Crime & Safety
Screaming Under the Buddhist Temple
Read excerpts from the San Mateo Police Department's daily call log.
Friday, May 13
8:05 a.m. - Stolen Car - A 1988 Honda Civic was reported stolen from the 1800 block of Grant Street.
12:39 p.m. - Suspicious Person - A man told police that a person was in his backyard on the 800 block of West Hillsdale Boulevard who was possibly casing his house.
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5:59 p.m. - Disturbance - Four people and a pit bull were fighting in an alley on the first block of South Bayshore Boulevard.
6:42 p.m. - Single-Car Accident - Someone driving a silver Mercedes spun out on the Highway 92 overpass at Alameda de las Pulgas and hit the center divider.
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7:50 p.m. - Suspicious Person - Someone reported a suspicious man going door-to-door claiming he worked for AT&T.
Saturday, May 14
1:52 a.m. - Disturbance - Someone called police and reported that a group of nearly 10 men was about to start fighting near East Fourth Street and South Ellsworth Avenue.
4:29 p.m. - Disorderly Conduct- Police arrested a man wearing a blue baseball cap for being drunk in public after he was stumbling around in a park near East Third Avenue and South Fremont Street and he urinated out in the open.
5:53 p.m. - Domestic Disturbance - Hillsborough Police received a call from the 400 block of Voelker Drive in San Mateo with screams between what sounded like a man and woman in a fight.
10:29 p.m. - Strong-Arm Robbery - Two men robbed someone by force but without a weapon. The person did not suffer any serious injuries.
Sunday, May 14
1:04 a.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - Two people knocked on someone's door on the first block of Goldenridge Court. That person was too scared to look outside to see who it was.
3:07 a.m. - Disturbance / Fight - Two people got into a fight on the 100 block of Humboldt Street.
12:49 p.m. - Possible Assault With a Deadly Weapon - Someone in an emergency room on the 100 block of San Miguel Way wanted to speak with police about being kicked and assaulted by several people.
9:23 p.m. - Armed Robbery - A man, covering his face with a hood, robbed a store at 400 Peninsula Avenue at gunpoint. He took cash, cigarettes and some scotch.
Monday, May 16
8:20 a.m. - Stolen Car - A 1994 Acura was reported stolen from the 4200 block of George Avenue.
8:38 a.m. - Vandalism - A woman on the 3600 block of Colegrove Street reported that someone slashed her tires and she suspected her husband.
10:33 a.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - A man on the 100 block of West Third Avenue told police that a man was calling him, claiming to be from a law enforcement agency trying to collect money.
10:38 a.m. - Possible Fraud - A man called police after buying $94 in magazine subscriptions from someone who came to his door on the 900 block of South B Street. He started to think it was a scam, he told police.
1:34 p.m. - Robbery - An unknown suspect snatched a purse from a woman waiting for a taxi on the 3300 block of South El Camino Real.
4:05 p.m. - Domestic Disturbance - A man reportedly hit a woman while both were in a parked Lexus on the first block of North B Street.
9:04 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - An unknown man called someone living on the 200 block of Castilian Way and asked, "where's my money?" before threatening the resident if he didn't hand over the money.
9:28 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - A woman in an emergency room on the 200 block of North Bayshore Boulevard told police she had no recall of a previous event and suspected there may have been some foul play.
Tuesday, May 17
8:45 a.m. - Domestic Disturbance - California Highway Patrol reported getting a call from the 700 block of South Bayshore Boulevard from a man who said his girlfriend was assaulting him.
3:13 p.m. - Stolen Car - A 1994 green Acura was reported stolen from the 1300 block of Darlene Avenue.
4:41 p.m. - Fraud - Police took information on a suspect who involved in possible bank fraud on the 2200 block of Bridgepointe Parkway.
8:40 p.m. - Found Property - Someone found a wallet near the intersection of Poplar Avenue and El Camino Real.
8:45 p.m. - Theft - Three teens stole someone's iPhone on the 200 block of Hillsdale Mall and fled in a gold car.
Wednesday, May 18
8:12 a.m. - Theft / Fraud - An unknown suspect stole someone's credit card and used it in Concord. The resident reported the crime from the 1800 block of Hemloch Avenue.
10:37 a.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - Someone reported hearing periodic screaming in a tunnel that runs under a Buddhist temple on the first block of Claremont Street.
6:22 p.m. - Fraud - An unknown suspect stole a resident's credit card and used it to make fraudulent purchases. It was reported from the 1400 block of Monte Diablo Avenue.
7:21 p.m. - Civil Assistance - Someone contacted police from the 100 block of El Camino Real, asking to show proof of a restraining order against someone and offered to give police a copy.
11:49 p.m. - Fraud - A store clerk called police from the 800 block of Delaware Street to report receiving a counterfeit bill. The person was still in the store and said he got the bill from his bank.
Thursday, May 19
8:56 a.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - Someone found a gun under a beige Ford truck parked on the 3100 block of La Selva Street.
12:03 p.m. - Theft - An unknown suspect stole money out of a vending machine on the 300 block of Baldwin Avenue and a security camera may have caught the crime.
12:33 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - A Walgreens pharmacy clerk on the 100 block of East Third Avenue called police after someone tried to get a prescription filled that looked fake.
3:27 p.m. - Fraud - An unknown suspect accessed someone's bank account and made fraudulent purchases. The crime was reported from the first block of 15th Avenue.
5:59 p.m. - Suspicious Circumstances - Someone was cleared to a hospital emergency room on the 100 block of South San Mateo Drive, but refused to leave.
8:08 p.m. - Possible DUI - Someone watched a person drive over a parking lot island at Walgreens on the 4000 block of El Camino Real and called police to report the person as a drunk driver.
11:08 p.m. - Domestic Disturbance - A man, apparently drunk, was trying to enter his ex-wife's house on the 600 block of Edna Way.