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Fighting crime with kindness A female was taking a shower in her parent’s home on the 1500 block of S.W. Brandon St when she heard a loud bang around 4 p.m. on Oct. 28. Unsure of the sound, she continued showering but then heard two unfamiliar…MORE

Thieves like termites On Oct. 24 two bank employees went to check the status of a house they own on 3rd Ave S.W. When they arrived they saw a green minivan with the green back window parked outside. Entering the home, they encountered a white…MORE

What’s age got to do with it?Clarification: the original posting of this story failed to mention the man apprehended was arrested for investigation of burglary. It has been updated.

Home hidden by landscape makes an easy target In a cautionary tale about the advantages of landscaping to keep your home visible to your neighbors, a house of 35th Ave S.W. with a tall wooden fence and a mass of shrubbery and trees keeping anyone…MORE

“The police have already been called!” On Oct. 3 at 11:20 a.m. a woman living on SW Andover St was talking on the phone with a friend when someone started knocking on her front door and incessantly ringing the doorbell. She saw a tall black male…MORE

A worthwhile use of city vehicles A real estate agent was walking down the 5000 block of California Ave with a cell phone in one hand and two briefcases in the other around 11 a.m. on Sept 21 when a man walked up and punched her forcefully in the…MORE

Burglar helps him/herself to the fridge On Sept. 14 police responded to a forced-entry burglary call on the 10100 block of Marine View Dr. S.W. Sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. an unknown burglar shattered the patio door and ransacked the…MORE

Watch for the windowless blue van On Sept. 7 just before 1 p.m. a man saw an old blue work van with no windows on the sides parked in front of his neighbor’s house. He watched a male with a “fuzzy mustache” loading TVs into the van, made eye…MORE

It is always beer-thirty for this guy On Aug. 28 around 2:30 a.m. a man driving an El Camino pulled up to a gas station on Holden St., walked inside and told the clerk he wanted to buy some beer. The clerk told him it was after 2 a.m. so the…MORE

Landscaping assault On Aug. 18 a guy was yanking out raspberry bushes and spraying their roots on a hillside along S.W. Kenyon when a neighbor stepped onto his back porch and started yelling at the guy, saying if he keeps spraying nothing will…MORE