Police blotter

Tuesday

• At 10:40 a.m., a caller form the 100 block of Litton Way reported keys were locked in a vehicle with a child inside. Police provided assistance.

• At 5:38 p.m., a caller from the 100 block of Dorsey Drive reported she talked with a juvenile girl yesterday who told her she was a runaway and the person she was staying with was responsible for a welt on her leg. The caller did not know which apartment the girl was staying in.

• At 7:29 p.m., police arrested a 68-year-old man in a restaurant parking lot for drunken driving.

• At 8:26 p.m., a caller from a hospital reported a man with dreadlocks and dark clothing was acting strange, doing karate moves and had no reason for being on hospital property. A security guard advised the man was there on hospital business.



Wednesday

• At 6:27 a.m., a caller from a business on the 100 block of Colfax Avenue reported two businesses were broken into sometime during the night. Police took a report.

• At 10:35 a.m., a caller reported a vehicle accident on Loma Rica Road.

• At 12:11 a.m., a caller reported a noninjury accident in a parking lot on Freeman Lane.

• At 12:28 p.m., a caller reported a noninjury accident on Nevada City highway at Brunswick Road involving three vehicles.



Nevada County

Sheriff's Office

Tuesday

• At 1:32 p.m., a caller from Highway 174 reported an unknown item wrapped in a blue towel in a black bag had a foul odor. A deputy determined it was a fish.

• At 1:38 p.m., a caller from the 13000 block of Spenceville Road reported the theft of a horse by an ex-employee of a ranch. Deputies took a report for grand theft.

• At 2:08 p.m., a caller from a school on the 10000 block of Wolf Road reported a juvenile brought an 18-inch long plastic gun to school and it fell out of his backpack during class. The child was in the principal's office and the situation was mediated.

• At 4:41 p.m., a caller north of Tyler Foote Road reported that while he was working for a power company, a man came out, pulled a rifle and told him to get out.

• At 7:50 p.m., a caller from the 20000 block of California Street reported the theft of gold and antique coins.

• At 9:02 p.m., a caller from the 15000 block of Smithys Place reported a drunk man was stuck in his Camaro in the caller's front yard. Deputies arrested the man for drunken driving.

• At 10:34 p.m., a 911 caller from the 10000 block of Carrington Lane could be heard crying and a man was heard talking in the background. Deputies responded and arrested a 39-year-old man for spousal abuse, making threats and damaging a telephone line.

• At 11:58 p.m., a woman called to report her brother had been assaulted by her mother's boyfriend and was somewhere near the RJ Miles plant on Chicago Powerhouse Road. Deputies searched the area extensively and were unable to locate the man. Placer County Sheriff's and the CHP would continue to check.



Wednesday

• At 11:55 a.m., a woman called from the 10000 block of Spenceville Road to report threatening phone calls. She said someone from an online pharmacy was trying to kill her.

• At 2:43 p.m., a caller form the 19000 block of Connie Drive reported vandalism to a mailbox near the street.



Nevada City

Police Department

Tuesday

• At 3:06 p.m., a caller from Commercial Street reported a man panhandling downtown was causing problems and yelling. Deputies advised the man not to return to a business on Broad Street.



Wednesday

• At 9:07 a.m., a caller from the 100 block of Nevada City Highway reported a man was at a school earlier and tore up a newspaper and requested a copy of a yearbook so he could identify students who had harassed him.

- Robyn Moormeister