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

Still on the road. So, without preamble, the police report is after the jump. Tweet

Maybe it’s just semantics, but I’m unsure how a vehicle is stolen when it doesn’t sound like it’s, well, stolen. Full police report after the jump. Tweet

The Star-News said it was probably gonna happen, and I heard the City Council announced it tonight: Joe Payne replaces Dan Watson as chief of the South Pasadena Police Department. Tweet

Two stolen vehicles collide with parked cars in one week. I’m guessing this story refers to the first one mentioned. Full police report after the jump. Tweet

I wish the police report was full of things like that “receiving stolen property” thing. And needing to take a restraining order out against a transient? That sounds unfun. Full police report after the jump. Tweet

This week’s police report comes with a back-to-school reminder from the South Pasadena Police Department: “With school starting next week, we would like to remind parents not to double park when dropping off and picking up your children. This is illegal and dangerous!  Officers will be out the first weeks of school issuing citations to [...]

Officers pull over to talk to some suspicious guys sitting in a car, and someone else pulls up and says, “Hey! That’s my car!” Beautiful. But hands down, the chilling rug store robbery is the crime of the week. Full police report after the jump. Tweet

South Pas Reserve Officer Joe Payne and former Maywood Police Chief Frank Hauptmann both confirmed they’re finalists to fill Dan Watson’s shoes. There’s plenty about Payne here, but I haven’t mentioned Hauptmann before. Besides the video above, here are a couple stories floating around: Four Maywood officers allege retaliation for exposing departmental misconduct. The L.A. Times [...]

Anyone else kind of freaked out to notice how many people are getting pulled over for fake registration tabs? One person wouldn’t surprise me, but this seems like a burgeoning cottage industry. Full police report after the jump. Tweet