Aug. 9: So a man goes into Coast Electronics says he wants to compare two laptop computers, presumably because he wants to buy one or the other. The clerk shows him the merchandise, and then turns to help another customer and the scurvy dog walked out the door with both laptops, using the help-yourself checkout line. Video surveillance caught the thief’s image and police are hot on the trail of the master criminal.
Aug. 9: Police responded to a disturbance at 11 a.m. in the 200 block of Atascadero Rd. Logs indicated they took a 32-year-old battleaxe Downtown on a citizen’s arrest for alleged battery, as she might have won the fight but the war is just beginning.
Aug. 9: Police stopped a suspicious vehicle at 5:38 a.m. at Tide and Kodiak. Logs indicated the woman driver was arrested for suspicion of being higher than Hollister Peak on drugs, possession of a hypodermic needle and of course driving on a suspended, which apparently explains how they found her spike. She was injected into the Parkinson Plaza.
Aug. 8: Police and firefighters responded at 6:10 p.m. to Morro Bay Boulevard and Main Street after a City street tree cut loose a large branch that came down on a legally parked vehicle with “minor” damage done and injuring none. The hooligan tree was no doubt cited and released to remain where it is.
Aug. 8: At 4 p.m. police caught up to a suspected shoplifter in the 800 block of Embarcadero and returned the alleged thief and her ill gotten booty back to the store. The store owner declined to prosecute but no doubt told the sneak to never darken their doors again, which ain’t much of a deterrent.
[pullquote align=”right” cite=”Morro Beach Police” link=”” color=”#0000FF” class=”” size=””]Aug. 7: At 10:22 p.m. police responded to a report of a loud argument in the 400 block of Quintana Rd., where they met a man who “displayed symptoms of being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage,” you know, slurrrin’ you speesh? He was reportedly unable to walk on his own, according to logs, and was taken to the hospital to be checked out (make sure he ain’t havin’ a stroke or something) and then tossed to the nick to sleep it off.[/pullquote]Aug. 7: Police were at Lila Keiser Park and devil’s den, at 10 p.m. where they found a regular customer who had skipped a date with lady justice. Then at 10:16, they found another old friend in the 1100 block of Main and he too had an invite from the judge, on a 2-fer night.
Aug. 7: A tourist called police at 3 p.m. to report being ripped off in the ol’ fake vacation rental scam. The man told police that he’d rented a home off Craig’s list in the 3100 block of Beachcomber for $900, apparently paying in advance, and when he arrived to check in, found that the house didn’t exist, or maybe they’re still waiting for a building permit.
Aug. 7: Police contacted a suspicious woman at 1 a.m. in the 500 block of the Boulevard who had two warrants. The 52-year old was cited and released to go forth and offend no more. Well, that didn’t work. At 10:55 a.m. police responded to a disturbance in the 800 block of Market. Low and behold, the same shining example was now allegedly drunk and disorderly. This time she hit the sheets in the County B&B.
Aug. 6: Police contacted a swizzle stick swaddling down Pacific at Kern at 12:30 p.m. Logs indicated they arrested the borracho for suspicion of being schwasted.
Aug. 6: A City street tree dropped another big limb in the 1000 block of Main crashing down onto yet another parked car, the first of two tree incidents over two days, and we used to worry about seagulls.
Aug. 6: Police stopped a vehicle at 7:06 a.m. in the area of Coral and Easter. Logs indicated the 40-year-old driver got the book thrown at him — suspicion of DUI, being high on drugs, possessing drugs and paraphernalia, and of course driving on a suspended, which is no doubt how they get to searching his car.
Aug. 5: Police contacted another citizen-of-the-year at 10:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Monterey. A 33-year-old chap was whisked off to the tower for allegedly being in an altered state of mind due to some form of narcotic, my dear What-sun.
- Yes, Holmes but the very next day, at 9:11 p.m. it was, they contacted the same chap near the place, you know. He was ah-gain, tossed to the cots for no doubt still being under the weather, so to speak.
Aug. 5: Someone turned in a Bluetooth cell phone earpiece he or she found and apparently didn’t think to toss in the nearest trashcan. And someone else turned over a knife they found on Greenwood for police to destroy, at City expense.
Aug. 5: A citizen in the 500 block of Bonita reported that sometime overnight some scoundrel stole the license plates off his ride. Earlier, at 3 a.m. police stopped a suspicious vehicle at Main and Preston and cited the 24-year-old muchacho for no license.
Aug. 3: Police went to the 900 block of Main to TKD Surf Shop after a 36-year-old dude from Sacramento used a credit card to rent a surfboard and boogie board and when he came back, his card was denied, so he’s either innocently out of cash or a fraud thief in need of a new get-away plan. On the opposite end of the honesty spectrum, someone turned in to police a Samsung Tablet they found somewhere in town.
Aug. 3: At 2:46 a.m. police contacted a familiar fellow at Main and Radcliff. The 25-year-old scofflaw was allegedly in violation of parole for being UTI. Now he’s SOL and OTJ.
