Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between May 15 and 16:

May 15

Theft from vehicle: 6:39 a.m., 1700 block of I Place Nourtheast. While a woman was prowling a man’s parked vehicle, the intended victim showed up, whereat the woman took one look and fled with his property.

Bicycle theft: 6 a.m., 4248 A St. SE. Somebody stole a man’s bicycle.

Trepassing: 9:17 a.m., 2022 I St. NE. First came word that a misbehaving person was genuinely, sincerely unwanted at an apartment complex, then came the confirming boot of disfellowship.

Animal problem: 12:40 p.m., 100 block of N Street Southeast. Auburn’s animal control officer responded to a report of a female boxer on the loose and, finding the peripatetic pooch attached to a leash in a lot with the owner nowhere in sight, transported the brown-and-white dog to the Auburn Valley Humane Society.

Theft from vehicle: 10:40 a.m., 4000 block of A Street Southeast. Somebody stole a man’s wallet from his work truck.

Theft from vehicle: 3 p.m., 4000 block of A St. SE. A drum that had been stolen in February turned up at a local pawn shop. Police returned the drum to its owner, but he or she declined to prosecute the suspect.

Shoplifting: 1:10 p.m., 1702 Auburn N. A woman failed to get away with shoplifting but did get herself arrested.

Vandalism: Overnight, 1921 Auburn Way N. Someone damaged the fuel-filling line to one of Sherman Williams vehicles overnight.

Shoplifting: 5:08 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a man for swiping DVDs and other items from Walmart.

Obstructing justice: 6:35 p.m., 11800 block of Southeast 319th Place. Several people reported a vehicle stolen, but after police figured out that reporting parties were telling fibs they referred charges to the prosecutor’s office.

Pilfering pop: 7:40 p.m., 12722 SE 312th St. Police busted a female for shoplifting a Mountain Dew soda from Food Market on Lea Hill.

Theft: 10:10 a.m., 2730 block of Alpine Street Southeast. Somebody swiped a lawn mower and generator from a home.

Theft: 10 a.m., 3600 block of Academy Drive Southeast. Somebody stole a blower.

May 17

Vandalism: Overnight, 9 a.m., 801 C St. SW. Two businesses were vandalized overnight by means and methods undisclosed.

Theft: 4:40 p.m., 12401 SE 320th St. Somebody stole an iPhone from a student at Green River Community College.

Misbehaving at McDonald’s: 11:18 p.m., 3920 A St. SE. Mayor McCheese, Ronald McDonald and the Hamburgler got all they could stomach of two miscreants and tossed them out, telling those fellows to stay out of their eatery and away from the surrounding area.