Police Log: Citywide Thefts; Cars Stolen From Springtown

Is this a concept Santa Rita Jail should consider? Charging for nicer cellblocks?   

Those sentenced to jail time in Fremont for a misdemeanor typically bunk up in a tiny cell at the county jail. But now there's an alternative for those who can afford it: clean, modern accommodations in Fremont’s  “Pay-to-Stay” program. 

For $155 a day, plus a $45 one-time processing fee, those approved by a sentencing magistrate can serve their time in a “modern, clean and efficiently operated jail facility,” according to the Fremont Police Department.  More on that program here.

In other news, some thefts are downright heartless, such as the stone angel swiped from a Livermore memorial marking where a young skateboarder died last year.

A Newark theft in May also tugged at that community's heartstrings when a bright, whimsical pig-on-a-bike whirlygig was stolen from the yard of an autistic girl. The lawn ornament was a cherished gift from her grandfather.

Update in that case: Last week, a 23-year-old man was arrested in the theft, allegedly admitting his crime to police. Story here. 

And from around town:

Saturday, Aug. 3

• Public intoxication reported 1:25 a.m. on 2200 First Street.
• Police obstruction reported 1:51 a.m. on the 2100 block of First Street.
  
• Theft of motor vehicle parts 7:40 a.m. along 900 East Stanley Boulevard.
  
• Warrant served 11:34 p.m. on the 5100 block of Norma Way.
  
• Theft: 2 p.m. on 4600 Lassen Road.
  
• DUI: 4:33 p.m. Isabel Avenue at Concannon Boulevard.
  
• Use/influence of controlled substances reported Bluebell Avenue and Springtown Boulevard 11:10 p.m.
  
• Missing Livermore man arrested, facing arraignment.

• Vehicle reported stolen 3 a.m. along 1500 Springtown Boulevard.
• Narcotics possession reported Bluebell Drive at Springtown Boulevard 2:27 a.m. 
  
• Warrant served 1:19 p.m. Almond and East avenues.
  
• Public intoxication: 3:10 p.m. Holmes and Second streets.
  
• DUI: Vallecitos Road and East Vineyard Avenue 11:44 p.m.
  
• Fifteen-year-old carjacking suspect arrested hiding near Cattlemen's restaurant.
• Police seeking missing man. Story here.

• Residential burglaries: 1:30 p.m. on 400 Kensington Common; 6 p.m. along 700 Swan Place.
• Commercial burglary: 12:34 p.m. on 3000 Paragon Outlets Drive.
• Theft of motor vehicle parts reported 9 p.m. on 700 Las Flores Road. 
• Vegetation fire injures firefighter, damages trailer, 20 acres.
• Battery: 6:18 p.m. Scenic Avenue at North Vasco Road.
  
• Thefts: 2:32 p.m. on 300 Avondale Lane; 4:22 p.m. along 700 Tennyson Drive.
  
• Theft using access-card information logged on 800 East Stanley Boulevard 9 a.m.
  
• Warrants served: 1:12 p.m. College Avenue and South S Street; 9:01 p.m. on 5500 Patterson Pass Road.
• DUI: 2:15 a.m. Del Norte Drive and North Murrieta Boulevard.
• Controlled substance possession reported 7:47 a.m. Big Basin Road at St. Andrews Way.
• Public intoxication logged 11:06 p.m. First Street at South Livermore Drive.  
  

• New police chief named. 
• Domestic battery reported 12:50 p.m. on the 4400 block of First Street.
  
• Controlled substance possession reported 11:50 p.m. Olivina Avenue and North P Street.
• Court-order violation: 10:44 p.m. on the 1200 block of Olivina Avenue.
• Use/influence of controlled substances reported 5:49 a.m. on the 700 block of Vinci Way. 
  
• Briefcase stolen in Pleasanton tracked to San Franciso through tracking software.

• Mother and son arrested on Valley of the Moon Road on marijuana and drug manufacturing charges.
• Vehicles reported stolen: 12:01 a.m. on 1300 Heather Lane; 2 p.m. along 700 Las Flores Road.
  
• Car break-in: 8:01 a.m. on 2000 Pulsar Avenue.
  
• Unlicensed motorist cited 8:08 p.m. on 1000 Florence Road.
  
• Thefts: 8 p.m. on 900 Lexington Way; 6:31 p.m. on 3100 Paragon Outlets Drive; 1:32 p.m. on 1900 Second Street; 1:20 p.m. on 1500 First Street; 12:35 p.m. on 900 East Stanley Boulevard.
  
• Battery: on 1300 Portola Avenue 11:05 p.m.
  
• Narcotics possession: 2:10 p.m. on 2300 Seventh Street.
  
• Public intoxication: 5:10 p.m. on 500 South Vasco Road. 
• Forgery filed 12:30 p.m. on 2400 Kitty Hawk Road.
  

• Noise complaint filed on 4500 Mines Road 8:06 p.m.
• Commercial burglary: 9 p.m. on 900 Murrieta Boulevard.
• Vandalism: 12:01 a.m. along 500 Sonoma Avenue.
• Vehicles reported stolen: 8 a.m. on 1600 Rhododendron Drive; 7 p.m. on 600 Shelley Street. 
  
• Shoplifting thefts: 8 p.m. on 900 East Stanley Boulevard; 6:10 p.m. on 2900 Las Positas Road.
• Use/influence of controlled substances reported 9:58 p.m. and 10:42 p.m. on 1500 First Street.
• Narcotics possession: 5:58 p.m. on 3700 First Street.   
  
• Gym evacuated due to odor from possible malfunctioning appliance.
• Gang members busted on drug charges on Seventh Street.
• Unlicensed motorist cited East Avenue at Charlotte Way 4:15 p.m.
  

• Commercial burglary: 6:15 p.m. on 900 Clubhouse Drive.
• DUI: 12:32 a.m. Chestnut Street at North Livermore Avenue.
• Fictitious checks passed 9:37 a.m. on 1300 North Vasco Road.
• Warrant arrest 7:35 a.m. Scenic Avenue at Vasco Road.
• Narcotics/controlled substance possession: 11:21 p.m. on 1100 Mocho Street; 9:17 p.m. North Livermore Avenue at Cromwell Way.
• Public intoxication: 1 a.m. and 1:49 a.m. on 2100 and 2300 First Street.
• Theft of motor vehicle parts 5 p.m. along 700 Hayes Avenue.
  
• Unlicensed motorist cited 11:51 a.m. Olivina Avenue at North S Street.