Police calls: Thieves steal $2,000 in cologne; driver cited over heat threat to puppy

This information is from the Menlo Park Police Department and the San Mateo Country Sheriff’s Office. Under the law, people charged with offenses are considered innocent unless convicted. Police received the reports on the dates shown.

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MENLO PARK

Commercial burglary: A man and a woman left CVS pharmacy at 700 El Camino Real with several unpaid for bottles of cologne and fled on foot. The man collected the bottles as the woman conversed with the clerk, police said. Estimated loss: $2,000. June 30.

Animal cruelty: Police cited the owner of a two-month-old puppy left in a locked vehicle in the vicinity of 500 El Camino Real on a hot day “without sufficient fresh air or water.” July 4.

Auto burglaries:

• A white man about 35 years old, wearing a black shirt and driving a black Jeep Cherokee broke a window on a vehicle parked on Arbor Road and burglarized the vehicle, a witness on the scene told police. The owner of the vehicle reported a stolen purse. No estimate on losses. June 27.

• The owner of a vehicle parked on Sharon Park Drive returned to her vehicle to find a window smashed and her backpack stolen. Inside were a wallet, ID cards, credit cards and $140 in cash. Estimated loss: $330. June 30.

Thefts:

• Bikes locked to bike racks were stolen in the 500, 800 and 1000 blocks of El Camino Real and the 1000 block of Alma Street. Estimated losses: $2,000, $600, $500 and $300. June 24 and 23 and July 5.

• Bikes were stolen from apartment complexes on Hoover Street, Coleman Avenue, Waverley Street, Roble Avenue and Mills Street. Estimated losses: $1,030, $400, $300, $1,900, $200, $100 and $80. June 23, 27 and 29 and July 5.

• A Facebook employee told police her backpack had been stolen from her desk. Inside were her wallet, $120 in cash, cellphone and sunglasses. Estimated loss: $830. July 5.

• Someone stole a gym bag containing shoes and a laptop computer from an unlocked vehicle parked at Marsh Road and Bohannon Drive. Estimated loss: $750. July 5.

• Two women and a man are suspects in the theft of baby formula from Safeway supermarket at 525 El Camino Real. An employee confronted the alleged thieves and the man raised the box of formula as if to threaten the employee. They fled in a red pickup truck. Estimated loss: $600. June 30.

• A man stole a box of “high-end liquor” from the Willow Market at Willow and Middlefield roads. Estimated loss: $500. June 29.

• A woman attempting to contact a locksmith on her cellphone after being locked out of her apartment in the 1200 block of Willow Road lent her phone to a man on a bicycle, who then rode off with it. Estimated loss: $150. July 2.

• A man and a woman left Safeway supermarket with two cases of Corona beer and two bags of charcoal without having paid for them. Estimated loss: $98. July 1.

• Someone stole several mailboxes from an apartment complex garage on San Antonio Street. No estimate on losses. June 29.

• Surveillance video showed a man entering Beverages and More at 700 El Camino Real and walking out with two unpaid for bottles of vodka. Estimated loss: $80. July 1.

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WOODSIDE

Residential burglary: A vacant house on Monticello Court was found with indications of breaking and entering. Nothing reported stolen. June 22.

Auto burglary: A thief broke into a vehicle parked at Lawler Ranch and Sand Hill roads and stole a respirator, a book and a vehicle-toll-collection device. Estimated loss: $605. June 22.

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LADERA

Auto burglary: Someone stole passports, keys and a duffel bag from an unlocked vehicle parked in the 3200 block of Alpine Road. Estimated loss: $880. June 28.

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WEST MENLO PARK

Auto burglary: A purse was stolen from a vehicle parked at Alpine Road and Piers Lane found with a broken window. Estimated loss: $2,050. July 3.

Theft: Someone stole a bike locked to a railing in front of a business in the 3500 block of Alameda de las Pulgas. Estimated loss: $1,000. June 22.

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By Dave Boyce

By Dave Boyce

By Dave Boyce