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May 17

  • A window was reportedly smashed overnight on Blossom Hill Road at 9:17am.
  • A vehicle with doors open and cheese on top reportedly had expired tags on Andrews Street and North Santa Cruz Avenue at 11:09am.
  • A subject reportedly “vigorously” attempted to open the caller’s door without a key on Garden Lane at 12:19pm.
  • A subject reportedly kicked the caller in the leg and drove away at Industrial Way and Roberts Road at 9:13pm.
  • A homeless person was reportedly sitting outside the office of the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos on Shannan Road, defecating and smoking cigarettes at 9:44pm.

May 18

  • A county vehicle was involved in an accident with another vehicle on Harding Avenue, with no injuries reported at 8:28am.
  • A man reportedly reversed his vehicle into the caller’s vehicle while she was in the car wash at Classic Car Wash on Lark Avenue, then took off at 10:42am.
  • Someone spray-painted the control box black at Blossom Hill Road and North Santa Cruz Avenue at 2pm.
  • A wallet and phone were reportedly stolen from a purse at Trader Joe’s on Los Gatos Boulevard at 6:29pm.
  • A subject was reportedly sitting in front of the Dance Company of Los Gatos studio on North Santa Cruz Avenue, looking in at dancers, leaving a possible recording device on the windowsill and making people in the complex uneasy at 6:52pm.

May 19

  • An unhoused man was reportedly wearing underwear that was partially down, staring at the caller on Los Gatos Saratoga Road and University Avenue. The event occurred on May 17, but was reported on May 19 at 8:59am.
  • A caller reportedly found two doors damaged and the landscaping timer box stolen while moving in on Blossom Valley Drive at 1:20pm.
  • Someone reportedly put a piece of unmarked tape on a caller’s door at Menon Read on Garden Lane at 1:47pm.

May 20

  • Nails were reported all over the intersection of Blossom Hill Road and Union Avenue at 12:33pm.
  • A possibly drunk man was reportedly riding his bike improperly and talking to himself at Benedict Lane and Chirco Drive at 1:33pm.
  • A driver refused to share their insurance information with the caller after a vehicle accident with no injuries at Winchester Boulevard and Knowles Drive at 1:53pm.
  • A man was reportedly drinking something and knocking on doors on Longmeadow Drive at 6:58pm.

May 21

  • A homeless man with marijuana plants outside his car was reportedly bothering subjects as they passed by at Los Gatos Saratoga Road and Village Lane at 9:50am.
  • A caller reported that he lost his handgun last week, and last had it at a hotel on East Main Street at 11:57am.
  • Someone reportedly cussed out the caller after the caller refused to talk with them at their front door on Bicknell Road at 1:10pm.

May 22

  • A caller reported that a subject intentionally damaged their front passenger door after opening their door forcefully into the caller’s door at Safeway on Pollard Road at 1:35pm.
  • A caller reported damage to her post office box upon picking up mail, and found that numerous items were missing at the Post Office on South Santa Cruz Avenue at 5:21pm.
  • A driver refused to provide insurance information and claimed he didn’t have money after they crashed into another vehicle at Rotten Robbies on Los Gatos Boulevard at 6:17pm.
  • Four juveniles were reportedly throwing water balloons at passersby at The Pasteria on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 8:57pm.
  • Juveniles were reportedly on the roof of Daves Avenue School on Daves Avenue at 9:20pm.
  • A male juvenile came up to the caller’s front door, pounded on it two times and tried to run away at Wood Reas on Via Palomino at 11:11pm.

May 23

  • A driver reportedly smelled of alcohol after being involved in a vehicle accident with no injuries at Los Gatos Boulevard and Los Gatos Almaden Road at 5:37am.
  • A man was reportedly looking into cars at Yoga Source on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 7:30am.
  • A caller’s girlfriend reportedly stole his car and refused to return it on Lora Drive. The caller said she took it at around 6:30 am, reported it at 8:47am, but then canceled the call.
  • A subject known for trespassing at Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue was arrested on a misdemeanor after the caller said the person was inside the store, was believed to have a weapon and usually takes ice cream before leaving at 3:26pm.
  • A station attendant at Chevron on Los Gatos Saratoga Road reportedly grabbed the caller’s arm and told him to get out of the store after using the restroom at 3:32pm.
  • A security camera was stolen from the caller’s fence on Jo Drive at 3:42pm.

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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