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Logbook
Lodi Police Department
In the 24 hours after 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Lodi Police Department handled 141 calls for service. The following is a sample of calls received by dispatchers:
Tuesday
Found Syringes
10:28 a.m.: Someone found two syringes on the grounds of Wimbledon Square Apartments, 602 Wimbledon Drive.
Ex-boyfriend with issues
11:13 a.m.: An Intimates employee's ex-boyfriend was repeatedly calling the 203 Houston Lane business to make threats.
Drugs at school
11:27 a.m.: Someone had drug paraphernalia at Lodi High School, 3 S. Pacific Ave.
Stolen Cars
1:13 p.m.: A four-door champagne Honda Accord was stolen in the 800 block of West Lodi Avenue.
5:45 p.m.: Someone stole a red 1968 Volkswagen Bug. The car, which had black fenders, disappeared from the 2500 block of Paradise Drive.
Hit-and-run
2:07 p.m.: A gold sport-utility vehicle left the scene after knocking a woman to the ground in the Safeway parking lot, 2449 W. Kettleman Lane. She was not injured.
Abuse Report
4:07 p.m.: A girl on North Ham Lane told a parks employee that her father had punched her at home.
Molestation
4:54 p.m.: Child molestation was reported.
Drunken meal stealer
5:53 p.m.: A man left without paying for his food at Lodi Feed and Fuel, 27 W. Elm St. The man, who was drunk, only made it as far as a parking lot in the same block.
Drunk, and harassing people
6:26 p.m.: A drunken man was harassing people near Farmers and Merchants Bank, 121 W. Pine St. He was arrested on a warrant.
Rock vs. car
6:29 p.m.: Someone dropped a large rock on a woman's vehicle from the railroad tracks at Turner Road. Residential burglary
7:57 p.m.: A home was burglarized in the 500 block of North Mills Avenue.
Drugs
10:38 p.m.: People had drug paraphernalia inside a car near Hilborn and Garfield streets.
Domestic Violence
11:50 p.m.: A male and a female got into a domestic fight in the parking lot of In-N-Out Burger, 2625 W. Kettleman Lane. Then another group of males began chasing the male suspect near the drive-thru.
Wednesday
Running man doing 'weird stuff'
1:16 a.m.: A man in a flannel shirt and jeans was running up and down the first-floor hallway at the Star Hotel, 22 S. Main St. At 2:53 a.m., he was doing "weird stuff" in the second-floor hallway, such as hiding from people who weren't there.
Commercial Burglary
1:31 a.m.: Stock Automotive, 1330 Auto Center Drive, was burglarized.
Drunk and loud, with a warrant
1:53 a.m.: People were drinking and being loud in the pool area at Lakeview Apartments, 1511 S. Mills Ave. Police arrived and arrested someone on a warrant.
Grand Theft
6:10 a.m.: Property valued at more than $400 was stolen from a home in the 700 block of South Sacramento Street.
Stolen Vehicles
6:50 a.m.: A Pontiac was stolen during the night in the 2300 block of Scarborough Drive.
8:43 a.m.: Someone stole a blue Honda Civic in the 600 block of Grant Avenue.
Vicodin at school
8:17 a.m.: A student overdosed on Vicodin at Lodi High School, 3 S. Pacific Ave., and went to a hospital.

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