Auburn police blotter | Feb. 13

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Feb. 3 and 9:

Auburn Police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Feb. 3 and 9:

Feb. 3

Burglary: Overnight, 3611 I St. NE. Somebody burglarized a construction trailer and stole construction equipment.

Shoplifting: 2:30 p.m., 3235 Auburn Way S. A male stole two packs of cigarettes from Day and Night Grocery.

Feb. 5

Assault: 8:11 a.m., 30620 116th Avenue SE. What police referred to vaguely as “a juvenile problem” at Rainier Middle School turned out to be an actual assault with injuries to somebody.

Animal problem: 9:10 a.m., 12800 block of Southeast 285th Street. A dog bit somebody.

Theft: Overnight, 500 block of 7th Street Northeast. Somebody broke into a maintenance van and stole a lot of tools, of undisclosed make and value.

Shoplifting: 12:19 p.m., 1101 Outlet Collection Way SW. An unidentified man stole jackets of undisclosed make and value from an unidentified business and fled.

Disorderly conduct: 2:54 p.m., 12700 block of Southeast 312th Street. A male or female recklessly discharged some type of firearm amid circumstances undisclosed.

Feb. 7

Vandalism: 5:30 p.m., 117th Avenue Southeast. When a kid’s mother, catching a whiff of marijuana, found her son rolling a blunt, he wigged out, began punching holes in the home’s walls, kicked a chair and his closet doors, all the while yelling and screaming about being allowed to “do whatever I want.” Family members subdued the kid for a time, and when they let him up, he ran out of the house. An officer later found the kid not far away and brought him home. The kid told the officer he felt justified busting up his parents’ home because his mother had been trying to tell him what to do. Officers booked the kid into King County Juvenile Detention in Seattle.

Feb. 9

Theft: Overnight, 1921 Auburn Way N. Somebody stole fuel and in the process damaged a company vehicle at a commercial business.

Theft of suds: 1:09 p.m., 1156 Auburn Way S. A man stole an 18-pack of Budweiser beer from a business.

Horse pocked: 11:30 a.m., 4600 block of 47th Street Southeast. A horse trampled a neighbor’s yard, leaving big divots in the lawn. The City’s animal control officer cited the owner.

Vandalism: 3:30 p.m., L Street Northeast. Convinced that somebody had kidnapped his wife and hidden her inside a garage, a man vandalized the garage door. After police had transported the man to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center for a mental health evaluation, they forwarded charges to the City Prosecutor’s office.

Theft and theft again: 6:50 p.m., 400 block of 15th Street Northwest. A man whose stolen vehicle had been recovered failed to pick it up right away and before he could get there to pick it up, it was stolen again.