Crime Log: No Brotherly Love -- One Steals Car, Others Spar at Eatery

SATURDAY, MAY 25

• Robbery at Lake Elizabeth. A robbery victim was located at Kaiser Permanente emergency room, who told police that at 7 a.m. he was at Lake Elizabeth and attacked from behind and punched in the face four or five times. The suspect took the man's wallet, which was recovered nearby, and fled in an unknown direction. The suspect's description was a Hispanic male in his late teens, 6 feet tall, 160 to 175 pounds, wearing a green T-shirt and tan shorts. 
• Domestic violence and DUI arrest. An intoxicated Newark man, 30, was arrested at 7:42 p.m. after a domestic violence incident on Braidburn Avenue, where he reportedly battered his pregnant wife and stole her vehicle in an attempt to flee the scene. An officer nabbed him at a traffic stop, and he was booked on suspicion of DUI, felony domestic violence and auto theft. 
  

• $3K of key damage. Vandalism was reported at 8 a.m. to a vehicle on the 36900 block of Mulberry Street. Unknown suspects "keyed" the car during the night, causing approximately $3,000 in damages.
  
  
• Safe and sober start of summer reminder: click here.
  

• Booze sold to minors. Three minors were cited for possession and purchase, along with a female clerk for the sales, of alcohol to underage customers at Central Food and Liquor.  
  
• "YEP?" Officers were called around noontime to McDonald Avenue and Ruschin Drive for a suspicious woman claiming she worked for PG&E. Police answered prior calls regarding a similar person knocking on doors in areas of recent residential burglaries. An officer located the female who said she is actually a sales rep for “YEP,” a new company selling utilities to area residents.
  
• Update on condition of man shot by police. Story here.
• Details released on frightening home invasion. Story here.
  

• Pills and pot at school. A male juvenile was arrested at Newark Memorial High School for suspected possession of codeine pills,  marijuana on school grounds and tobacco products. He was released to his parents. 
  
• Who vandalizes a police sign? An “X4” was etched into the Fremont Police Department sign located on the southeast corner of the access road.

• Suspicious key. A transient, 27, was cited at 8:33 a.m. for possession of a burglary tool -- a shaved key. 
• Restraining-order violation. A Newark man, 45, reportedly violated his restraining order and created a disturbance at 4:30 p.m. at a home on Stafford Place. He fled before police arrived, and the complaint is being forwarded to the district attorney's office. 

• Man arrested for stealing bro's car. A white Toyota Camry reported stolen in Tracy was located at 11:15 a.m. in front of a home on Orleans Drive, which probably did not surprise the Tracy victim, who suspected the theft suspect was his brother. The victim confirmed from his aunt, who lived at the house, that his brother was, in fact, there. The aunt asked the suspect to leave the home, and as he approached the stolen Toyota with car keys in hand, he was arrested for suspected vehicle theft.  
  

• Man vandalizes Burger King after his expletive-laden order denied. Full story here.
  
  

• Brothers cause restaurant ruckus. Newark brothers caused a disturbance at 8:30 p.m. at the La Cabana Restaurant over cash reportedly missing from the register and possible fraudulent credit card use. One of the men, a 29-year-old, was arrested at the scene, and while fighting with officers elbowed one cop in the face. Battery of an officer was added to his charges.  
  

• Man carjacked outside his home. Story here.