Crime Watch
The following are some of the recent calls from the Glen Ellen and Kenwood area made to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Sonoma Valley substation.
Jan. 5
At 1:30 a.m. a resident of the 4000 block of Wake Robin Dr. reported that she found her rear door open. It appeared someone had used the bathroom, used a towel, and knocked over her cat’s water bowl, but nothing was taken. A report was filed.
Deputies responded to a possible drug overdose in the 1000 block of Williams Road at 3:47 p.m. The Fire Department responded and transported a 25-year-old mother to Sonoma Valley Hospital for a suspected methamphetamine overdose. The Deputies’ report was sent to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s office to file charges of child endangerment and for violating her parole on a previous DUI conviction in Sacramento.
A resident of the 700 block of Cecelia Drive reported hearing two gunshots in the area about 5:30 p.m. Deputies looked in the adjacent vineyard but couldn’t find anything.
Loud music that was bothering a resident of the 13000 block of Arnold Drive at 10 p.m. was not playing when deputies arrived.
Jan. 6
A 24-year-old Kenwood man who reported his landlord for brandishing a deadly weapon was himself arrested for possession of a controlled substance and violation of probation after deputies determined the accusation was false. The event was in the 9000 block of Tonelee Road just before 8 a.m.
In the 15000 block of Marty Drive, a woman returning home at about 4:30 p.m. found the exterior window screen to her bedroom had been torn down to enter her residence. The burglar rummaged through the home but only took a prescription bottle of Percocet.
A resident of the 5000 block of O’Donnell Lane returned home at 5 p.m. to discover the window screen was off a rear patio window. Papers were strewn about and cabinet doors were opened, but nothing was taken. Deputies filed a report.
Jan. 7
A car was burglarized while parked near the county Regional Park in the 14000 block of Arnold Drive at about 11 a.m. A hiker returned to find the front passenger window shattered and her purse missing, along with house keys and an iPod Nano. This has been the site of a number of break-ins over the past year.
Jan. 8
A diaper bag was reported stolen from an unlocked car just after noon in the 4000 block of Warm Springs Road.
Deputies were unable to locate a reported suspicious vehicle in the 13000 block of Highway 12 at about 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 9
Two laptops, each worth $600, were discovered missing when a resident returned home to the 13000 block of Gibson St. at 12:45 p.m. While the reporting party believed the suspects were still in the residence, a search didn’t find anyone. The burglars entered through the back door. A canvas of neighbors didn’t turn up anything, and no evidence or fingerprints were found.
A man in blue jeans kept driving a Yamaha motorcycle back and forth in front of Kenwood Elementary School at 5 p.m. He was gone by the time deputies arrived.
Jan. 10
A resident in the 500 block of Warm Springs Road reported a petty theft from an unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway. A GPS unit, two sets of keys for a mailbox, and a flashlight were taken. Estimated loss, about $280.
Just before 8 p.m., a deputy driving by the Glen Ellen Grocery noticed a suspicious person who ducked into the store. After waiting awhile and watching the man just inside the door, the deputy approached the store, at which time the man bolted. He was detained and found to have shoplifted two cheeses. The 48-year-old transient from Santa Rosa was arrested on a bench warrant.
Jan. 11
At 11 p.m. a resident of the 14000 block of Arnold Drive reported that she thought someone was in her attic. Deputies checked the residence, but found nobody inside.
Jan. 14
A suspicious vehicle reported at 1:45 p.m. at Lawndale Road and Highway 12 was gone by the time Deputies arrived.
Jan. 16
Deputies could not find the source of shots reported around 8 p.m. by a resident of the 1000 block of Warm Springs Road.
Jan. 19
A resident in the 2900 block of Cavedale Road called to report that someone had illegally dumped garbage along the road.
A father went to visit his son’s house in the 15000 block of Marty Dr. The son wasn’t home, so the father entered the home and came upon a man. The man said he was there to measure the floors, but then started running from the home. Deputies went out but could not find the intruder.
Jan. 20
Deputies went out to the Pic ‘n Pay on Arnold Dr. in response to a call about an aggressive panhandler. The panhandler was contacted and told to move along.
Jan. 22
Around 9 p.m., a resident on Turtle Creek Dr. called to report that a suspicious man in a pick-up truck had pulled in the driveway, backed up, parked down the road, and was walking toward the caller’s house. Deputies went out and were able to contact the man at a nearby residence. The man said he had just gotten lost momentarily.
