Crime & Safety
Police Log: Man Dies Sitting Upright, Holding Banana at Bus Stop
Home invasion, gunplay, impaired driving, and more from Dec. 12 to 18.
The following is a summary of significant crime and incidents reported in Fremont between Dec. 12 to 18 as released by the Fremont Police Department.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
Wednesday, Dec. 18
- Possible 40 million Target customers' credit card info stolen. The Secret Service is investigating a "massive data breach" at the national retail chain, spanning Black Friday until Dec. 15, according to reports. Story here.
Strip-mall burglaries with windows broken. A restaurant employee called police at 12:50 a.m. after finding the Fremont Boulevard business' window smashed. A search also revealed the safe was missing. While investigating the restaurant burglary, officers found a second window-smash break-in at another business in the same strip mall. Video surveillance captured a shot of unknown man using a brick to break the window. He is described as 25 to 35, unknown race, tall, medium-athletic build and wearing a dark-colored baseball hat, dark hoodie and dark jeans.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
- Gun flashed in road-rage incident. At 6 p.m., officers were informed that a man brandished a dark pistol at another driver during a road-rage incident at Mowry Avenue and Paseo Padre. The suspect’s vehicle is described as a light blue newer coupe with chrome rims and a spoiler. He was described as Hispanic, 17 to 20, tall and skinny, with a blue baseball cap and a white shirt.
- Gunfire on Pardee Court. A 21-year-old man was arrested for alleged willful discharge of a firearm shortly after 6:30 p.m. after a witness reported seeing him fire a silver pistol over a fence on Pardee Court.
- Man found dead at bus stop. An older transient man was found sitting upright -- but deceased -- at 8 a.m. at a bus stop at Fremont Boulevard and Sundale Avenue. He was first noticed by a passing officer, who said the man was sitting motionless, yet holding a banana upright in his hand. The officer said he was cold to the touch, and called for medical assistance. The individual was in contact with friends just two hours prior, and no foul play is suspected.
- Drunk driver passes out behind wheel of running car. A 50-year-old Fremont man was arrested at 9:45 p.m. after officers found him slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle on Wallace Place. The car was running and blocking the entire roadway. The male was arrested for DUI and for driving on a suspended license, due to prior DUIs.
- Windows smashed along Fremont Boulevard. Three neighboring businesses were vandalized via window-smash sometime during the night on the 37000 block of Fremont Boulevard. The business included: Sam’s Food & Liquor; Mi Mo Dry Cleaners; Donna’s Beauty Supply.
- Burglary attempt on Christy. At 4:50 a.m., officers were dispatched to a glass-break alarm on the 43400 block of Christy Street. A window was smashed, but suspects did not get inside.
- Drunk can't find phone in his pocket. At about 2 a.m., reports came in of a man at McDonald's on Decoto Road kicking on the entrance doors and demanding the return of his phone. The male, 55, was extremely intoxicated and was arrested. His phone was in his pocket.
- Big knife under shirt. An officer patrolling at 10:40 p.m. at Motel 6 (North) spotted a male loitering in the parking lot who quickly walked away when the cop tried speaking with him ... and who appeared to be concealing a silver object with a wooden handle underneath his flannel top. The object was a 12-inch hunting knife with an 8-inch fixed blade, and the man, 58, was arrested for concealing a dirk/dagger.
- Unlucky Friday the 13th at Cloverleaf. A 19-year-old man was arrested at 12:30 a.m. for public intoxication at Cloverleaf Bowl, after he was reportedly yelling and kicking the door of a female’s vehicle. He was hostile with arresting officers, and banged his head against the patrol car's window and attempted to kick out the side window. He was placed in a wrap restraint and booked into Santa Rita Jail, Dublin.
- Suicidal with gun. Officers were called to handle a despondent male, armed with a gun and standing in front of his residence arguing with a family member over relationship issues. The man left prior to police arrival, but was thought to be at another residence on Philadelphia Place and possibly inside with other family members. That house was surrounded and cleared, with a replica gun found discarded in a nearby gutter. He was located later at a Wixon Drive home, detained without incident, and transported for a mental health evaluation.
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