HERE’S A look at some of the significant calls logged by the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office last week. This week’s log was compiled by Mary Schley.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Carmel-by-the-Sea: An unknown suspect entered a Fourth Avenue residence while the homeowners were out and stole several items of silverware.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Vehicle was blocking a driveway on San Carlos Street and subsequently towed.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: CHOMP requested a welfare check on a subject who walked away from CHOMP while receiving treatment.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Food items purchased from two local businesses were left unattended on the sidewalk on Dolores Street. Attempts to identify the owner were unsuccessful. Items will be returned to stores in order to credit purchase to card holder.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Bar fight at a business on San Carlos Street involving three male subjects. On officers’ arrival, the subjects fled on foot, and it was determined that the incident was verbal only; no physical altercation occurred. An area check was conducted but met with negative results.

Pacific Grove: Contacted transient on Caledonia Street to ascertain if he wanted medical assistance due to his apparently cancerous medical condition. Subject declined any assistance from the police department or county health department. The subject explained that he would seek medical assistance privately.

Carmel Valley: Person reported damages to the interior of a family “summer home” on Los Laureles Grade. It was unknown how the damage occurred, and no property was missing. Approximately 60 family members, including teenagers, have access to the residence.

Pacific Grove: Flag found on city property. Officer was finally able to get the city department head, and he advised it did not belong to their department. The item will now be placed into evidence as found property for 90 days. Case closed.

Big Sur: Palo Colorado resident reported that mail and a package were taken from his mailbox. A discarded package was found about 50 feet away.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Traffic stop conducted on San Carlos Street at 0019 hours for a vehicle code violation. The 22-year-old driver was arrested for DUI.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Male was contacted in a San Carlos Street hotel room heavily intoxicated. He admitted trying to drink himself to death because he wanted to die. He requested to be taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation.

Pacific Grove: Shafter Avenue resident reported someone smashed a window of her locked vehicle overnight and stolen personal property. No suspects.

Pacific Grove: Woman called from a Bentley Avenue residence to inform animal control that two of her neighbor’s dogs had broken into her yard. She stated she is afraid of the dogs and that this is the second time they have broken into her yard. She asked that the officer remove the dogs and contact the dog owner. Put dogs back in neighbor’s yard and secured the fence, but dogs were out within minutes. Animal control officer took the dogs to city yard pending owner contact. The dog owner contacted the animal control officer, who informed him of the dog problem, as well as a barking-dog complaint, and asked him to secure the fence so his dogs would not be able to leave their yard. Dog owner will work on mending the fence and will keep the dogs inside until the repairs are made. Warning only at this time.

Pacific Grove: Driver stopped on Pine Avenue for not wearing a seatbelt and having front tinted windows. The 44-year-old female driver told the officer her out-of-state license was suspended and she had a warrant for her arrest. Driver arrested for the warrant and fresh charges, and then released with citations to appear.

Pacific Grove: Suspicious dispatch, with victim reporting a crime from a pay phone in a different city and hanging up when asked for a name.

Pacific Grove: Disagreement in a parking lot on Forest Avenue. Three juveniles were impeding traffic while skateboarding, and an adult advised them to move along. The juveniles became disrespectful, and the adult did not take to kindly to the disrespect. Adult was advised to call the police next time and not approach the juveniles.

THANKSGIVING

Carmel-by-the-Sea: 34-year-old male contacted during a vehicle check on San Carlos Street at 0223 hours and found to have multiple warrants. He was taken into custody and lodged at county jail.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Report of suspicious circumstances on Santa Rita Street.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Carpenter Street resident reported losing a sign that said, “Drive like your kids live here.” She had posted the sign about 6 feet up on a utility pole in front of her house. She last saw the sign before leaving for vacation which was just before Thanksgiving day. Upon her return home, the sign was gone. The resident was advised to check with the either the phone company and/or PG&E to see if they removed the sign. The resident was advised the sign could be displayed and affixed on her private property.

Pacific Grove: Dispatched to a fire in the bathroom of an unlocked apartment. Extinguished by apartment manager. New tenants were not home. Apartment manager and police left voice messages for tenant. Fire department opened windows for ventilation, ensured fire was completely out and locked apartment doors before leaving.

Pacific Grove: Trespass reported on 11th Street. Suspect admonished.

Pacific Grove: Juvenile reported as a runaway from a David Avenue residence. While mother was at the police station, the child called her from home. Mother went home and confirmed the child was there unharmed.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Carmel-by-the-Sea: A citizen reported losing property in the county area with the hope that someone might find it and turn it over to the Carmel Police Department in an effort to return the property to its rightful owner.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Lobos Street resident reported a subject took a package from her front porch that was meant to be returned to the company. The package contained a single boot and was taken last week by a male adult with baggy clothes and curly hair. Information only at this time.

Pacific Grove: Driver stopped on Sunset Drive for having a small child in the front seat and a partial right stop lamp burned out. Driver, a 41-year-old male, stated he did not possess a driver’s license. Check revealed he had no valid license. Driver released with citation. Vehicle was legally parked.

Pacific Grove: Maple Street resident reported someone used her bank MasterCard to fraudulently purchase item in Stanford. Resident will forward the bank record of the transaction. Will attempt to contact the business where her account information was used.

Pacific Grove: Report of threats on Lighthouse Avenue. Unfounded due to lack of elements of crime.

Carmel Valley: Battery occurred at a tavern in the Village.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Carmel-by-the-Sea: A person was bitten while attempting to separate two family members’ dogs on San Antonio Avenue.
Pacific Grove: Theft of a bicycle from the front porch of a Mermaid Avenue residence while the victim was away.

Carmel Valley: Carmel Valley Road resident reported a suspicious vehicle. Turned out to be a neighbor’s vehicle.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Woman was parking her vehicle on Monte Verde Street and suddenly heard the sound of the rear window shattering. Unknown what may have caused the window to shatter, but it may have occurred as the result of a pine cone impacting with it or due to a change in temperature. Initially, the resident thought that a utility line snapped, thus impacting with her vehicle. This was not the case. Information only.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Sometime during the night, someone kicked the door of a vehicle parked on Lincoln Street which caused the window glass to shatter. There was damage to the door and window.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: While attempting to go around a parked vehicle on Fourth Avenue, the driver struck the parked vehicle and lodged her vehicle into the bumper of the parked vehicle.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person found a child on Lincoln Street separated from his mother. Upon arrival, the person stated that the juvenile left and walked toward a bakery. The child was located and reunited with his mother. No further action.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Man called to report losing his cell phone while visiting the downtown area. He could not say exactly where he lost it since he visited numerous stores. He wished to make a report for insurance purposes and in case the phone was turned in to the police department.

Pacific Grove: Person reported finding a Bible on Highway 68 by SFB Morse Gate. Owner identified and contacted. Case pending release of property to owner.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: A business on San Carlos Street requested a police presence after a subject was asked to leave the business and refused. Carmel police units responded and made contact with both parties. The subject who was asked to leave was cooperative and left peacefully after being provided with alternative methods of seeking a resolution to the situation.

Pacific Grove: Pine Avenue resident reported hearing her neighbor yelling inside her apartment, “Give me back my cell phone.” Resident said she heard her neighbor pounding on the wall between their apartment. Officers did not observe anything suspicious. There were no noises, and the subject appeared to be going to bed, as the lights in the apartment were being turned off. Nothing further.

Pacific Grove: Laurel Avenue resident reported a female juvenile had left home in the middle of the night.

Pacific Grove: Sunset Drive church burglarized. Possible suspect evidence located at scene. Stolen property recovered in Seaside with leads. Case under investigation.

Pacific Grove: Person reported bedding taken from within a hotel room on Ocean View Boulevard. Room was unsecured and door was left open when items were taken. No suspect info.

Pacific Grove: Victim reported an unlocked bicycle was taken from his back porch. No suspect info.

Carmel Valley: Parents reported their daughter missing. Daughter was found a short time later using a cellphone locater app. Runaway juvenile was picked up by her parents.

Pacific Grove: Fifteenth Street resident reported her neighbor was intoxicated and asked if he could help with her business. She did not feel comfortable with the neighbor’s approach and wanted the incident documented. Contacted the neighbor; he was HBD and returned to his apartment without further incident. Nothing further.

Pacific Grove: Unknown persons damaged the driver’s side windshield wiper blades on two separate vehicles parked next to each other on 10th Street. No suspects.

Pacific Grove: Dispatched to a suspicious vehicle on Lighthouse Avenue and found a motorcycle lying on its side against the curb line. The bike was stood back up on its kickstand. The bike did not appear to have suffered any damage from the fall. Unable to locate the registered owner. Nothing further.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Driver stopped on Dolores Street and found to be unlicensed.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: An 18-year-old male and a 17-year-old juvenile were found in a parked vehicle on Martin Way smoking what was believed to be marijuana. They were found to be in possession of a green leafy substance determined to be marijuana of less than an ounce and possession of a smoking pipe. Both suspects were cited and released from the scene.

Pacific Grove: Male was arrested for warrants and transported to county jail. He had a backpack and bicycle. The items were examined and found to be clear. Subject was advised to pick up his personal items when released from jail.

Pacific Grove: Domestic dispute on Montecito Avenue. A 23-year-old male was arrested, booked and transported to county jail.

Pacific Grove: Report of graffiti to multiple stop signs on David Avenue.

Carmel Valley: An anonymous person reported a suspicious vehicle at Berwick and Dorris Drive in Carmel Valley with several teens seen around the vehicle. It was also reported the same vehicle was seen the previous night with alcohol bottles strewn about after the vehicle departed. Deputies checked and found an intoxicated subject standing near the vehicle. The subject was arrested for public intoxication and violation of probation. Case continues with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.