The following excerpts are from the Martinez police log:

THURSDAY, JAN. 31

  • VEHICLE THEFT -- At 10:21 a.m., a vehicle was reported stolen from F Street.

  • PETTY THEFT -- A man was arrested at 3:38 p.m. on suspicion of fraudulently returning stolen items to a business on Arnold Drive.

  • BURGLARY -- It was reported at 9:23 p.m. that items were stolen from the glove box of a vehicle parked on F Street.

    FRIDAY, FEB. 1

  • VANDALISM -- At 11:20 a.m., a caller reported several graffiti tags at a school on E Street.

  • HIT-AND-RUN -- A hit-and-run was reported at 12:42 p.m. on Smith Drive.

  • FRAUD -- It was reported at 3:54 p.m. that a 49 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pass a fraudulent check at a Ferry Street business.

  • PETTY THEFT -- It was reported at 4 p.m. that an online ordering system laptop was stolen from a business on Arnold Drive.

  • FRAUD -- On Elderwood Drive at 7:15 p.m., a caller reported a fraudulent $1,000 charge on a debit card.

  • SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE -- A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman at an Arnold Drive business at 7:55 p.m.

  • PETTY THEFT -- At 8:44 p.m., a caller reported a debit card was stolen from a home on Pacheco Boulevard.


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