Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Nov. 19 and Nov. 27:

Nov. 19

Cops helping cops: 7 a.m., 719 A St. NE. A woman reported seeing the missing child Sky Metalwala at the Auburn Fred Meyer. Police later determined that the child was not actually Sky.

Nov. 21

Swindle: 11:31 a.m., 12800 block of Southeast 307th Place. Somebody tried to cheat an Auburn resident who had responded to a Craig’s list ad between Nov. 18 and Nov. 21, but the potential victim sniffed out the deceit.

Theft: 12:50 a.m., 501 Auburn Way N. Somebody broke into a recently traded-in vehicle at Scarff Ford and stole a navigation system, a DVD system and the stereo. Police did not disclose a value for the missing items.

Theft from motor vehicle: 4:40 p.m., 2400 block of A Street Southeast. Somebody smashed out the passenger-side window of a woman’s car and stole her wallet. A witness saw an unidentified dude running away from the scene.

Theft: 4 p.m., 4720 Mill Pond Drive SE. A man police had previously arrested for assaulting his live-in girlfriend came home from his stint in the slammer to find his $1,800 wedding ring missing.

Theft: 7:39 p.m., 225 6th St. SE. Suspects yet unknown vandalized a vehicle parked in the La Quinta Inn parking lot and stole a small black bag containing $400 in cash.

Theft: 9:15 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Somebody stole a man’s duffel bag full of hygiene items and clothing from his vehicle while it was parked at the Muckleshoot Casino.

Nov. 22

Controlled substance: 1:06 p.m., 620 37th St. SE. Authorities at Mt. Baker Middle School suspended a student after finding him in possession of marijuana. Legal authorities plan to charge him. Vandalism: 1:25 p.m., 1500 block of Riverview Drive Northeast. Three unknown males threw a rock at a sliding glass door, scratching said door.

Trespassing: 3:12 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. A woman made such an undisclosed nuisance of herself at the Muckleshoot Casino that police arrested her and booked her into the SCORE jail in Des Moines.

Fraud: 4:32 p.m., 719 A St. N.E. A man bought a vehicle from an internet dealer only to find out that the seller had defrauded him of more than $25,000.Shoplifting: 6:01 p.m., 801 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a man for shoplifting $58.16 worth of groceries from Fred Meyer.

Nov. 23

Traffic collision: 6:53 a.m., 500 West Valley Highway South. Seeing some trees falling down an embankment on West Valley Highway, a south-going driver did his utmost to avoid a collision with the east-going trees but hit one of them anyway.

Trespassing: 10:49 a.m., 1007 Auburn Way S. A boy earned himself a five-year stay-away order from the Farmer’s Dollar Market by committing undisclosed acts of badness.

Trespassing: 11:53 a.m., 1140 Auburn Way S. A man did something undisclosed to earn himself a two-year boot from the temporary Auburn Library site.

Nov. 24

Vandalism: 1:35 p.m., 3615 West Valley Highway N. Somebody took out their dissatisfaction with life on a postbox belonging to the U.S. Postal Service.

Nov. 26

Shoplifting: 3:53 p.m., 1509 Auburn Way S. Store security at Rite Aid caught a woman shoplifting shampoo. Police later arrested the woman, trespassed her from the business, cited her and let her go.

Nov. 27

False information: 7:19 p.m., 2400 block of F Street Southeast. A woman told police that her boyfriend had threatened to kill her and her dog too at their home. Police later found out that the woman had concocted the story to get back at her former flame for breaking up with her.