Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Composting Isn't a Crime; Taggers Hit Signal Box, Public Storage Building
The following information was supplied by the Foster City Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, April 16
8:29 a.m., East Third Avenue and Foster City Boulevard: Taggers painted graffiti on a signal box.
9:29 a.m., Port Royal Avenue: A package containing unspecified items was stolen from a porch sometime after 10 a.m. on April 12. The incident was reported as grand theft.
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11:18 a.m., Bounty Boat Park on Foster City Boulevard: Police responding to a report of a female stealing city property determined she was involved in a legal composting event.
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Tuesday, April 17
7:23 p.m., Foster City Boulevard: A Google Chromebook valued at $400 was stolen from the trunk of an unlocked car sometime after 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Wednesday, April 18
7:57 a.m., Public Storage on Triton Drive: Taggers hit the underside wall of a building on the south end of the Highway 92 overpass.
10:22 a.m., Mini-Mart on Shell Boulevard: A laptop computer left on a motorist's roof when he drove off at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday was gone when he returned 15 minutes later.
Thursday, April 19
1:44 a.m., Franciscan Apartments on Foster City Boulevard: A trespasser scavenging through a dumpster was gone when police arrived.
8:55 a.m., Gilead Sciences on Lakeside Drive: A parked car was keyed in the company parking lot sometime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
12:46 a.m. Bodega Street: A garden hose was stolen from in front of a house garage sometime between April 12-13.