Crime & Safety
This Week from the Los Altos Police Log: Sept. 23-30, Grand Theft
The most noteworthy incidents are mapped from the Los Altos police report.
It was a comparatively quiet week in Los Altos. Find out where all the action took place by using the map on the right.
On the night of Sept. 25, some camera equipment was taken from an unlocked car at Almond Avenue and N. Clark Avenue in a grand theft. Agent Eric Brooks from the Los Altos Police Department said $900 is the minimum amount stolen to qualify a theft as "grand."
The unlucky house in the 700 block of Edge Lane was tee-peed on Sept. 24.
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Accident - Sept. 23, 7:22 p.m., Cuesta Drive and El Monte Avenue; minor injury accident, report taken
The smell of gas inside a home at 300 Manresa Way turned out to be nothing on Sept. 26, unlike the break in downtown earlier this week.
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A wallet was found by a good samaritan at State Street and Third Street on Sept. 26 and the happy owner got it back from the police station.
A residential burglary on Sept. 27 in the 10 block of Otis Way is under investigation, said Brooks, and no other information is available at this time.
On the same day, a person was found sleeping in the bushes at Foothill Expressway and S. Springer Avenue.
Accident: - 1:17 p.m. S. Springer Road and Riverside Drive; minor injury, report taken
An officer issued misdemeanor citation at Plaza South and San Antonio Road, 1:45 p.m. due to a health and safety violation and report of suspicious activity on Sept. 28.
A misdemeanor warrant was issued in the 900 block of N. San Antonio Rd., 7:20 p.m, and an accident and warrant arrest occurred at El Camino Real and Ortega Avenue. There were no injuries during the Sept. 28 morning accident, and one subject who happened to have a warrant was arrested and taken to jail.
Some sunglasses and money were taken from an unlocked vehicle parked at 100 Yerba Buena Avenue on Sept. 29. The petty theft occurred overnight, said Brooks.
In a public accident in the 1200 block of Richardson Ave. on the same day, someone fell and injured their head. A public accident is often when someone trips without any outside factors, said Brooks.
