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Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department vehicle. (Drew Penner / Los Gatan)

May 31

  • A suspicious man was reportedly walking along the tracks at Winchester Boulevard and Smith Ranch Court, trying to open electrical boxes at 5:21am.
  • Miscellaneous items were reportedly taken from vehicles in the neighborhood over the last two days on Las Astas Drive at 8:47am.
  • Someone reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and was stopped at Los Gatos Saratoga Road and University Avenue at 11:59am.

June 1

  • A drunk driver reportedly hit the caller’s fence on Deadar Lane at 9:22am.
  • Two subjects reportedly climbed over the caller’s back fence on Elaine Court and accessed the garage at 11:11am.
  • A homeless woman reportedly attempted to store a rug at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting on West Main Street and was “annoying” customers and employees at 4:58pm.
  • A vehicle reportedly spun out and was undrivable after an accident on Los Gatos Boulevard at 8:27pm.

June 2

  • Someone reported a vehicle with a broken passenger side window and the vehicle’s contents lying on the sidewalk at Union Avenue at Downing Oak Court at 9:33am.
  • Jewelry and purses were reportedly stolen from a home on Scott Drive after the caller found the upstairs master bedroom had been broken into at 11:40am.
  • A caller said they recovered their stolen business iPad for Coup De Thai on N Santa Cruz Ave. after tracking the device through Find My and confronting the subjects at 4:31pm.

June 3

  • Someone reportedly broke into the caller’s vehicle, damaging their locks and took nothing on Camino Del Cerro at 7:31am.
  • Someone reportedly stole $20 in change and other items from a vehicle on Cherrystone Drive at 9:02am.
  • Someone entered the caller’s backyard and dumped construction materials on Maricopa Drive at 12:15pm.
  • Someone tried to open the caller’s front door on Stephenie Lane. The incident occurred at around 7am but was reported at 12:17pm.
  • Someone reportedly cashed a caller’s check for over $13,000 after she left it in the mailbox to be picked up on Alexander Avenue at 3:35pm.
  • A caller reportedly stopped a subject from shoplifting at Safeway on N Santa Cruz Ave. As the subject was leaving, they flipped over a display of plants, causing damage to a parked car at 4:37pm.
  • Someone reportedly attempted to gain access to the caller’s vehicle, damaging their door handle on Lilac Lane at 4:44pm.
  • Checks were reportedly stolen from the mailbox on Blanchard Drive and one worth $4,200 was cashed 5:10pm
  • A laptop, AirPods and other items were reported stolen after the caller found his vehicle burglarized at Old Town Parking on University Avenue at 6:49pm.

June 4

  • Officers made a warrant arrest after a subject was reported urinating between Blossom Hill Road and Shannon Road at 10:53am.
  • A rear license plate was reported stolen on Lora Drive at 7:40pm.
  • A vehicle door lock was reportedly broken and a set of keys was taken on Lilac Lane at 7:49pm.
  • Officers made a misdemeanor arrest after a man was reported drunk in public at Wedgedwood Manor on Lora Drive at 10:24pm.

June 5

  • A caller reported two people banging on his front door on Pine Cone Court at 9:34am.

June 6

  • A wallet was reportedly stolen at Trader Joe’s on Los Gatos Boulevard at 2:39pm.
  • A patient at El Camino Hospital on Pollard Road was discharged by refusing to leave at 7:16pm.
  • A suspicious vehicle was making circles around the plot at Mission Oaks Hospital on Los Gatos Almaden Road at 10:37pm.

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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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 dpenner@weeklys.com.

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