Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between July 18 and 20:
July 18
The kitty that strayed: 10:30 a.m., 30000 block of 133rd Avenue Southeast. Auburn’s animal control officer spotted a stray kitten, returned it to its owner and while so doing let said owner know that he or she should expect notices of infractions in the mail.
Vandalism: 20 49th St. NE. Yahoo’s unknown painted graffiti on Rainier Christian School.
Vandalism: Overnight., 2601 D St. SE. A Robinwood Apartments’ resident complained that sometime during the wee small hours, somebody had broken the complex’ back fence,
Possession of stolen vehicle: 6:35 p.m. Police arrested a man for having a stolen motorcycle.
Weedeater thievery: 5:30 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Somebody swiped a weedeater from the bed of a truck in the Muckleshoot Casino parking lot.
Agency assist: 1 a.m., 500 block of 23rd Street Southeast. A mother in Pacific got her runaway daughter back.
Postal theft: 5:15 a.m., 11 3rd St. NW. Somebody stole mail from a drop box at the Auburn Post Office.
July 20
Shoplifting: 9:29 a.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. A thief’s scheme to return merchandise to a local store for cash under bogus pretenses fell flat, although his dishonest exertions did attract the interest of the police officers who showed up to bust him.
Burglary: Overnight, 1801 R St. SE. An employee of a local rental storage facility told police that somebody, or several somebodies, had broken the metal hings on 11 units overnight and snuck in. It’s still too early to say what was stolen.
Hit and run: 6:51 p.m., 1300 C St. SW. Police arrested a 20-year-old man for hit-and-run attended, for driving under the influence of something, for being a minor in possession of alcohol and for consuming said fermented beverage. Police found the guy soon after the incident, passed out behind the wheel of the suspect vehicle.
Burglary: 9:05 p.m., 120 block of F Street Southeast. A homeowner found a dude hiding in his garage then summoned police to bust said dude for burglary.
