Crime Watch: Gang-Related Graffiti on City Property, Purse Snatch, More

Parolee-at-Large Arrested in Suspicion of Copper Theft

At around 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, officers responded to the 700 block of Berry Street, to a citizen's report that people were taking wire out of a vacant commercial building.  Officers checked and found that copper wire had been stripped from the building, causing extensive damage.

Officers located and arrested two suspects in the area, a 51-year-old male transient and a 20-year-old woman from Citrus Heights. Both were arrested on suspicion of burglary and related charges. The male was also arrested for being a parolee-at-large.

Gang-Related Graffiti Spotted, Suspects Arrested

Officers investigated gang-related graffiti that had been painted on City electrical boxes in the area of Woodcreek Oaks Boulevard and Junction Boulevard sometime around Jan. 19.  On Jan. 27, officers arrested two males, ages 18 and 16, both from Roseville, on suspicion of vandalism and criminal gang activity.

A tip from Roseville Police: To report graffiti anywhere in the City of Roseville, call the graffiti tip line at 916-746-1021. If it's on public property, they'll document it and get it cleaned up promptly. If it's on private property, they'll document the vandalism and ask the property owner to clean it up within 10 days.  We arrest graffiti vandals when possible, and our courts routinely order them to pay restitution for the damage they caused.

Power-Turned-Off Prank 

At about 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, someone shut off the power to a house in the 1900 block of Amber Fields Way. 

A few hours later, at 1 a.m. Jan. 27, someone shut off the power at a home on Hatton Court.

Message from Roseville Police: Over the past few weeks, west Roseville residents have called police about late-night incidents of vandalism and trespassing, including these two incidents of trespassing on private property and shutting off power, egging houses, "doorbell ditching," and throwing heavy objects at doors in the middle of the night. Roseville Police’s best guess is these activities are being done by teenagers "pranking." Roseville has a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew every night for minors under the age of 18, meaning that minors shouldn't be out walking or driving around during those hours unless they are on an errand for their parents or returning home from work or other location with their parents' knowledge and permission. Parents are ultimately responsible for knowing where their minor children are, and what they are doing.

Woman’s Purse Snatched by Another Woman

At 7:18 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, a woman was backing her car out of a parking space in the 1900 block of Douglas Boulevard when another woman opened the passenger's side door and took the victim's purse from the passenger's seat.  The victim grabbed her purse and tried to hold on to it, but the purse handle broke and the suspect ran away with the stolen purse.  

The suspect was described as a black female in her 40s, 5'9" tall and 200 pounds, with shoulder-length, wavy black hair.  She was seen leaving in a small sedan (no further description).

Gas Siphoning Arrest

At 12:19 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, a citizen reported a man who appeared to be siphoning gas from a vehicle at Park Drive and Lincoln Street.  Officers arrived within two minutes and detained a 28-year-old man. He was driving a car that had been stolen from Citrus Heights. He was arrested and is currently being booked into the Placer County Jail.

Drug Arrests:

At 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 28, an officer stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Farmington Circle. After further investigation, the officer arrested a 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman on suspicion of possessing drugs and burglar's tools, and other related charges.

Just before midnight on Jan. 29, officers stopped a car on Breuner Drive and arrested the 36-year-old female driver on suspicion of selling drugs.  Officers then contacted residents of a home in the 200 block of Sharp Circle, and arrested a 37-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man on drug-related charges.

Catalytic Converter Thefts:

Between 2:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and 8 a.m. Jan. 25, someone stole a catalytic converter from a Toyota 4-Runner parked at an apartment complex at 1751 East Roseville Parkway.

Metal Thefts:

On the afternoon of Jan. 28, it was discovered that 24 metal manhole covers along March Road had been stolen.

Air Conditioning Unit Theft:

Sometime overnight Jan. 20/21, someone went into the backyard of an unoccupied house in the 2300 block of Langtree Drive and stole the air conditioning unit.

Vehicle-Related Crime:

Between 11 p.m. on Jan. 15 and 8:38 a.m. on Jan. 16, an unknown suspect stole a white Honda Accord four-door sedan from an apartment complex parking lot at 8800 Sierra College Boulevard.  In the early morning hours of Jan. 26, an officer located the stolen vehicle, unoccupied and undamaged, at an apartment complex parking lot at 1751 East Roseville Parkway.

Between 10:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and 4:30 a.m. Jan. 25, someone stole rolls of copper wire from the back of a pickup parked in the 900 block of Oak Ridge Drive.

Between 9 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 27, someone stole a champagne-colored 1997 Honda Accord 4-door from an apartment complex at 1451 Rocky Ridge Drive. As of this time, the vehicle is still missing.  Later in the evening of Jan. 27, in the same complex, an officer located an unoccupied Honda 4-door sedan that had been stolen from Citrus Heights. The owner was called to pick it up.

Just before midnight Monday night, Jan. 30, a citizen reported two male teenagers acting suspiciously, looking into cars on Douglas Boulevard near Santa Clara Drive.  Officers arrived in the area within minutes, detained one of the suspects and recovered a GPS navigation system that had been tossed on the ground. Officers found a vehicle that had been broken into, GPS device stolen, at a nearby hotel.  The stolen GPS device was returned to its owner.  The suspect, a 19-year-old male from Sacramento, was arrested and is being booked into the Placer County Jail.

Commercial Burglaries:

Between 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 9 a.m. on Jan. 27, someone pried the back door of a business in the 100 block of Atkinson Street and took a computer, cash and other items.

Overnight on Jan. 29/30, someone forced open the front door of a store in the 100 block of Atkinson Street and took the safe.

At 10:40 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, a citizen called in a burglary in progress at a business in the 700 block of Riverside Avenue.  Officers arrived and found a window smashed, but the suspects fled before making entry. Officers searched the area extensively with the help of CHP's helicopter and a Placer County Sheriff's K9, but were unable to locate the suspects.

Vandalism Reported:

Sometime overnight on Jan. 26-27, someone broke windows on a bus shelter on Junction Blvd. at Barbara Way. The damage was possibly done with a BB gun.

Sometime overnight Jan. 27/28, someone vandalized several cable utility boxes along Eureka Road, between Douglas Blvd. and Sierra College Blvd.

Residential Burglaries: 

Between noon and 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 25, a home in the 500 block of Manhattan Drive was burglarized.  The suspect entered through a rear sliding door and took jewelry and coins.  Around the time of the burglary, a witness saw a man go to the front door of the victim's house and knock, then go through the side gate into the back yard. He was described as a white male, 30 to 40 years old, wearing a black button-up long-sleeved shirt and dark pants.  He drove away in a tan 1970s Dodge or similar-type pickup with big tires.  A second person may have been waiting outside in the pickup.