June 28, 2001 Sheriff's Calls
MARSHALL – Walker Creek School staff at 3 p.m. last Thursday told deputies an employee had embezzled food.
DILLON BEACH – A man on Marine View Drive at 3:30 p.m. Sunday reported a thief had stolen a Honda generator that had been sitting next to his camping trailer.
DILLON BEACH – Deputies were notified at 12:30 p.m. Saturday that a thief on Marine View Drive had stolen a generator.
DILLON BEACH – A man at 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, reported a thief at Lawson’s Landing had stolen his gas-powered generator.
STINSON BEACH – A man complained that a second man grabbed him by the shoulders at Shakespeare at Stinson, shook him, and took his camera from him.
LAGUNITAS – A woman living on Arroyo Road at 9:30 p.m. Monday reported that a Nevada resident stole a credit card from her purse and used it to charge an airline flight home. The second woman was now refusing to pay for the flight, the Valley resident said.
INVERNESS – A woman at 10 p.m. Saturday told deputies that two vehicles were in a downtown parking lot "posturing to drag race" when one crashed into the other and fled westbound on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. A deputy could not find the vehicle.
LAGUNITAS – A deputy at 10:35 p.m. Monday backed up a ranger at Samuel P. Taylor State Park when the ranger reported someone was possibly drunk and needed to be evaluated for drugs.
BOLINAS – A Wharf Road resident at 11 p.m. Monday reported having trouble with a second man, who had been drinking. The second man was living in a trailer on the resident’s property. The resident said he had just thrown the second man out of his own house. The second man was described as in his early 30s and dangerous because he had been threatening in the past.
STINSON BEACH – Deputies received a complaint of several juveniles with two vehicles hanging out at the end of North Puente Rizal at 3 a.m. Tuesday.
LAGUNITAS – A man at 7:45 p.m. Friday told deputies he could hear several males yelling a quarter mile north of the grocery store. He said the disturbance "sounds like Judd Clampet." Fairfax police responded.
TOCALOMA – A man at 10:45 p.m. Friday reported that a deer had been injured in traffic at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Platform Bridge Road. The man said he and a friend had pulled the injured animal off the roadway, but it was still alive. A deputy shot the animal to put it out of its misery.
WOODACRE – A woman at 12:50 a.m. Saturday complained about a juvenile party at Castle Rock with yelling and vehicles speeding.
WOODACRE – Deputies at 6:30 p.m. last Thursday received a 911 hangup call from a woman who said a baby had placed the call by accident. When a deputy checked on her, he found nothing amiss, but a neighbor said the woman is emotionally disturbed "and will do that sometimes."
MARSHALL – Deputies at 8:20 p.m. last Thursday received a 911 hangup call that was probably placed by juveniles playing in the area.
MARSHALL – Two women at 4:20 a.m. separately notified deputies they had heard skidding on Highway 1 and a loud crash. They said the mishap sounded as if it occurred just south of Tony’s Seafood Restaurant. Officers found skidmarks leading into Tomales Bay, where they spotted a white, two-door Volvo not yet totally submerged. No one was in the car.
INVERNESS PARK – A caller at 11 p.m. reported a fight at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Drake’s View Drive. The caller said the Sheriff’s Office was needed.
BOLINAS – A man at 12:25 a.m. last Wednesday reported his two daughters, 14 and 23, had not come home. He said the 23 year old was on probation in Oregon and that he was worried the two had gone to a beach party. A deputy gave him advice.
OLEMA – A 33-year-old motorcyclist injured his right wrist and right hip when he crashed at Thirteen Turns at 8:20 p.m. last Wednesday.
LAGUNITAS – A man at 3:20 a.m. reported a truck had overturned near the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard entrance to Samuel P. Taylor State Park. He said the motorist was now out of the truck but may have injured his ankle, which right after the wreck had been stuck behind a seat.
INVERNESS – A woman on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard reported a burglar broke the side rear window of her vehicle and stole her purse, cell phone, and wallet.
INVERNESS PARK – A man complained about people shooting off fireworks about 9 p.m. at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Balboa Avenue. A deputy could not find the culprits.
BOLINAS – A Mill Valley man’s wallet was found and turned over to deputies.
INVERNESS – A burglar broke a window of a vehicle parked at Chicken Ranch Beach. Stolen were a cell phone, clothing, jewelry, and other property.
NATIONAL SEASHORE – A burglar broke a window of a rental car parked at the lighthouse and stole a purse and its contents.
POINT REYES STATION – Sheriff’s Lt. John Brunslik, commander of the West Marin Substation, has asked The Light to let readers know that a campaign to remove abandoned cars is underway in West Marin. Lt. Brunslik said the Sheriff’s Office will arrange to have abandoned vehicles towed off private property, as well as public property, if the landowner signs a release. The substation’s phone number is 663-1151.
June 21, 2001 Sheriff's Calls
INVERNESS – A woman at 7:35 p.m. last Thursday heard two gunshots near the library. A deputy checked the area but found nothing amiss.
NATIONAL SEASHORE – A 43-year-old woman at 8:35 p.m. reported a burglar broken into her car through a window and stole her purse.
POINT REYES STATION – During graduation, a burglar broke the driver’s side window of a sports utility vehicle in the school’s parking lot. The burglar took a purse, the principal reported at 8:40 p.m.
STINSON BEACH – A woman at 9 p.m. last Thursday reported leaving her purse on the patio of a business. When she realized her mistake, she called the business but got no answer, she told deputies. A deputy could not find the purse.
WOODACRE – A woman at 9:40 p.m. last Thursday asked deputies for extra patrols around the Improvement Club’s swimming pool area.
STINSON BEACH – County firefighters at 10 p.m. last Thursday reported a dead deer was lying in the middle of Panoramic Highway three miles uphill from Highway 1. Firefighters said the corpse was creating a traffic hazard. When a deputy arrived to pull the deer off the road, he found it was already gone.
FOUR CORNERS – A car was found at 11:30 p.m. last Thursday with its ignition punched out. There were some keys in the vehicle, and San Rafael police said they would try to contact the owner.
LAGUNITAS – A Sir Francis Drake Boulevard man at 11:35 p.m. last Thursday reported loud music and loud talking in the neighborhood. A deputy determined that a barbecue was "just getting finished" and advised the man to call the Sheriff’s Office again if there were more problems.
BOLINAS – Deputies at 1:30 a.m. Friday received word that a 17-year-old girl had overdosed on alcohol and that her father was trying to revive her with CPR. Deputies also learned an off-duty firefighter was on the scene and that the girl had not been attempting suicide. After the girl took a breath, a rescue helicopter heading to the scene was called off.
STINSON BEACH – A resident at 3:50 a.m. Friday complained that 12 juveniles were partying on the beach and said some of them had been admonished previously. A deputy abated the disturbance.
MUIR BEACH – An officer at 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday found a stolen vehicle in the federal parking lot.
STINSON BEACH – A deputy assisted firefighters and Highway Patrol officers when a car overturned on Highway 1 at 9 p.m. last Wednesday. Medics responded although the victim got out of the vehicle without needing assistance.
WOODACRE – A caller at 9:25 p.m. last Wednesday notified deputies it appeared that a motorist had struck a deer on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
SAN GERONIMO – A woman who lives on Railroad Avenue in Woodacre called deputies from a restaurant at 11 p.m. to report illegal dumping on her property. She said she had interrupted the culprit and had followed him. The woman said the man had a goatee and was driving a blue sports pickup. She asked to meet with a deputy.
STINSON BEACH – A woman heard five or six gunshots on Seadrift Road at 11:20 p.m. However, she then added, the noise may have come from fireworks, for she had just heard another bang.
MARSHALL – Deputies received a third-hand report from Redding where the California Division of Forestry was fighting a wildfire. CDF said it had been told there was a glow in the sky somewhere south of Bodega Bay and asked officers to check Ten Mile Beach for an illegal campfire. A deputy described the round-about report as "strange."
MUIR BEACH – A man complained to deputies that while he was standing on Cove Lane, a barely passable, one-lane roadway, a woman motorist deliberately bumped him with her car. He said he did not need medical attention.
NICASIO – A woman notified deputies that her son was threatening to leave. She said a court had already issued a restraining order against his father. The son left before a deputy arrived on the scene, and the officer gave the woman advice.
POINT REYES STATION – Sheriff’s Lt. John Brunslik, commander of the West Marin Substation, has asked The Light to let readers know that a campaign to remove abandoned cars is underway in West Marin. Lt. Brunslik said the Sheriff’s Office will arrange to have abandoned vehicles towed off private property, as well as public property, if the landowner signs a release. The substation’s phone number is 663-1151.
June 14, 2001 Sheriff's Calls
OLEMA – A deputy at 9:20 p.m. Saturday arrested a man on charges of drunk driving, driving with a suspended license, being an unlicensed driver, and having an open alcoholic-beverage container in his vehicle.
DILLON BEACH – A woman at 5 p.m. Monday reported her wallet had been stolen from her vehicle. The wallet was later recovered in a Petaluma supermarket. Identification documents, money, and credit cards were missing.
STINSON BEACH – A man on Calle del Mar complained that a burglar had stolen a cell phone from his van.
PT. REYES STATION – A deputy at 7:30 p.m. Friday found an ATM card that had been left at an ATM machine.
TOMALES – High school staff at 8 a.m. last Thursday reported a thief had stolen money from the cafeteria’s cash register.
TOMALES – Deputies at 9 a.m. last Thursday received word that a student at the elementary school had threatened another student.
STINSON BEACH – A woman at 3 p.m. last Wednesday complained that someone outside her home was videotaping her in her house. The woman said she at first thought the person with the video camera might be a real estate agent but eventually concluded that was not the case.
STINSON BEACH – Deputies received word at 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday that a burglar had smashed a window of a vehicle parked at Steep Ravine. Stolen were a $200 CD player and 250 CDs.
STINSON BEACH – Deputies at 8:10 p.m. last Thursday found a vehicle that had been stolen in Novato parked on Belvedere Avenue.
STINSON BEACH – A Seadrift Road resident at 9 a.m. Friday reported that a thief stole a wooden bench and chair that had been on resident’s front porch.
POINT REYES STATION – A thief stole a fire extinguisher from the gas-pump area of a service station. The owner at 11:30 p.m. Monday told deputies he has evidence as to who did it.
LAGUNITAS – A woman at 8 p.m. Monday notified deputies she had seen a man in his 30s who fit the description of a suspect in an assault that occurred in the area several weeks ago.
NICASIO – A county Open Space District ranger at 9:30 p.m. Monday notified deputies of a blue sedan parked beside Nicasio Valley Road and asked that they check later to see if the car was still there. When an officer checked, the sedan was gone.
DILLON BEACH – A Park Avenue woman at 8:40 a.m. Monday told deputies her neighbor’s dog was trapped between two fences. She said the dog was leashed and going to strangle itself. The woman noted she had tried to assist the dog, but it panicked and became aggressive. Deputies advised the Humane Society of the problem, but it was county firefighters from Tomales who finally freed the animal.
SAN GERONIMO – In order to avoid colliding with a vehicle leaving the golf course, a truck ran into a ditch at 11:40 a.m. Monday.
BOLINAS – A resident of the Big Mesa at 1:25 p.m. Monday reported a vandal had applied "sticky stuff" to his stairs. There were "fish innards" at the top of the stairs, he said, and the basement door was open. However, he added, nothing appeared to be missing.
BOLINAS – A woman at 1:30 p.m. Monday told deputies her husband was threatening her and trying to make her go to Kaiser Hospital. The husband told deputies he was trying to get her to go voluntarily.
BOLINAS – A man at 9:20 p.m. Sunday told officers his 17-year-old son had a knife and was threatening to kill him. Deputies were told the youth was upset because when he came home that day with marijuana, his father took it away from him.
DILLON BEACH – A woman on Marine View Drive at 7 p.m. Saturday notified deputies she had lost her cell phone.
SAN GERONIMO – The school principal at 8:20 p.m. Friday reported that students were causing a problem during a dramatic performance, and a boy was yelling obscenities. The principal and some parents handled the situation.
INVERNESS – A woman at 10:35 p.m. Friday complained about a large group of people with a very large fire on a beach beside Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. She said the group was rowdy and the fire was illegal. A deputy found a "mellow party with no alcohol" but told the group to put out the fire.
DILLON BEACH – A woman at 8:40 a.m. last Wednesday told deputies she had just noticed that the window was broken at vacation home on Dillon Beach Road.
STINSON BEACH – A man complained of receiving two harassing phone calls from a solicitor for a supposed "Police Motorcycle Association." He said the solicitor kept pressing him for money and using the work "f-ck." A deputy gave the man advice.
STINSON BEACH – A man complained about juveniles with a bonfire partying on the beach at 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday. A deputy made the youths put the fire out.
BOLINAS – A resident complained about skateboarders making noise and "banging things around" at 12:40 a.m. last Thursday on Brighton Avenue. All was quiet when a deputy arrived.
TOMALES – A six-year-old girl on Middle Road called 911 and told the dispatcher she could see a burglar in a nearby building. When the dispatcher asked her to put an adult on the phone, the girl said she had made the story up to see if she would be believed. A deputy checked on the home anyway.
MOUNT TAMALPAIS – An off-duty Highway Patrol officer notified deputies that a motorcyclist had fallen over at Pan Toll on Panoramic Highway. Deputies noted the motorcyclist lost consciousness, and a lane had to be blocked during his rescue. The Highway Patrol officer said he had learned of the accident from his girlfriend.
STINSON BEACH – A restaurant owner at 9:30 p.m. complained about a drunken 55-year-old man who was refusing to leave.
HICKS VALLEY – A deputy herded two black and brown cows into a pasture and repaired its fence.
NICASIO – A stables manager at the request of her employer notified deputies on two occasions last week that on weekend nights, "prowlers are getting into a barn to engage in sexual acts with her horses." The manager asked for extra patrols around the stables.
SAN GERONIMO – Staff of the cultural center reported that a woman in her 30s was creating a disturbance and refusing to leave. The problem was abated before a deputy arrived.
TOMALES – Deputies received reports of a girl possibly being abused in Sonoma County by her parents.
POINT REYES STATION – Sheriff’s Lt. John Brunslik, commander of the West Marin Substation, has asked The Light to let readers know that a campaign to remove abandoned cars is underway in West Marin. Lt. Brunslik said the Sheriff’s Office will arrange to have abandoned vehicles towed off private property, as well as public property, if the landowner signs a release. The substation’s phone number is 663-1151.
June 7, 2001 Sheriff's Calls
MARSHALL – A deputy on Highway 1 arrested a man at 11 p.m. Saturday on charges of possessing illegal drugs.
BOLINAS – A despondent senior citizen at 8:15 a.m. Sunday set her house on fire after cutting her wrist and upper arm. A 39-year-old man heroically braved the flames to drag the woman out of the house and then crawled back under the smoke to make sure no one else was in the building. The woman was transported by helicopter to Doctors’ Hospital in San Pablo with second- and third-degree burns to her stomach and chest. She is expected to recover, but her house was totally destroyed.
BOLINAS – A woman at 12:30 p.m. Saturday told friends she wanted to kill herself.
DILLON BEACH – A woman at 9:40 p.m. last Thursday notified deputies she had heard 10 gunshots, possibly coming from a boat. A second person subsequently reported hearing three gunshots and seeing a flash from a boat in Tomales Bay.
WOODACRE – A man at 9:45 p.m. last Thursday called deputies from his ex-girlfriend’s house and said she had packed his stuff and taken it to his mother’s house. However, he said, she kept some of his "close belongings," and he wanted them back. Deputies said they could hear the girlfriend yelling in background during the phone call. The situation was mediated, and a deputy advised the man of a warrant. At 3 a.m. the same night, the girlfriend called deputies to say her ex-boyfriend was refusing to leave unless officers were summoned. Deputies abated a verbal disturbance and gave the ex-boyfriend transportation home.
FOREST KNOLLS – A man at 11 p.m. last Thursday complained of lots of vehicles on Vista Avenue and loud music that was getting louder. A deputy contacted the host, and the disturbance was abated.
MARSHALL – A resident at 2 a.m. Saturday complained of a fire on a beach along Highway 1 and expressed concern because there had been a fire in the area two weeks ago.
POINT REYES STATION – Deputies received reports from two people when someone set off skyrockets at 10:12 and 10:17 p.m. Sunday on the main street. A woman reported hearing whooping and hollering during the fireworks.
POINT REYES STATION – A man at 9 p.m. last Wednesday asked deputies for the keys to his truck. He was told to ask for them at the jail, where his cousin was incarcerated.
NICASIO – A woman at 10:40 p.m. last Wednesday heard "a lot of cows bellowing for at least half an hour." She said she was concerned they might be in distress. A deputy checked but found nothing amiss.
SAN GERONIMO – A man at 11:15 p.m. last Wednesday reported five vehicles, possibly driven by juveniles, were heading up Deer Camp Drive. He said the vehicles’ occupants might be planning a party. The vehicles were gone when a deputy arrived.
FOREST KNOLLS – A resident at 12:20 a.m. last Thursday reported hearing a male quarreling with a female on Montezuma Avenue. The resident said the male was "talking low and had a hand over her mouth," adding, "She sounds angry and told him to get away." The resident subsequently reported the disturbance had abated.
FOREST KNOLLS – A man at 8:15 a.m. asked that a deputy stand by while he picked up tools and belongings from a house on Castro Street. A deputy repeatedly drove through the area as the man removed vehicles parked at the house.
WOODACRE – A Redwood Drive resident at 8:50 a.m. last Wednesday reported hearing a woman "screaming, yelling, and swearing." The resident reported possibly being able to hear a "very faint male voice in the background."
WOODACRE – A Carson Road resident at 10:40 a.m. last Wednesday complained that a neighbor had driven over his retaining wall, damaging it. A deputy gave the resident advice.
BOLINAS – A woman at 12:45 p.m. last Wednesday called deputies from the Olema-Bolinas Road to report that two dogs and their owners were 25 to 50 feet from a seal, causing it distress. One of the owners was a tattooed woman about 20, the first woman said. She said she had tried to explain to the pair the danger to the seal, but they wouldn’t listen.
INVERNESS – Firefighters at 2 p.m. last Wednesday extinguished a car fire on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
STINSON BEACH – A 66-year-old man hit his head on a door, causing him (somehow) to suffer a possible hip fracture. He was transported to a hospital by helicopter.
STINSON BEACH – A Calle del Embarcadero resident at 12:15 p.m. Saturday reported a vandal had spray-painted graffiti on the resident’s seawall.
LAGUNITAS – An Arroyo Road woman last week told deputies she believes a 50-year-old man may have vandalized her yard lights or burglarized her home. She said clothing, jewelry, and "rock-and-roll stuff" were missing.
BOLINAS – Medics responded at 4 p.m. last Wednesday when a juvenile on Brighton Avenue injured his head in a fall.
MARSHALL – At 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, a Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter was flying over Tomales Bay to familiarize a new crew with an area to which it is sometimes dispatched. (The Marin Sheriff’s Office does not have its own helicopter.) As it happened, the helicopter crew spotted a truck on the wrong side of Highway 1’s double line and radioed Marin deputies that the truck was racing another vehicle on a straight-away. After a Marin deputy stopped the vehicles near the Giacomini Ranch, the helicopter landed, and the crew identified a truck as the vehicle that had been in the oncoming lane. The truck was driven by a Tomales High student, and when the deputy saw what he took to be a derringer on the seat beside the student, the officer drew a gun on the boy and shouted at him to get out of the truck. The student got out but told the officer the apparent pistol was actually a cigarette lighter, which it was. Nonetheless, the youth was handcuffed and ordered to stay at the back of the truck while other officers arrived. The student later complained to The Light he had been badly frightened because the officer was so aggressive. He said he feared he might inadvertently do something that would cause the deputy to shoot him. The boy ultimately received a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the centerline. Another deputy later said the incident demonstrated the problem with carrying a simulated gun in a car. The boy, however, told The Light he thought the deputy should have realized the lighter was too small to be a real derringer.
BOLINAS – A nighttime caller last week complained that a man on Terrace Avenue plays his stereo loudly but has a police scanner, and when he hears that deputies are in the area, he turns the music down. He turns it back up when they leave, the caller said.
POINT REYES STATION – A woman called deputies at 12:05 a.m. to report she could hear someone fiddling with the padlock on her gate.
DILLON BEACH – A woman on North Ocean View Avenue at 2:15 a.m. last week complained about a noisy party on another street. The noise was abated before a deputy arrived.
BOLINAS – Medics responded when a bicyclist fell over on Wharf Road.
LAGUNITAS – A man called deputies on behalf of a French-speaking woman on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. He said she was upset by a transient outside her window laughing hysterically.
BOLINAS – A man on Overlook Drive notified deputies that another man had screamed at him, hit his car with a Weedwacker, and then left. A deputy gave him advice.
INVERNESS PARK – A woman reported her 15-year-old son was out of control. She said when his father went outside to speak to him, the son "blew up" and grabbed an ax.
LAGUNITAS – A Cintura Avenue resident at 7:15 a.m. Sunday reported that a male in his 20s was on his property and acting nervous. The resident said the young man told him his car had broken down and that he didn’t want to be arrested for trespassing. The resident said he couldn’t see any car around.
WOODACRE – A woman at 7:30 a.m. Sunday reported her husband had threatened her and that she had gone to a friend’s house. She asked how to get a court to issue a restraining order against her husband.
SAN GERONIMO – A Meadow Way resident at 7:30 a.m. Sunday complained about a car parked beside a fire hydrant. She said she has asked the car’s owners not to park in front of hydrants, but "they continue to do so anyway."
NICASIO – A woman at 10 a.m. Sunday notified deputies that a man, who stalked her in the past, had been at her house 20 minutes earlier, asking for her husband.
STINSON BEACH – An Avenida Farallones man at 10 p.m. Sunday complained about a large party with amplified music. He said he wanted it quieted down. The disturbance was abated before a deputy arrived.
MARSHALL – A deputy at 11 p.m. Saturday found a man sleeping in a car parked near Millerton Point. It turned out that the man was on probation and not allowed to possess alcohol. The deputy, however, reported finding not only alcohol in the car but also cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. The man was arrested on charges of transporting narcotics, and his car was towed away.
BOLINAS – A car ran into a ditch along Highway 1 at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured, and the car was not damaged, but it had to be towed out of the ditch.
STINSON BEACH – A resident at 3 a.m. Saturday complained about a loud gathering of juveniles and said it is a nightly occurrence. A deputy dispersed the group and gave an adult advice about contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
SAN GERONIMO – A golf ball struck the windshield of motorist who was driving past the golf course at 3 p.m. Saturday.
POINT REYES STATION – Sheriff’s Lt. John Brunslik, commander of the West Marin Substation, has asked The Light to let readers know that a campaign to remove abandoned cars is underway in West Marin. Lt. Brunslik said the Sheriff’s Office will arrange to have abandoned vehicles towed off private property, as well as public property, if the landowner signs a release. The substation’s phone number is 663-1151.
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