Crime & Safety
Blotter: String of Catalytic Converter Thefts Hits Toyota Owners
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, December 19
8:37am A catalytic converter was stolen from a Toyota Tundra parked on Douglas Way sometime overnight.
9:49am All four tires on a Jeep Patriot were slashed sometime overnight on Morningside Avenue.
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1:01pm Employees at Alta Loma Middle School detained a student who reportedly brought a BB gun to school.
9:29pm Officers received a report of another catalytic converter having been stolen the previous night, this time off a Toyota Tundra parked on Cottonwood Avenue.
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Tuesday, December 20
1:25pm Another catalytic converter was reported as stolen overnight, this time off a Toyota Sequoia parked on Sequoia Avenue.
Wednesday, December 21
6:55am Police received a report that a blue Honda Accord with Christmas presents inside it was stolen from Magnolia Avenue sometime overnight.
10:50am On Longford Drive, the NCP Nursing School was vandalized overnight. A wreath was reportedly stolen from outside and the school was toilet papered.
11:39am Yet another catalytic converter was reported as stolen from a Toyota, this time a 4Runner on Nursery Way.
2:26pm Police received a report from a resident on Clay Avenue who was complaining that someone left an open jar of mayonnaise on the home’s front porch and it seemed suspicious to the resident.
6:17pm Officers received a report from Gunter’s on El Camino Real that a customer was becoming argumentative and was refusing to pay his bill.
7:54pm A man in a black hoodie was spotted trying door handles to see if any were unlocked in the parking lot of St. Augustine’s on Callan Boulevard.
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