Police Log: Stick-Up City! Plus, Teen Wrecks $20K Saddle Rack Mirror

The following is a summary of significant crime and incidents reported in Fremont between March 28 and April 3 as released by the Fremont Police Department.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

• Stick-up at Circle K.  Armed robbery at Circle K Liquors on Ardenwood Boulevard involved a clerk who had a black semi-automatic pistol jabbed in his back. The suspect, described as a 5'9" black male, 200 pounds, wearing white sunglasses, black sweater and white pants, fled on foot after taking cash from the register.  

• Home break-ins. Reports included: a home on the 41400 block of Pelham Court with entry through a bedroom window; an attempted burglary on the 38200 block of Acacia Street, between noon and 2:30 p.m. with suspects unsuccessful in getting inside; and on the 300 block of Acamo Way -- where suspect(s) shattered a glass door. However, an audible alarm possibly scared off the intruders. During a search, scissors were found next to the phone and PG&E control box, and two lines had been cut. 

• Missing man found. Story here.
• Fatality at 12th Street BART. Read more.
• You've been warned: don't text and drive. Details here.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

• Help in hit-and-run. Police are seeking the driver of a bronze Toyota SUV, with front-passenger-side damage and missing the passenger-side mirror. The vehicle -- akin to a 4Runner -- is suspected of hitting a bicyclist on Paseo Padre Parkway, near Sequoia Road. The vehicle was last seen traveling eastbound on Peralta Boulevard, from Paseo. The injured bicyclist was transported to a trauma center. Call (510) 790-6800, option 3, if you have info on this case. 

• Armed robbery at Brookvale. A man was walking to his car at
  Bally Fitness when reportedly robbed of his wallet and cell phone by a black male in his 20s, wearing a black hoodie, black beanie, dark pants and toting a black semi-auto handgun.

• Are These Your Garden Statues?
• Injury accident. Details here.
• Stabbing at homeless encampment. Read more here. 

MONDAY, APRIL 1

• Go, Raiders! A man was arrested for suspected use of stimulant drugs after alarming employees on the 6800 block of Dumbarton Circle. The suspect, who was reportedly circling the building's perimeter, told police and witnesses that he owned the building, needed to go inside "to check equipment," and that he owned the Oakland Raiders.

• Can't flush that. A man, 31, was arrested after he was discovered -- during a probationary search of his home on Roberts Avenue  -- in a closed bathroom trying to discard a methamphetamine pipe.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31

• Pizza Hut workers robbed at gunpoint. The Grimmer Boulevard Pizza Hut was held up by a gunman, who initially put a black semi-automatic to the head of a delivery driver at the restaurant's rear door. Three employees were shuttled to the men's restroom, where the intruder took their cell phones. He also took cash, and was seen on video surveillance hopping a fence into an adjacent backyard. The suspect is described as a white male, 20 to 28 years old, wearing a black hoodie, baggy jeans, with a dark bandana covering his face. 

• Hippity-hopped-up. Two males, 21 and 20, were arrested in a vehicle on Lake Chad Street -- one for suspected marijuana sales, and the other on warrant charges. 

• ER Easter. While checking on a woman passed out along Purpleleaf Street, an officer was bitten by her large,"protective" dog. The female -- who had wounds consistent with falling -- was surrounded by broken glass from a wine bottle, and was gripping an unopened wine bottle in a bag when approached. The woman -- and the bitten officer -- were treated at a hospital for their injuries. The dog was quarantined at a shelter.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

• Jail and seven years of bad luck? A 19-year-old man, who initially told police he was 22, was arrested for alleged vandalism of a $20,000 mirror at The Saddle Rack. His also-underage drinking buddy, 20, was arrested, as well, after attempting to grab an officer and his gun to defend his friend.

• Teen overdose? A male, 18, -- incoherent and foaming at the mouth after ingesting unidentified drugs -- was unceremoniously dumped at his parents' home after attending a party at an unknown location. Emergency workers responded. 

• Stolen South Bay car dumped, set on fire in Pleasanton. Details here. 

• Stick-Ups at Fremont Video and Brookvale. Police are investigating two armed robberies. The first, at Fremont Video , Charter Square, involved a thin, black male in his 30s, wearing a gray hoodie, jeans, and armed with a handgun, who  stole cash from the register and money, phone and car keys from a victim. Suspects in the second case at Brookvale Shopping Center were two black men in their 20s -- one wearing a blue and white baseball cap -- who robbed two men of cell phones. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

• Gang-related shooting in Newark. Details here.

• Scrappy shoplift. Officers arrested two men -- detained by store security -- at Kohl’s at Pacific Commons on charges of burglary, conspiracy and false identification. One subject added resisting arrest, as well, after becoming combative with law enforcement. One suspect was booked at Santa Rita Jail, Dublin. The second at Fremont Jail, where his son came a-calling and ... keep reading ...

• Son popped helping jailed pop. A man came to police headquarters to inquire about his incarcerated father's car --  towed from Kohl's following the elder's arrest for burglary and other charges. While he waited in the lobby, police learned the dutiful son was wanted on warrants. He was arrested and booked at Fremont Jail. 

• Haller's robbed again -- this time Newark. Read story here.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

• Night, not so good. A female staying at the Good Nite Inn reported three men knocked on her door, forced their way into her room and stole her purse and jewelry. No surveillance or witnesses to the strongarm robbery were located.  

• Missing woman, possible drowning. Coroner officials located a body in the bay matching the description of a missing woman, who had threatened to drown herself in the Emeryville area.

• Burglaries. Residential burglary reported on the 2700 block of Parkside Drive; entry through the front door. Commercial break-ins logged on the 41200 block of Fremont Boulevard, and at REI on Fremont Boulevard, where a suspect ran out the emergency exit with stolen items and into a silver sedan driven by a male.
• Futi murder conviction. View story.
• Union City prostitution sting. Details here.
  
  Anyone with information about any crime in Fremont is asked to contact the Fremont Police at 510-790-6900 or by submitting a tip online at www.fremontpolice.org/tip.