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Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 - 10:29:09 am PST

Half Moon Bay

Alcohol

6:43 p.m., Jan. 12, Highway 92

A drunken 54-year-old man was arrested for loitering in front of a business.

6:07 p.m., Jan. 13, Church Street

A 54-year-old transient was yelling profanities while drunk. Police arrested the man and released him to medical personnel for care.

6:02 p.m., Jan. 15, Kelly Avenue

A 37-year-old was reportedly harassing people along the downtown strip. Police determined the man was too drunk to care for himself, so they arrested him.

Disturbance

6:37 p.m., Jan. 12, Highway 1

A woman tried to withdraw money from a bank ATM, but no cash came out.

10:50 p.m., Jan. 12, Poplar Street

A woman heard someone knocking on her front door, and she spotted a man sitting on her porch. The woman called for police, who determined the suspicious person on the porch was actually her 17-year-old son. The woman had earlier called police to report her son as missing.

7:20 p.m., Jan. 15, Main Street

Reports of a drunken driver led police to pull over an elderly driver. The woman was determined to be perfectly sober, and she told police that she had a hard time seeing the road at night. Police referred her to the DMV to be re-evaluated for her driver’s license.

ID Theft

Jan. 15, Valencia Avenue

A woman found two unfamiliar purchases on her debit-card account. She reported the matter as a stolen identity case, believing the crime may be related to when she lost her wallet five years ago.

Panhandling

11:23 a.m., Jan. 12, Highway 1

A 52-year-old transient was arrested for panhandling and trespassing on private property.

Moss Beach

Drugs

3:25 a.m., Jan. 7, Marine Boulevard

A woman at Seton Medical Center Coastside was searched on suspicion of drugs. Sheriff’s deputies found a bag of methamphetamine in her belongings, and they arrested her.

Princeton

Burglary

9 p.m., Jan. 6, Harvard Avenue

Someone smashed a side window of a parked van to steal three tires inside. The same thief also stole the van’s windshield wipers and smashed the windshield.

Theft

6 p.m., Jan. 11, Derecho Street

A stereo, amplifier and speaker were stolen from an unlocked car parked in a driveway.

Vandalism

10 a.m., Jan. 6, Harvard Avenue

Someone was throwing concrete bricks into a vehicle storage yard, smashing the car windshields. The business owner suspected some local criminals who were upset with him may have done the act.

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