:17am.

• A woman was arrested for robbery on the 15700 block of Corrine Drive at 3:35pm.

• A caller reported a man wearing a black hoodie and black sunglasses was sitting in a truck with a computer and “what appears to be a device that steals people’s info” on Blossom Hill Road at 3:58pm.

Nov. 30

• A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on National and Carlton avenues at 12:18am.

• A residence was vandalized on Lora Drive.

Dec. 1

• A caller reported two days in a row that a pair of springer spaniels have been running around a neighborhood unleashed at Kennedy Court and Kennedy Road.

• A vehicle was stolen on Andrews Street.

• A retaining wall on Escobar Avenue was vandalized with graffiti.

• A caller reported they were pushed by a business’ employee on National Avenue at 2pm.

• A caller reported two dogs parking at their neighbor’s house for the past couple of hours on West Parr Avenue at 8:15pm.

Dec. 2

• A vehicle was keyed on High School Court.

• Unknown suspects “forcibly removed” tables and benches that were bolted into the ground on E. Main Street.

• A man reportedly pushed a shopping cart into three customers on Union Avenue at 3:07pm, “yelling at them about masks.”

• A vehicle was reported stolen on Pinehurst Avenue.

• A man stole beer and chicken from a business on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:30pm, “knocking over bottles as he stumbled out of the store.”

• A man was reported knocking loudly on the front door of a residence on Jo Drive and asking for money at 7:20pm.

Dec. 3

• A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 100 block of Carlton Avenue at 1:03am.

• A wallet was stolen from a store on the 400 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue.

• A caller requested extra traffic enforcement on Wedgewood Avenue due to drivers “constantly flying down” the road.

• A person reported being hit with a bottle by a juvenile on the 100 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue at 3:20pm.

• No injuries were reported after a vehicle struck a fire department rig on Francis Oaks Way at 4:53pm.

• A caller reported seeing a man checking car door handles on West Main Street and Lyndon Avenue at 6:16pm.

• A vehicle was burglarized on the 500 block of University Avenue.

• An unknown suspect ransacked a home on Twin Creeks Road.

Information is compiled from public records released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

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Drew Penner is an award-winning Canadian journalist whose reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Good Times Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, Scotts Valley Press Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, KCRW and the Vancouver Sun. Please send your Los Gatos and Santa Cruz County news tips to [email protected].