Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Nov. 29 and Dec. 3:
Nov. 29
Siphoning: 6:15 p.m., 23 A St. SW. Somebody slurped up undisclosed pints of petroleum from a car peaceably parked at the Sounder Station.
Nov. 30
Theft from motor vehicle: 10:43 a.m., 900 block of 21st Street Southeast. Someone did the smash, grab and flee, breaking a car window and absconding with various undisclosed items of undisclosed worth.
Theft: 10:58 a.m., 2304 A St. SE. A man told police that somebody had swiped his minibike, stowed behind his trailer.
ID theft: 12:01 p.m., 5400 block of Auburn Way South. A woman complained that somebody had used her name to obtain a small loan.
Theft: 12:41 p.m., 2700 block of Auburn Way South. Somebody stole copper wire from an air conditioner. Police did not disclose the value of the missing wire.
Bank: 3:28 p.m., 24 A St. SE. A man robbed Chase Bank of an undisclosed amount of money, and fled in a blue pickup with a canopy.
Theft: Overnight, 400 block of 22nd Street Southeast. Sometime in the night somebody swiped a GPS from a vehicle.
Forgery: 3:25 p.m., 200 block of Clay Street Northwest. An employee of an undisclosed business told police that somebody unknown to him or her tried to cash a bogus business check.
Theft: 6:04 p.m., 3600 block of I Street Northeast. A woman’s grown son was supposed to watch her home while she was away, but unfortunately her son used the time to destroy her photographs.
Bad driver: 10:26 p.m., 30620 116th Avenue SE. Police arrested a man for driving his 1998 Nissan recklessly in the parking lot of Rainier Middle School.
Theft from motor vehicle: 8:10 a.m., 1374 Auburn Way N. A woman told police she had only been in Albertsons for 10 minutes to grab breakfast then made it as far as her workplace before discovering that somebody had made off with her purse from her locked car.
Dec. 2
Commercial burglary: overnight, 4422 C St. NE. Somebody burglarized Sylvania Lighting of something undisclosed.
Theft: 10 a.m., 500 block of 29th St. SE. Somebody stole a man’s Vietnam Veterans hat from his closet at the Canterbury House.
Vandalism: 2:02 p.m., 107 W. Main St. A man told police that he had seen two boys marking graffiti on buildings and construction signs, and when he challenged those boys, they took to their heels.
Shoplifting: 10:24 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a woman for shoplifting a $40 Seahawks sweater from Walmart.
Disorderly conduct, no shirt: 2:45 a.m., 100 block of D Street Southeast. A man contacted police for reasons unknown then began to scream and holler in the middle of the street, removed his shirt and continued to bellow as police tried to figure out what the man wanted to report. The man caused traffic to back up even as police kept ordering him to leave the roadway for a confab. Police arrested the man for disorderly conduct and booked him into jail.
Dec. 3
Theft: 12:52 p.m, 3400 Stuck River Drive SE. Suspects unknown broke into a vehicle and stole dog-training equipment before fleeing in a black Lexus.
Robbery: 9:26 p.m., 4003 A St. SE. Somebody armed with a handgun robbed Taco Time of $140 and fled into the night.