Crime & Safety
Blotter: Car Burglaries and Cat Rescues
The following information was supplied by the South San Francisco Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, July 25
12:37pm A house on Springwood Way was reportedly vandalized sometime overnight. The resident told police that eggs and either ketchup or paint had been thrown at the home.
5:28pm Police received a report that a gray Pontiac convertible was vandalized while parked on South Maple Avenue. The cloth top had reportedly been ripped, but the subjects did not gain entry into the vehicle.
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Tuesday, July 26
1:14pm Minor injuries were incurred after a vehicle hit a bicyclist near the intersection of King Drive and Junipero Serra Boulevard.
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1:42pm Police and firefighters helped employees of the SPCA get into a home on Baden Avenue to rescue a cat. The cat’s owner had been arrested several days prior and the cat had been left alone.
2:19pm A vehicle was reported as stolen while parked on Hillside Boulevard.
6:28pm Police received a report that three male juveniles were running in and out of traffic on Hillside Boulevard, “playing chicken” with passing cars.
7:21pm The window of a silver Honda Odyssey parked near Grand and Linden Avenues was smashed and a laptop was reported as missing from inside.
7:30pm Another vehicle was reportedly vandalized while parked on Grand Avenue near Buon Gusto, this time a silver Toyota Sienna. It was unknown if anything was taken from inside the vehicle.
8:10 Near Lux and Cypress Avenues, yet another vehicle was broken into. A bag full of documentation was reportedly stolen from inside the silver Jeep.
Wednesday, July 27
3:06pm Security at Costco on El Camino Real detained a suspect who reportedly attempted to steal two packages of filet mignon.
10:23pm A laptop was stolen from a silver Nissan rental car parked at IHOP on South Airport Boulevard. The culprits smashed a window to get into the vehicle.
Thursday, July 28
10:45am Officers sent a cover unit to the Elks Lodge on Stonegate Drive, where an elderly male pedestrian had reportedly been struck by a vehicle.
2:29pm A gas pump at the Valero station on Callan Boulevard was reported as being damaged after a driver ran into it and then sped off.
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