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Christmas Tree Thief Decides Not to Be So Scroogey

The following information from Dec. 17-19 was supplied by the Novato Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

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7 a.m., Dec. 18 – A person reported seeing a Chevy Trailblazer back up to a Christmas tree lot on the 7400 block of Redwood Boulevard, tie up a tree and drive off with it.  The person later returned and paid for the tree.  The owner of the lot did not press charges but wanted the incident documented.

Dec. 17

1:48 a.m. – A man came into the Shell Station at 2085 Novato Blvd. and stole scratch-off lottery tickets.  He had his face covered by his jacket.                    

7:16 a.m.  – A car window was smashed by an empty beer bottle on the 1300 block of Leafwood Drive.

7:50 a.m. A 2003 BMW was stolen from the 800 block of Diablo Avenue.

3:53 p.m.  – A house on the 1400 block Cambridge Street was burglarized and ransacked.

6:05 p.m. — An i-Phone was found on Arthur Street near Novato High School and turned into the police.  An officer contacted the owner and arrange for the phone to be picked up at the police station.

Dec. 18

8:09 a.m. – A gray 1998 Honda parked on the street in the 900 block of Ignacio Boulevard was stolen sometime between 11 p.m. the prior night and the time of reporting.

9:35 p.m. – An open briefcase was found on the 500 block of Alameda de la Loma.  The responding officer returned it to the owner, who lives nearby and believes he had left it on the roof of his car before driving off.

10:28 a.m. – A mountain bike and cell phone case were found in the bushes in front of a business on the 1700 block of Novato Boulevard. They were booked into evidence by the police.

1:36 p.m. – Two ninth-grade students at Novato High School got into an altercation in which a girl swung at boy, grazing him on the chin. The fight was broken up by school staff, and the administration resolved the matter.

2:50 p.m. – An egg was thrown and struck a door of a tenant on Muroc Lake Drive.  This is believed to be an ongoing issue between two tenants and is being resolved through the management.

5:42 p.m. – A suspicious man was seen on the 500 block of Alameda Del Prado going through the beds of several pickup trucks in the parking lot and removing something from a white truck.  He then left the area walking towards the Circle K store.

5:58 p.m. – A hit-and-run collision occurred on the 1500 block of South Novato Boulevard. A woman driving a white SUV struck the reporting parties car as she was leaving the parking lot.  She then drove off.

6:42 p.m.  –Officers assisted the Fire Department by evacuating the residents of a house on the 500 block of Vera Cruz Avenue due to a small kitchen fire. 

Dec. 19

12:42 p.m. – A non-injury collision between a gold Nissan and a pedestrian occurred at Arthur Street and Novato Boulevard.

1:00 p.m. – An eighth-grade student allegedly set fire to a paper towel in the boys’ bathroom at the Hill Educational Center at 720 Diablo Ave.  No damage occurred as result of the fire.

1:50 p.m. – A burglary was reported on Estrella Way.

2:54 p.m. – An elderly woman allegedly struck a man with a closed fist on his arm and back and knocked over his political signs.  The man was not injured and did not press charges, but wanted the woman to be contacted and advised about her actions.

3:34 p.m. – Police arrested a man and woman after an argument at C Street and Main Gate Road.  She had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, and he was booked for alleged battery.

3:38 p.m. – The next door neighbor of the burglary on Estrella Way reported at 1:50 p.m. also reported their house being burglarized.

5:12 p.m. – A collision occurred at Los Alondras Court and Novato Boulevard between a North Marin Water District truck and a Honda Civic.  No injuries were reported.

5:31 p.m. – A Garmin GPS device was reported stolen from a vehicle on the 100 block of Montura Way.

7:05 p.m. – A woman reported that her mother struck her several times in the arm while in the parking lot of Panda Express on Diablo Avenue.  This is an ongoing issue and there is a previous report of battery filed by the daughter.

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