Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between July 24 and July 30:

July 24

Theft: 5:52 a.m., 32200 block of 110th Ave SE. Somebody stole a plastic toolbox from a vehicle.

Cops helping cops: 8:03 a.m., 1312 30th St. SE. Police arrested a woman on outstanding arrest warrants.

Vandalism: 11:54 a.m., 1600 block of 4th Street Northeast. A man watching his mother’s house while she was in the hospital reported that somebody had damaged a window. There was no break-in.

Vandalism: 2:21 p.m., 116 Lakeland Hills Way SE. Somebody, or several somebodies, shot a BB through one of Family Life Center’s windows.

Shoplifting: 3:34 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Trying to swipe two bottles of Vodka from Safeway got a woman arrested.

Driving under the influence: 9:35 p.m., 3240 B St. NW. Police arrested a man for DUI after an officer spotted him leaving a parking lot at a high rate of speed in reverse and crashing into a ditch. Medics later transported the guy to Harborview for treatment of injuries.

Purse theft: 9:10 p.m., 1320 Supermall Way SW. While a female, no approximate age given, was shopping at the Auburn SuperMall, her purse disappeared. When she got the purse back, it was missing $590 in cash.

Shoplifting: 10:50 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. After buying a loaf of bread, an unemployed and hungry man stole some tuna fish. Safeway asked police to arrest the man for theft.

Burglary: 10:25 p.m., 3502 Auburn Way S. Persons unknown broke a window on a portable building at Chinook Elementary, burglarized the building and fired a mortar shell firework into it. The shell did minimal damage and the bad guys got away.

Theft: 3:30 p.m., 2400 block of 17th Street Southeast. Somebody broke into a woman’s filing cabinet and walked away with a laptop, a camera and $20 in cash.

Theft: 3:15 a.m., 1400 block of 23rd Street Southeast. Thieves swiped a boat motor and gas tank. No value was given.

July 25

Arson inhabited: 6:27 p.m., 1902 A St. SE. Somebody pushed a piece of paper partially under an apartment door and lit the paper on fire. The fire fizzled before it could do any damage.

Theft: 3 p.m., 1015 24th St. NE. Somebody stole an iPod Touch from a student attending summer camp at Cascade Middle School.

July 26

Theft: Overnight, 900 block of 9th Street Northeast. A trail of stolen plants led police on a fruitful vegetative chase to a nearby residence.

Controlled substance: 6:35 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a male for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a social contact in the Safeway parking lot.

July 27

Controlled substance: 1:10 a.m., 800 C St. SW. Police contacted a female for failure to wear a helmet or use a light on her bicycle. During the contact police found drug paraphernalia in her bag. Subsequent to her arrest, police found methamphetamine and schedule prescription pills on her person. Police booked her into jail.

July 30

Assault with a knife: 5:49 p.m., 2326 I St. NE. Two young adults got into a physical fight over their young child. The man tried to stab the woman with a knife and fled the area on foot.