April 29, 1999 Sheriff's Calls

BOLINAS - A deputy on Wharf Road at 2:20 a.m. arrested a woman on charges of public drunkenness.

BOLINAS - A man on Brighton Avenue donated a rifle for Sheriff's Department use.

BOLINAS - A deputy on Wharf Road at 2:10 a.m. arrested a man on charges of public drunkenness.

BOLINAS - A man at 1 a.m. asked for a deputy to help him secure the community center, which had been left open. A deputy contacted someone from the center, who secured the building.

OLEMA VALLEY - A deputy and two Highway Patrolmen returned a cow loose on Highway 1 to its pasture.

MUIR BEACH - A woman found a backpack containing a camera and personal items for a female. The backpack was turned over to a park ranger, who said it may have been left from a traffic accident two weeks earlier.

STINSON BEACH - A resident of Sacramento Patio at 9 p.m. complained that 30 juveniles had a bonfire and were drinking on part of the beach which is his front yard. A deputy responded that he was already dispersing 100 juveniles at the entrance to Seadrift subdivision.

WOODACRE - A Redwood Drive resident at 11:45 p.m. complained that although a neighbor's party was breaking up, it was noisy because of "a lot of cars," as well as "people screaming" and "cussing." A deputy abated the disturbance.

TOMALES - Children playing with a phone on the main street twice dialed 911.

SAN GERONIMO - The school principal reported that a 13-year-old boy had been found with marijuana and a pipe for smoking it. He said the boy was being detained in the school office and was "very cooperative." A deputy cited the boy and released him.

STINSON BEACH - A man reported that a burglar had broken into the man's sports-utility vehicle sometime in the past four days. Taken were the vehicle's stereo, golf clubs, and a CD player. Deputies, in turn, took fingerprints.

POINT REYES STATION - A Novato man reported receiving two checks from a Point Reyes-Petaluma Road resident in payment for some timber, but the checks were backed by insufficient funds, the man said.

POINT REYES STATION - A man at 11 p.m. reported hearing a power tool, which sounded like an impact hammer, in use along Highway 1. He told deputies that someone might be burglarizing the school. A deputy found the school was secure and speculated that the noise was coming from downtown where Caltrans workers were trimming the roots of street trees and enlarging their holes in the sidewalk.

MUIR BEACH - A man complained to deputies that he wanted his 22-year-old son to leave the man's residence, but the son was refusing to go. The man said no drugs or weapons were involved. A deputy was dispatched to the scene, but the call was canceled before the officer got there.

STINSON BEACH - A woman riding a motorcycle at 5:30 p.m. plunged over an embankment. She crawled back up the embankment to Highway 1 where a passing motorist stood by with her until help arrived. Deputies noted the motorcyclist may have injured her shoulder.

SAN GERONIMO - A San Geronimo Valley Drive resident at 9 p.m. notified deputies that a relative of her boyfriend had come over 10 minutes ago and pushed her. She said she was not injured but was upset and wanted to file a complaint. The resident did not know the relative's name, only that he lived in Petaluma. The problem was abated before a deputy arrived.

BOLINAS - Deputies received a complaint that several homeless drunks were hanging out on the dock along Wharf Road, partying and swearing.

April 22, 1999 Sheriff's Calls

FALLON - A deputy arrested a man on charges he had stolen a generator a week earlier in Dillon Beach. Officers were seeking to get an arrest warrant against a second suspect, who lives in Petaluma.

BOLINAS - A resident saw a townsman yelling at a woman in a recreational vehicle parked on Brighton Avenue. The witness said she saw the man break into the vehicle and take out a parrot. The witness said the man was now outside the RV with the parrot, yelling at the other woman, and threatening to break the RV's windows. A deputy on Wharf Road later arrested the man on charges of public drunkenness.

INVERNESS - A Cameron Way resident reported a burglar broke into his residence and stole coins from a large, glass boot. Deputies dusted the boot for finger prints.

POINT REYES STATION - A bartender complained that a drunk woman in her 50s was being belligerent. The bartender said she had tried to get a taxi to take the woman away, but none would.

POINT REYES STATION - A Highway 1 resident told deputies that her husband, 56, had threatened to hit her with a sledge hammer. She said he had consumed two beers and had shoved her earlier.

LAGUNITAS - Deputies received a report of a man and woman creating a disturbance.

SAN GERONIMO - A man complained that a helicopter was hovering low over a job site for an unknown reason. He said he had notified the Federal Aviation Administration.

INVERNESS - A woman reported losing her wallet (which contained her driver's license, credit cards, and $60) somewhere between Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Kehoe Beach.

BOLINAS - A man on Wharf Road gave a deputy a semi-automatic rifle he wanted destroyed.

INVERNESS - A man on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard told a deputy he had lost a $200 cellular phone, possibly at Chimney Rock. He said he did not have time to file a report because he was about to fly home but would call back when he got there.

BOLINAS - A man on Brighton Avenue reported someone slept in the Presbyterian Church, urinated in the building, and stole American flags.

DILLON BEACH - A very intoxicated man in his late 20s threatened his wife on Marine View Drive. A deputy arrested him on charges of public drunkenness.

BOLINAS - A man on Brighton Avenue reported that the registration tab had been stolen from the rear license plate of his work truck.

POINT REYES STATION - A woman on Fourth Street notified deputies at 8:20 p.m. that a man had just smashed a telephone booth in front of the pharmacy and was now fleeing north on a motorscooter.

POINT REYES STATION - A man on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard reported his vehicle had been stolen. He said the keys to a restaurant were on the vehicle's key ring, and asked deputies for extra patrols around the restaurant while he changed the locks.

WOODACRE - A woman at 11:30 p.m. complained there had been loud music and talking at Carson Road and Redwood Drive since 9 p.m. The problem was abated before a deputy arrived.

INVERNESS - A state park ranger at 11:40 p.m. told deputies he had dispersed a large group of Novato high school students from the Shell Beach area but noted the "subjects [were] still in a party mood."

SAN GERONIMO - Vandenberg Air Force Base notified West Marin deputies it had a 20-year-old San Geronimo youth in custody. The Air Force said Santa Barbara County deputies would evaluate the youth and possibly send him to a crisis unit. Deputies here tried to reach his mother.

FALLON - A girl at 1 a.m. reported that her boyfriend was "going crazy and won't calm down." Both of them had been drinking, and the girl was not cooperative, a Marin deputy noted. The matter was referred to Sonoma County deputies.

STINSON BEACH - A man on Calle del Mar reported that his $3,800 mountain bicycle had been stolen in the past half hour.

POINT REYES STATION - A man told deputies that six or seven intoxicated males aged 16 to 19 were harassing people on Highway 1. All were drinking beer, he said, and one yelled an obscenity at his four-year-old son.

STINSON BEACH - A woman on Calle del Mar reported that while she was in a restroom, a burglar entered her office, took a wallet from her purse, took $200 from the wallet, and left the wallet on a counter.

INVERNESS - A resident complained to deputies about loud, amplified music coming from the deck of an inn. Shortly afterwards, a second man also complained. Then the innkeeper complained, saying he was getting harassing phone calls from local residents. Deputies noted that the guests causing the noise were drunks who had left but now returned.

POINT REYES STATION - A man told firefighters he had lost his wallet. A deputy found it on B Street, but the man didn't stick around long enough to reclaim it.

POINT REYES STATION - Deputies at 4:15 p.m. received a complaint that drunks had returned to the corner of Highway 1 and Third Street. A deputy contacted a merchant at the intersection, and he said there were no problems; nor were there any juveniles in the vicinity.

INVERNESS - A man on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard reported that someone had broken into his room at an inn and that he had returned to find the room's door "wide open." He said he did not know what had been taken but noted he had become upset when the inn's manager didn't believe there had been a burglary.

LAGUNITAS - Two brothers on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard got into a verbal dispute at 11 p.m., and one of them told deputies the other had grabbed him.

BOLINAS - A Horseshoe Hill Road woman reported that a second woman was in her house in violation of a court's restraining order. When a deputy arrived, there was no one at the house.

TOMALES - A mother reported that her daughter had been sexually harassed the previous day while on a school bus to Tomales High. A deputy gave the mother advice.

FOREST KNOLLS - Deputies at 4 p.m. received a complaint of loud drumming all day. The drumming, however, soon stopped.

INVERNESS - A woman at 5:45 p.m. complained about "loud thumping," which, she said, was possibly music.

STINSON BEACH - A burglar around 9:45 p.m. smashed the passenger's window of a woman's car parked on Highway 1 and stole her briefcase.

INVERNESS PARK - A woman complained that 25 loud macaws on Portola Avenue have been a problem for the past seven months.

BOLINAS - A townsman reported that someone was sleeping in the lookout tower of the Coast Guard's former Lifesaving Station on the Little Mesa. The Coast Guard abandoned the station in 1946, and the woman who now owns the lookout tower said no one has permission to be in it.

TOMALES - A woman reported that her 16-year-old son was "completely out of control," banging his head against the wall, yelling, and throwing things around. The problem was abated before a deputy arrived, but the officer offered counseling to the boy and his parents.

FOREST KNOLLS - A woman at 12:30 a.m. complained about drumming for the past two hours at Aztec Avenue and Guadalupe Place. All was quiet when a deputy arrived.

BOLINAS - A man at 6 p.m. called deputies from a bar to say that while he was on Brighton Beach, a second man threatened him with a metal spike and said he would kill him.

April 15, 1999 Sheriff's Calls

BOLINAS - A woman complained that the locks and been changed on a Horseshoe Hill Road home, as well as on its gate. She said ownership of her late father's property's is in dispute between her and her sister. A deputy gave her advice.

DILLON BEACH - A generator stolen from a campground was found at a nearby house, where a resident admitted he and friends had stolen it.

INVERNESS - A contractor reported that several tools were stolen from a job site on Heather Drive.

INVERNESS PARK - A woman told deputies she accidentally left her briefcase next to her car when she drove off. When she returned, the briefcase was gone.

POINT REYES STATION - A Los Reyes Drive resident reported that a burglar had stolen a handgun from his house.

WOODACRE - A man and woman got into a quarrel on Redwood Avenue over custody of their children. The woman scratched the man's arm during the quarrel, an officer reported.

DILLON BEACH - After one man got into a fight with a second man on Ocean View Drive, the second man told a deputy he did not want to press charges. The first man then grabbed a knife and said he would kill himself if the officer took him to jail. The deputy then arrested him and took him to the county crisis unit, where he was placed on a 72-hour hold.

POINT REYES STATION - A car thief smashed the driver's door window of a car whose owner was visiting in a home at Highway 1 and Tomasini Canyon Road. Although the burglar damaged the car's steering column and ignition switch, he was unable to steal the car.

POINT REYES STATION - A man on Knob Hill Road notified deputies at 1 a.m. that his Ford Bronco had been stolen. The car was found after being stripped.

DILLON BEACH - A woman on Marine View Drive told deputies she had seen 15 carloads of juveniles, who were carrying vodka and a keg of beer. The group of approximately 40 youths drove off while she was on the phone with officers.

BOLINAS - A woman complained that she had been on Wharf Road at 7:25 p.m. when a 50-year-old woman hit her in the face with a paper bag and then muttered something unintelligible. The first woman felt the incident had been a threat, but a deputy could not find her assailant.

DILLON BEACH - A woman was camping with two adolescent girls when both tried to run away. A deputy reported it was not immediately clear what had gone wrong, but he was "sorting out the situation."

INVERNESS PARK - A man reported witnessing a youth steal a woman's purse from her car parked on Portola Avenue. The woman confronted the youth, but he denied any theft.

DILLON BEACH - A physical fight between a Yolo County girl and her parents broke out in a campground at 8 p.m. A deputy concluded all three had committed battery. He placed the girl and a girlfriend, who was also on the outing, in a halfway house until Yolo County officials could pick them up.

INVERNESS PARK - A woman reported losing her purse downtown.

WOODACRE - A woman babysitting at her sister's house asked for extra patrols in the area, having received verbally abusive phone calls from her ex-boyfriend.

SAN GERONIMO - Without incident, deputies at 10:30 p.m. dispersed 60 juveniles partying on Meadow Way.

TOMALES - Deputies at midnight received a complaint of loudspeakers at the town hall. When an officer checked, the party was over, and people were tidying the hall.

OLEMA - A large tree fell across North Bear Valley Road at 1:40 a.m., blocking the roadway. Park Service rangers handled the matter.

STINSON BEACH - San Mateo Police notified West Marin sheriff's deputies they had received an odd call on their answering machine from someone on Calle del Prado. Police said a man had left a message that he would shoot himself if the police didn't return his phone call.

STINSON BEACH - A man on Marine Way notified deputies at 9:30 p.m. that he was watching vandals damaging cars. An officer determined there was no merit to the report.

FOREST KNOLLS - After the front window of a building on Montezuma Avenue building was reported damaged, a deputy checked and concluded the damage probably was not recent.

POINT REYES STATION - A man at 12:30 a.m. called deputies to say his girlfriend from Inverness had arrived at his house very angry, kicked and slapped him, and had thrown beer around inside the house. The man asked how to get a court to issue a restraining order against her. While he was still on the phone, the man reported, his girlfriend returned. He said he was not going to let her inside.

WOODACRE - A Crescent Drive resident at 4:15 a.m. reported hearing an explosion.

WOODACRE - A vehicle at 8:45 p.m. knocked down a fence at Buckeye Circle and Redwood Drive. Deputies referred the accident to the Highway Patrol.

April 8, 1999 Sheriff's Calls

BOLINAS - A nurse practitioner notified deputies that a homeless woman had said her boyfriend had grabbed her by the hair and neck, as well as pushed her four times, in the past two days. The nurse practitioner said no injuries were visible.

OLEMA - A car on Highway 1 struck a deer two miles south of town, causing massive internal injuries to the animal. A deputy shot the deer to put it out of its misery.

POINT REYES STATION - A levee road resident reported that someone had thrown two small rocks at his house during the night, breaking a five-foot by two-foot window.

BOLINAS - A woman told deputies that she had broken up with her boyfriend and had told him to remove his possessions from her house. Although she was afraid he might harm her, the woman said, she had loaned him her car but wanted deputies on hand when he returned it. As the boyfriend was driving the car at Mesa and Overlook roads, a pedestrian became angry at him for allegedly speeding. The boyfriend apologized, he later told officers, but the pedestrian jumped on the woman's car, hit the boyfriend in the head, tried unsuccessfully to seize the car's keys, and then kicked the car, damaging it. The woman said she would not press charges against the pedestrian for the damage to her car.

CHILENO VALLEY - A woman at 9 p.m. called deputies to say two people were parked outside her gate looking over the area. With the two of them there, the woman said, she was uncomfortable about getting out of her car to open the gate and leave.

BOLINAS - A woman at 6 p.m. reported that a vandal on Wharf Road threw a rock at her windshield.

NICASIO - A Los Piños Spur resident spotted a doubled-headed parking meter abandoned 100 yards from her house. The meter had been pried open and its coins removed. Deputies noted the meter carried no indication as to which municipality it belonged to.

POINT REYES STATION - A merchant on Highway 1 reported that planter boxes in front of her business had been vandalized during the night. A deputy determined the boxes had merely been tipped over.

POINT REYES STATION - A woman at 10:20 a.m. reported that a "big brown dog" in front of the pharmacy was barking and had tried to bite a dentist. The Humane Society picked up the dog and took it to an animal shelter.

TOMALES - A merchant reported taking off two rings worth $4,000 to $6,000 while she was working and then noticed they had disappeared. She said she has a suspect.

SAMUEL TAYLOR PARK - A woman at 4 p.m. reported that teenagers were physically pushing her around. The woman, whom deputies described as "pretty hysterical," told them she had to get back to her kids.

SAN GERONIMO - Deputies assisted county firefighters and Highway Patrolmen after a car crashed at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Nicasio Valley Road.

BOLINAS - A homeless woman at 4:45 p.m. suffered an asthma attack on Wharf Road. Town firefighters treated her, and deputies chose not to use the opportunity to arrest her on an outstanding warrant.

STINSON BEACH - A merchant on Highway 1 reported a fight underway outside at 7:30 p.m. Deputies described the merchant as "uncooperative" and noted the suspects were gone when officers arrived.

POINT REYES STATION - A woman notified deputies that a suspicious man in a blue truck had been sleeping in her neighborhood for 35 to 40 minutes. An officer, who contacted the man, learned he was merely waiting for his mother while she visited friends in the neighborhood.

WOODACRE - A man at 11:15 a.m. complained that heavy equipment was working along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in violation of a work permit. He faxed deputies a copy of the permit and demanded that the work be stopped. A deputy then checked the site found no construction was underway. He could not tell where the noise had come from.

STINSON BEACH - Federal park police at 2:30 p.m. asked deputies to assist them in dispersing 20 juveniles. The youths left before deputies arrived.

DILLON BEACH - A man on Marine View Drive complained that more than eight juveniles, who were "very drunk," were riding around in cars. He said he feared for the safety of his family. The problem was abated before a deputy arrived.

BOLINAS - A woman on Iris Road notified deputies at 10 p.m. that a man had threatened to hit her but had not done so. Deputies noted the man had not been drinking and sounded "very calm" while the woman "sounded upset."

DILLON BEACH - An Ocean View Drive resident reported interrupting two men who were trying to burglarize the resident's home.

NICASIO - Deputies received a report that someone was in the school after midnight. Officers found a janitor at work.

INVERNESS - A townswoman told deputies a cellular phone had been stolen from her car in San Rafael, apparently while the vehicle was in a car wash.

INVERNESS PARK - A man living along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard reported his vehicle's license plates had been stolen. The man noted he had received a call from Sacramento informing him that his plates were on another car, which was illegally parked.

April 1, 1999 Sheriff's Calls

BOLINAS - A deputy on Highway 1 a mile north of the wye arrested a Stinson Beach innkeeper on a Marin County warrant and another man on a Contra Costa County warrant.

INVERNESS - A burglar entered a restaurant through a window and stole a key ring. The restaurant asked deputies for extra patrols in the area at night.

DILLON BEACH - Deputies at 10 a.m. received a report of someone who might have overdosed on heroin. The victim's mother said the person had been going through a recovery program but had a "setback," an officer reported.

LAGUNITAS - A Sir Francis Drake Boulevard resident at 11 p.m. complained that loud music had been coming from his neighbor's residence for more than an hour. The noisemaker was gone when a deputy arrived.

STINSON BEACH - A Calle del Mar resident told deputies his metal fence had been vandalized. An officer gave him advice.

INVERNESS PARK - A man reported that another man, who was in his 30s, was lurking in bushes, but a deputy could not find the second man.

STINSON BEACH - A Seadrift Road resident at 8:15 p.m. notified deputies she could see a bright light offshore but could not tell if someone was in distress. An officer could not see the light.

TOMALES - A resident at midnight reported hearing 15 shots, possibly from a pistol. While he was on the phone with deputies, he heard five more shots. The matter was turned over to the Highway Patrol, which found no evidence of foul play.

BOLINAS - A bartender at 3 a.m. reported a burglar alarm was sounding at a nearby building on Wharf Road.

BOLINAS - Another burglar alarm sounded in another Wharf Road building at 3 a.m. A deputy determined the home's front door was secure but could not check the back door because a large pit bull blocked the way.

OLEMA - Deputies received a report of three drunken men climbing on a water tower at 4:10 a.m. A deputy contacted them, and they said they would stop partying for the night.

TOMALES - A Highway 1 resident reported hearing two males next door in a fist fight followed by a loud discussion. He said the parents next door are away.

SAN GERONIMO - Deputies at midnight received a complaint that 50 juveniles were partying outdoors on Sylvestris Drive. With the assistance of a mother at the house, a deputy dispersed most of the group and moved the rest indoors.

STINSON BEACH - A woman on Highway 1 reported at 8 p.m. that a well-dressed drunk man was yelling in the street. He was gone by the time a deputy arrived.

OLEMA - A man, who described himself as a journalist, reported at 9 p.m. that there were several short Europeans playing video games at the campground. He told deputies he believed the group might have guns in their vehicle and could be "hit men from Yugoslavia."

BOLINAS - After a woman complained at 7 p.m. about five people playing loud music on Brighton Avenue, a deputy dispersed them.

DILLON BEACH - A man on Marine View Drive notified deputies of three carloads of juveniles with liquor in their vehicles. The youths left the area before a deputy arrived.

BOLINAS - A woman at 7:30 p.m. told deputies that her adult son, who is a photographer, was late in returning from Alamere Falls. She later called back to say he had returned home and was fine.

BOLINAS - Deputies received a complaint at 8 p.m. that several people were making a great deal of noise by talking loudly near cars parked at Brighton and Park avenues. A deputy dispersed them.

FOREST KNOLLS - A woman on Castro Street reported at 10 p.m. that a man in his 40s, who claimed to be from San Quentin, was yelling about miscegenation. The woman said he was carrying a binder.

STINSON BEACH - A Calle del Sierra resident returned home at 12:30 a.m. and found many of her household items in her front yard. She notified deputies she had been burglarized and asked that an officer check her house. A Park Service ranger responded, and the woman reported losing $2,300 worth of property.

LAGUNITAS - An Arroyo Road resident at 11:30 p.m. complained about loud music coming from the residence upstairs. A deputy contacted the upstairs resident, who agreed to quiet down for the night.

SAN GERONIMO - A Sir Francis Drake Boulevard resident complained that a builder's water pump disturbs his peace by running all night. A deputy gave him advice.

SAN GERONIMO - A worker at the same construction site complained that a critic of the construction was trespassing and had caused problems before. He asked to press charges against her.

POINT REYES STATION - Firefighters reported two men had showed up at the firehouse, saying they'd been accused of burglarizing the gas station and wanted to talk with a deputy.

DILLON BEACH - A woman on Marine View Drive reported that two juveniles had broken the windows of a sand loader. She said they had admitted the crime and that the problem would be handled among the people involved.

POINT REYES STATION - A man, who was wanted on a warrant, turned himself in at the sheriff's substation.

FOREST KNOLLS - A man told deputies he had been getting calls every two days for six weeks from an unknown collection agency. The man said he does not believe he has any debts that have been turned over to a collection agency. An officer gave him advice.

LAGUNITAS - A man and wife at 7 p.m. called deputies to say that they and their three poodles had been asked to leave a friend's house, but they had nowhere to go. A deputy gave them a ride to a bus stop.