Police Log: Robbers on Bikes; DUI Crashes; Drunk Arrested Twice

The following are significant crime and incidents reported in Newark between Nov. 22 to 30 as released by the Newark Police Department.

Saturday, Nov. 30

• Drunk in public. Two men, a transient, 47, and a Newark man, 57, were arrested for alleged public intoxication at 3 p.m. at Carl’s Jr. on Thornton Avenue. (This marked the Newark man's second arrest in a week. See Nov. 24 entry.) 
  

• Black Friday shoplifters. At 8:23 a.m., the citizen's arrest for suspected petty theft of a Fremont woman, 39, was accepted at Macy’s. And at 12:13 p.m. also at Macy's, a Hayward woman, 42, was cited for alleged  theft.  
  

• An attempted robbery by two men on bicycles was reported at 5:15 p.m. near Lido Saigon Seafood Harbor restaurant on the 35000 block of Newark Boulevard. The two suspects -- described as black and Hispanic, and wearing dark clothing  -- attempted to pull a bag of merchandise from the hands of the victim. They rode off after their unsuccessful attempt. 
  

• A minor-injury collision was reported at 10:34 a.m. at the intersection of Newark and Cedar boulevards.  One involved party was transported after temporarily losing consciousness. 
  

• A window-smash commercial burglary occurred around 3 a.m. at Pho Saigon Noodle & Grill on the 6100 block of  Jarvis Avenue with approximately $200 stolen from the register. 
  

• Knife arrest. A Newark man, 25, was arrested for alleged possession of a dirk/dagger at 2:49 a.m. at the Bridgeport Apartments on Cherry Street following a disturbance call. 

• Warrant assist. Shortly after noon, officers assisted Fremont Police Department detectives with a search and arrest warrant at a home on the 6200 block of Narcissus Avenue. The subject, a Newark male, 21, was wanted in connections with crimes committed in Fremont, and was arrested as he drove away from the residence.  
  

• Swiped Firebird. At 7:26 a.m. the theft of a 2001 blue Pontiac Firebird, with CA lic. 5VOV885, was logged. The vehicle was taken from a residence in the 37000 block of Magnolia Street between 6 p.m. Nov. 25 and 7:20 a.m. Nov. 26.  
  

• Stolen car found at Home Depot. A 1997 Toyota Corolla, previously reported stolen out of Fremont, was discovered at 2 a.m. in the Home Depot parking lot.

• Drunk arrest. A Newark man, 57, arrested Nov. 30 for alleged drunk-and-disorderly conduct, was also picked up on the same charge at 4:10 p.m. at Thornton Avenue and Cedar Boulevard, and booked at Santa Rita Jail, Dublin.

• Drunk driver flips, wraps car around tree.  A Newark man, 20, was arrested after a 3:30 a.m. suspected DUI collision on Central Avenue near Central Court. The man hit a fire hydrant before his vehicle overturned and wrapped around a tree. The Fire Department spent approximately 30 minutes extricating the motorist from his vehicle before he could be transported to a local trauma center for his injuries. 

• Smoking hash and carrying loaded gun. During a 10 p.m. security check at the Aloft Hotel parking lot, a Hayward male, 27, was found smoking hashish in his vehicle and in possession of a loaded .40 S&W caliber handgun with the serial number ground off of it, and was arrested. 

• Drunk driver flees accident scene. A Fremont man, 53, was arrested for a hit-and-run DUI accident at 7:15 p.m. after he reportedly caused a traffic collision at the intersection of Mowry Avenue and Alpine Street and then took off. He was located a few blocks away.  

• Stolen Jetta wrecked, ditched. At 9 a.m., police investigated a roll over collision on Central Avenue near Filbert Street. The vehicle -- a 2000 VW Jetta, CA license 5JWD189, located unoccupied in the drainage canal, was reported stolen the prior evening out of San Jose.

• A 2006 white Ford Econoline van was reported stolen at 1 p.m. from the 6100 block of Central Avenue sometime overnight.  The vehicle's license is CA # 8C76625.