HMB Police blotter: April 24 to May 7
DUI, battery on a SamTrans bus by a juvenile, indecent exposure at Redondo Beach, a missing 14-year-old girl turns up at a friend’s house, graffiti on Main Street and the Pilarcitos Creek Bridge, a stolen pig-shaped mailbox, used oil being dumped near a business, graffiti on San Mateo Road, shoplifting, two rowdy drunks are removed from a HMB restaurant, and a second missing 14-year-old girl comes home at midnight. Click for details and more.
0585 04/24 0312 NB SR1 Roosevelt to Coronado 23152(A)VC22350 VC16028(A)VC12500(A)VC Officer on patrol observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and performed traffic stop. The driver appeared to be intoxicated and failed field sobriety tests. He was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, speeding, no license and no proof of insurance, and transported to First Chance. Male, Age 23 of El Granada
0586 04/21 1500 San Mateo Rd 136.1(C )(1)PC HMBPD officers assisted the Sheriff’s department in the investigation of a battery that occurred on a Sam Trans Bus involving several high school students. Later one student punched the victim for informing the school administration and police of the earlier battery. Police learned of the subsequent battery and arrested the suspect and transported him to Hillcrest Juvenile Detention Center. Juvenile, Age 14 of Montara
0587 04/24 1057 Redondo Beach 314.1 PC Officers responded to Redondo Beach on the report of a male exposing himself to a female passerby. The man was contacted and was placed under citizen’s arrest on charges of indecent exposure. Male, Age 43 of Pescadero
0588 04/24 Redondo Beach O/W Misd Officers contacted a man wit ha vehicle stuck in the mud. The man was found to have a misdemeanor warrant and was arrested and transported to SM County Jail. Eaton, Thomas Robert LowryAge 35El Granada
0589 04/25 1154 HMBPD 10-68 Registrant
0591 04/25 1300 HMBPD 10-99F Found Property Report
0593 04/25 1830 SB SR1 @ Kelly 12500(A)VC Officer made traffic stop on vehicle with defective windshield and found the driver to be unlicensed. He was cited and released on his promise to appear in court. Male, Age 21 of Moss Beach
0601 04/26 1400 N Cabrillo Hwy 653M(A) PC Officer was dispatched to a report of annoying phone calls the victim was receiving at her place of employment from an unknown caller, making non-specific threats. The victim was advised how to obtain a phone trap from the telephone company.
0602 04/27 Oak Ave 530.5 PC Officer took report of identity theft. The RP stated unknown subjects had used his child’s social security number to obtain medical coverage in Los Angeles County. The case will be forwarded to a law enforcement agency in that county for investigation.
0603 04/27 1845 Dwight Ave 10-65 Officer received report of a missing 14 year-old female juvenile. The RP reported his ex-wife had contacted him and informed him their daughter had not come home from school. The girl was found later and told police she had gone to her cousin’s house and did not let her parents know where she was going.
0604 04/26-04/271200-0600 Main St 594(a)(1) PC Officer was dispatched to a HMB business on the report of graffiti on an exterior wall of the business. Similar graffiti was found on the Main St. Pilarcitos Creek Bridge that is believed to have occurred during the same time frame by the same unknown suspect(s).
0605 04/28 0904 Main @ Stone Pine 14601.1(A) VC4462.5 VC Officer on patrol observed a vehicle with expired registration and performed a traffic stop. The driver had a 2006 registration tab on his vehicle that he admitted to having purchased from an unknown subject for $30. The driver was found to be driving with a suspended license and was cited and released on his promise to appear in court. Male, Age 21 of HMB
0606 04/28 HMBPD 10-22 Cancelled case #
0607 04/28 1300 N Cabrillo Hwy 20002(A)(1)VC An officer was dispatched to non injury hit and run collision which occurred at the Strawflower Shopping Center. The RP parked her vehicle there and later found damage to the passenger’s side rear bumper of the vehicle.
0608 04/28 Roosevelt Ave 10-55 Coroner’s case
0609 04/28 1722 San Mateo Rd 11-80 Traffic collision-major injury. A three year-old child sustained leg injuries after being hit by a slow moving vehicle in a shopping center parking lot. The child was running ahead of his mother between two parked vehicles when he was struck by the vehicle.
0610 04/28 1754 Miramontes Pt Rd 10-99I Officer was dispatched to report of a stolen golf cart. It was later determined the subject who had reportedly taken the golf cart may have had permission from an employee to drive the cart.
0612 04/29 1220 SR1 @ Ruisseau Francais 11-81 Traffic collision-minor injury
0613 04/29 1420 Pinehurst Ln 10-99I Officer was dispatched to report of unwanted subject who was seated within her vehicle outside the RP’s home. The RP requested the person, who was known to him, be dispersed. The woman was advised not to return to the residence, and the RP was explained the restraining order process.
0614 04/27 1900 Kelly Ave 10-99L Lost Property Report
0615 04/29 1838 Oak Ave 11-82 Traffic collision-property damage only
0616 04/30 1004 N Cabrillo Hwy 10-23 Civil Standby
0617 04/30 1038 HMBPD 10-99L Lost Property Report
0618 04/29-04/301600-1000 Kelly Ave 488 PC Officer responded to report of stolen mailbox. The mailbox had approximately two days of mail in it when it was stolen. The victim told police he had added wooden pieces and paint to a standard mailbox to make it appear to look like a pig. The mailbox was valued at $150.
0619 04/30 490.5(A) PC Petty theft-report not complete
0620 04/30 1537 Granelli Ave 136.1(B)(2)PC166(A)(4)PC Officer dispatched to violation of a restraining order. A woman advised that her ex-husband telephoned her in a threatening manner in violation of a restraining order. While police were taking the report the suspect phoned again and made verbal threats against the woman and her current boyfriend. The suspect was contacted by police and was advised of an Emergency Protective Order against him. The case will be forwarded to the DA for review.
0621 04/30 2110 Main St 10-99I Officers responded to call regarding merchandise left unattended outside a HMB business. Items hanging on a rack had been left outside of the business after it had closed. The items were taken for safekeeping until the owner could be contacted.
0622 05/011030-1315 Main St 10-99I Officers responded to an immigration demonstration on Main Street. The group grew from approximately 50-110 demonstrators as they marched throughout downtown HMB. There were no incidents of violence or altercations. Demonstrators were cooperative and accepted police direction without incident.
0623 04/29-05/011700-0730 Main St 10-99I Officers were contacted by a business owner regarding the dumping of used oil near his business.
0624 05/01 1230 Alhambra Ave 10-99O Officers assisted SM County Sheriff’s Dept in the report of a gang-related stabbing that occurred in El Granada. HMB officers provided back up while Sheriff’s deputies made four arrests in the incident.
0625 05/01 11-82 Traffic collision-property damage only-report not complete.
0626 05/01 2223 San Mateo Rd 11377(A)HS Officers contacted a subject involved in a domestic argument and during the course of the contact found suspected methamphetamine in the man’s possession. He was arrested and transported to SM County Jail without incident. Villa, DavidAge 21 of Hayward
0628 05/02 0650 SB SR1 @ Main 12500(A) VC16028(A) VC22107 VC Officer on patrol made a traffic stop on a vehicle that made an unsafe turn. The driver was found to be unlicensed and with no proof of insurance. He was cited and released on his promise to appear in court. Male, Age 22 of HMB
0629 05/02 0705 SR1 @ SR92 14601.2(A)VC Officer conducted traffic stop on a vehicle stopped in traffic with the vehicle protruding into the #2 lane of NB traffic. The driver was found to be driving with a suspended license. He was cited and released on his promise to appear in court. Male, Age 44 of HMB
0630 05/02 0830 HMBPD 10-99F Found property report
0631 05/011200-1400 S Cabrillo Hwy 10-99L Lost property report
0632 05/02 1205 Arnold Way 10-99F Found property report
0634 05/02 HMBPD 10-99F Found property repo
0639 04/27-05/030830-2230 San Mateo Rd 594(A)(1) PC Officer was advised of graffiti on a sign in front of a HMB business that an unknown suspect painted on in red spray paint. The business was given a notice to abate the graffiti.
0640 05/04 0900 HMBHS 10-99F Found property report
0641 05/04 Main @ Lewis Foster 11-82 Traffic collision-property damage only
0642 05/04 O/W Misd Outside warrant misdemeanor arrest-Report not complete.
0644 05/04 1447 S. Cabrillo Hwy 10-415DV Domestic disturbance
0645 05/05 0110-0125 N Cabrillo Hwy 10-99I Officer responded to report of a possible theft from the Safeway store. A Long’s employee caught an unidentified male taking automotive fluid from the drug store. The subject then paid for the item and left the store, going to the nearby Safeway. A short time later the Long’s employee observed the subject exit Safeway pushing a shopping cart with items in the cart, load them into his vehicle and leave. It is unknown if a theft occurred at the Safeway store, therefore the report was taken for information only.
0646 05/07 1030 San Mateo Rd 490.5(A) PC Officer dispatched to the Rite Aid regarding a shoplifter in custody. Employees stopped a female suspect when the security sensor sounded, and found $12 worth of merchandise in the suspect’s purse. She was placed under citizen’s arrest and cited and released on her promise to appear in court. Female, Age 24 of HMB
0647 05/041600-2200 N. Cabrillo Hwy 10-99L Lost Property Report
0648 05/05 2316 NB Main S/O Poplar 12500(A)VC24250 VC Unlicensed driver and driving without headlights. Male, Age 27 of HMB
0649 05/06 0041 Main St 647(F)PC849(B)(2)PC Officer dispatched to the report of an intoxicated subject who was threatening customers in a HMB restaurant. Police contacted two subjects at the restaurant who were determined to be too intoxicated to care for themselves. They were both arrested for public intoxication and transported to SM County Jail. Male, Age 19 of Pacifica Male, Age 22 of El Granada
0650 05/05-05/061930-1200 Willow Ave 20002(A)(1)VC Officer dispatched to non injury hit and run collision. The victim parked her vehicle near her residence, and didn’t notice damage to the vehicle until she began to drive it and heard a scraping noise caused by damage to the left front quarter panel.
0652 05/06 1530 Kelly Ave 10-99F Found Property Report
0653 05/07 1450 San Mateo Rd 12500(A) VC Officer on patrol stopped a vehicle with unrestrained children in the cargo area, and found the driver to be unlicensed. He was cited and released on his promise to appear in court. Male, Age 31 of HMB
0654 05/07 1650 SR1 @ Kelly 11-82 Traffic collision-property damage only
0655 05/07 1930 Grandview Blvd. 10-415 Domestic disturbance
0656 05/07 San Mateo Rd 23152(A) VC Report not complete
0657 05/07 1300 San Mateo Rd 10-65 Officer dispatched to meet with a man who advised his 14 year-old daughter had not returned home by 2215 hours after leaving the house at 1300 hours. The juvenile returned home after midnight and was admonished regarding her behavior.