Logbook

Lodi Police Department

In the 48 hours since 9 a.m. Tuesday, the Lodi Police Department handled 349 calls for service. The following is a sample of calls received by dispatchers:

Tuesday

10:36 a.m.: After giving a bicycle to someone to paint near Lodi Avenue and Cherokee Lane, the painter was refusing to give it back.

11:20 a.m.: A 2-year-old child ran across Hutchins Street near Vine Street and no parents were present. An off-duty Lodi firefighter witnessed it and stopped.

1:31 p.m.: A suspicious, unoccupied vehicle was sitting in someone's driveway in the 0-100 block of North Lower Sacramento Road. In the process, someone was arrested on a local warrant.

2:18 p.m.: A 16-year-old Columbia Drive resident, who may have been under the influence of drugs, was threatening to kill his dad.

3:14 p.m.: A drunken 51-year-old woman in a hospital gown walked away from Lodi Memorial Hospital, 975 S. Fairmont Ave. She was later located, and 24 hours later the woman was drunk in the lobby of Lodi Hotel, 7 S. School St.

3:29 p.m.: Someone was throwing "fire balls" at a home in the 1000 block of Dartmoor Circle.

5:02 p.m.: Two males were dragging a female down Railroad Avenue near Cherokee Lane. Alcohol was involved.

5:14 p.m.: A dog was chained to a telephone pole in the 600 block of Daisy Avenue and was panting due to the heat.

6:12 p.m.: A man with latex gloves was inside a black Toyota pick-up truck in the parking lot of Farmers and Merchants Bank, 1020 W. Kettleman Lane.

7:20 p.m.: Three boys were selling CDs in the Wal-Mart parking lot, 2355 W. Kettleman Lane.

7:46 p.m.: A boy and his mother were selling guns and a man was selling drugs in the 400 block of East Elm Street.

8:37 p.m.: Someone was threatening to put sugar in a North Sacramento Street woman's gas tank.

11:13 p.m.: A drunken woman was touching people as she walked up and down Sacramento Street near Elm Street.

Wednesday

1:41 a.m.: A drunken man was standing in the middle of the drive-thru at McDonald's, 200 W. Lodi Ave.

9:58 a.m.: Someone moved a woman's porch swing the previous night in the 300 block of East Elm Street.

10:07 a.m.: Four or five people were fighting and throwing bicycles at each other at Sacramento Street and De Force Avenue.

10:39 a.m.: Someone took up two parking spaces in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Cherokee Lane.

12:10 p.m.: A man pushed a female out of a car at Sacramento and Elm streets, then continued on his way back to work.

2:18 p.m.: A child was locked inside a blue Ford Tempo in the 300 block of South Cherokee Lane.

2:24 p.m.: Someone stole a figurine from a front yard in the 100 block of Camino Real Drive.

2:42 p.m.: A boat was sitting in the middle of the road in the 400 block of Flora Street. Two hours later, people in the same block were arguing over boat ownership.

2:44 p.m.: Jewelry valued at more than $400 was stolen in the 300 block of North Pleasant Avenue.

7 p.m.: A home was burglarized in the 700 block of Delores Street.

7:45 p.m.: Someone in a tan van was holding a beer out the window in the 800 block of South Stockton Street.

9:40 p.m.: A tan and white pit bull killed a cat in the 200 block of Donner Drive.

Thursday

2:02 a.m.: A male was screaming in the middle of Lodi Avenue near Church Street.

4:28 a.m.: A live mariachi band was playing in an alley off the 800 block of South Cherokee Lane.