Today’s police report marks the first with Police Chief Joe Payne’s name at the top. A 65-year-old woman exits the Gold Line and a juvenile throws her into the bushes and starts beating on her. They catch the kid, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing. Full report after the jump. Tweet

Sorry for the big lag. Don’t get me wrong, Ireland was fun. But going back and cobbling together the past few weeks of police reports? Not so much fun. My favorite is the kid who saw the “Road Closed” sign on the 110 on-ramp, and took it as more of a suggestion. Very full report [...]

A nightmare of mine is being asleep when the bad guys break in. Yikes. And here’s some words of wisdom: When the parking officer asks you to move your car, just move your car. Yelling and almost hitting the parking officer … you’re kind of asking for it. Full report after the jump. Tweet

So let me get this straight: The “victim” is the guy wielding a machete in Carmine’s parking lot? Also, the South Pasadena Review gets burgled. Full police report after the jump: Tweet

Six DUI arrests and an employee plucks from the till at Wild Thyme. The full police report after the jump: Tweet

Attempted kidnapping, sex with minors, assault … this was not our best week. Full report after the jump. Tweet

The good news is that it looks like people are starting to lock their cars. The bad news is that there were six smash and grabs reported in the past week. Also notable, six bike thefts. [pdf] Tweet