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These reports are from the Menlo Park and Atherton police departments and the San Mateo County 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
Residential burglaries:
• A resident of the 300 block of Willow Road told police that four strangers – a woman in her 40s, a 13- or 14-year-old boy and two other males whose ages were not specified – entered the resident’s home without permission after knocking on a door. They told the resident they “needed a place to stay”; the resident said they could not stay there, and they left via the front door. The resident later discovered that they had stolen his wallet, in which there had been about $100 in cash as well as his driver’s license, credit and debit cards and Social Security card. Nov. 6.
• Someone entered a home on Oliver Court through an unlocked window and stole three firearms, jewelry and a GoPro camera. Estimated losses: $4,500. Nov. 9.
Thefts:
• Thieves stole bicycles three locked, including an electric bike, and two unlocked from residences on Glenwood Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, Sharon Park Drive, Oak Grove Avenue and Elder Avenue. Estimated losses: $2,000, $849, $620, $420 and $300. Nov. 6 and 8.
• Someone stole an unlocked folding bicycle sitting in front of the Jack in the Box restaurant at 1401 Willow Road. Estimated loss: $1,800. Nov. 5.
• A locked bicycle was stolen from the backyard of a home on Hamilton Avenue. Estimated loss: $1,300. Nov. 6.
• At Facebook headquarters, a thief stole a smartphone from a box bound for New York. Estimated loss: $750. Nov. 6.
• Someone stole a box of meat, a package of shoes and a backpack containing headphones from the front porch of a home on Claremont Way. Estimated losses: $700. Nov. 8.
• A thief broke the lock on a storage unit at an apartment on Garwood Way and stole two boxes containing dresses, sweaters and propane tanks for a grill. Estimated loss: $150. Nov. 5.
Fraud: A resident of Florida, under the impression that he had won $500,000 in a Facebook-sanctioned contest, sent $880 in gift cards to an agent supposedly living in Menlo Park to pay taxes on the winnings. The Florida resident later learned that he had not actually won anything, but after six months, he sent the agent another $400 to rent a room in Menlo Park. The exchanges were based on a fraud, police said. Nov. 4.
Hit-and-run with injury: A cyclist heading south on University Drive turned west at Middle Avenue and collided with a vehicle while in the road shoulder. The cyclist told police that she didn’t know the make of the vehicle or where she struck it. The driver fled without providing any information. There were no witnesses. The cyclist called a ride service and took herself to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Nov. 8.
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WEST MENLO PARK
A burglar entered a home in the 2000 block of Valparaiso Avenue through an unlocked garage, ransacked the house and stole a wallet containing cash and a debit card. No estimate on losses. Nov. 10.
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WOODSIDE
Auto burglaries:
• Someone smashed a rear window on a vehicle parked in the 3000 block of Woodside Road and stole “two bags” from inside. Estimated loss: $400. Nov. 6.
• The owner of a vehicle that had been parked in the 2900 block of Woodside Road flagged down a deputy to report that someone had smashed a rear window on the vehicle and lowered the rear seat, apparently in an attempt to gain access to the trunk. Nothing taken. Nov. 6.
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ATHERTON
Auto burglary: Someone smashed a driver’s side window of a vehicle parked at Sacred Heart Preparatory School at 150 Valparaiso Ave. and stole a laptop computer. Estimated loss: $1,000. Nov. 3.
Theft: A thief stole an unlocked, blue and white, single-speed bicycle from a bike cage area at Menlo-Atherton High School at 555 Middlefield Road. Estimated loss: $500. Nov. 9.
Assault: A man serving a subpoena to a resident of Toyon Road told police that the resident pushed him twice in the chest as he was trying to serve it. The server was not injured. The case is suspended because there were no witnesses and no leads. Nov. 5.
By Dave Boyce
By Dave Boyce
By Dave Boyce