Loose Pitbulls Reportedly Trap Man Inside his House

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9:42 a.m., Dec. 8 — A man on Captain Nurse Circle said he was trapped inside his house by a pair of his neighbors' unleashed pit bulls that were aggressive and charged at his front door, causing damage. An officer was dispatched. The matter was referred to the Marin Humane Society.

Dec. 8

12:22 p.m. — A broken pipe flooded the baseball field of the San Jose Middle School on Sunset Parkway.  Novato Unified School District on-call personnel were contacted.

Dec. 9

11:36 a.m. – A bicyclist was struck by a car at Center Road and Wilson Avenue.  No injuries were reported.

4:30 p.m. — A wallet that had been lost for weeks was found on the front lawn of a home on the 900 block of Machin Avenue.  The responding officer returned the wallet to its owner.

4:14 p.m. – A noninjury collision between a black Mercedes and Silver Toyota was reported on the side road near Costco in the Vintage Oaks shopping center.

5:38 p.m.  — A person was arrested on Verdad Way on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.  The victim, a roommate of the suspect’s father), had been struck in her face with a hammer.

5:50 p.m. – A man driving a black SUV drove into a ditch along Olive Avenue.  He was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and booked into the Marin County Jail after being cleared from Novato Community Hospital.

5:56 p.m. – A woman on Park Crest Court reported her daughter missing and believed she has been in the company of people intending to recruit her for prostitution.  She has not seen her daughter since Dec. 6 but has been in contact with her via text.

8:01 p.m. – A resident reportedly broke into the Los Robles Mobile Home Park clubhouse on Roblar Drive and stole liquor.

9:26 p.m. — Three people were seen in a driveway on Leafwood Heights kicking each other and a car.  One man was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and driving under the influence.

9:51 p.m.  — A woman on Machin Avenue reported that her ex had been making threats and that she feared for safety and that of her child.  Extra patrols were dispatched throughout the night due to a prior case history.

10:14 p.m. — A woman tried to pass a $12 fraudulent check at a store on the 5700 block of Nave Drive.  The woman drove off in a black BMW. There is a video record of the attempted transaction.

10:54 p.m. — A woman on Prestwick Court called for help after locking herself in her bedroom.  Her estranged husband, who also lives there, became angry after she told him that she is filing for divorce. He was banging on the door and had reportedly been drinking.  An officer found no merit to domestic violence and provided transportation for the woman to alternate lodging for the night.

11:37 p.m. – A man and woman appearing to be homeless were yelling at each other near a large trash bin behind the Wells Fargo Bank on the 7400 block of Redwood Boulevard.  The man was arrested for suspicion of being drunk in public, taken into protective custody and admitted into the Helen Vine Detox Center.

Dec. 10

7:50 a.m. – A minor-injury collision was reported between a blue Nissan pickup and a blue Honda.

7:51 a.m. – Three windows were smashed in an office on the 700 block of Diablo Avenue.  This is the second weekend in a row that vandalism was reported there.

9:38 a.m. –  A student at Novato High School was cited and released for possession of marijuana.  The student was cooperative.

10:02 a.m. – A 2003 Harley Davidson FXD was stolen from a carport on Cielo Lane.

10:52 a.m. – The Novato Police assisted the Novato Fire Department with a fire on La Merida Court.  The fire was out upon arrival.

11:47 a.m. — An officer assisted the CHP in the removal of an abandoned white pickup truck blocking the southbound Atherton offramp.

12:03 p.m. – A stolen Honda Civic recently recovered and at Blake’s Auto body in San Rafael was found to have multiple DMV registrations and other miscellaneous items that may have been related to other thefts.  All of the items were taken as police evidence.

2:09 p.m. – A woman in her car on the 2000 block of Novato Boulevard said she was too afraid to drive to the police department because she is being stalked by the father of her child, who is attempting to find out where she is from her friends.  Advice was given.

3:17 p.m. – A garage window was smashed and multiple items including electronics were stolen from a home on Johnson Street sometime between 8 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

3:32 p.m. – A man reported that he stopped to help a man in his 80s find his car in the Safeway parking lot in the Novato Fair Shopping Center. When the car was found, the elderly man reportedly did not recognize it and seemed disoriented.  Police found that the man's car was at home in the garage. Nothing appeared suspicious.

4:02 p.m. – A two-car collision at Seventh Street and Grant Avenue resulted in one person being transported to Kaiser Permanente in Terra Linda.

4:36 p.m. – In an altercation on Hamilton Parkway, two women assaulted and punched a 17-year-old boy, stole his iPhone and slammed it to the ground, breaking it.  The incident was reportedly on Youtube.com

4:46 p.m. – A resident of Center Road reported an attempted break in to have occurred sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. A screen had been removed and the panes damaged on a rear window.

5:16 p.m. – A man reported that two of his credit cards had been used to make a $3,000 purchase at an Apple store in San Francisco.  The man was unsure if the cards were stolen or if he had lost them.

8:11 p.m. – A man was reported to be hitting a woman in a white Honda parked on Tahoe Circle.  An officer discovered the man and woman were in an argument but that there was no evidence of a physical altercation.

9:03 p.m. – A minor injury occurred as a result of a collision at Devonshire Drive and Haverhill Court.

11:32 p.m. – A woman reported that her ex-boyfriend was outside her residence on the 1000 block of Railroad Avenue engaging in a verbal confrontation with someone and trying to fight them.  She added that he usually carries a knife. The parties were gone upon officer arrival.

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