Crime Watch: Stolen Hondas, Break-ins in West Roseville May be Connected

Series of Stolen Hondas, Vehicle Burglaries Reported

Roseville Police believe that a series of stolen Hondas and other vehicle burglaries that occurred overnight on April 11 and 12 were likely connected.

Between 7 p.m. on April 11 and 9 a.m. on April 12, someone stole a gold 1991 Honda Accord from the 2000 block of Monterey Pines Drive.  Late on April 12, a Roseville officer found the stolen vehicle in the 1600 block of Blanchard Drive.  The car wasn't damaged, and no one was inside. The victim was notified to pick the car up.

Also, sometime between 7 p.m. on April 11 and 9:30 a.m. on April 12, someone stole a gold 1993 Honda Accord from the 1800 block of Culverhill Way.  The vehicle is still missing.

Then, between 9 p.m. on April 11 and noon on April 13, someone forced entry into a car parked in the 1900 block of San Carlos Circle, tampered with the ignition, and took small items out of the vehicle.

Lastly, between 7:30 and 9 a.m. April 12, someone stole a black 1995 Honda Civic four-door sedan from a driveway in the 1300 block of Whitstable Drive.  The thieves stole the stereo and other items form the car, then "dumped" it in the 2200 block of Hartland Circle at 9 a.m.  A witness on Hartland Circle saw suspects taking property out of the black Honda and then driving away in a green Honda sedan. The suspects were described only as one Asian male and three white males.

Roseville Police suspected these vehicle break-ins are connected.

Thief Causes Flooding, Steals Copper Pipes from Shopping Center

Sometime before 9:30 a.m. on April 9, someone went into the control room of a shopping center in the 1000 block of Pleasant Grove and tampered with copper pipes, causing flooding and water damage.  The burglar accessed the control room from an unlocked roof hatch.  Copper pipes were stolen from the roof as well.

Commercial Burglaries:

Overnight on April 15/16, someone smashed the windows and burglarized a restaurant and a vacant business in the 700 block of Pleasant Grove Blvd.

Residential Burglaries:

Monday, Feb. 13

Between 9 and 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 13, someone burglarized an unoccupied house on Venezian Court.  The unknown burglar forced a side garage door open and then forced the door between the garage and the house. Some items were moved around, but nothing was taken.

Friday, April 6

Between 4 p.m. April 6 and 7:30 a.m. April 9, someone broke into a newly constructed home in the 2100 block of Arlington and took major appliances.

Saturday, April 7

Between 10 p.m. April 7 and 6 a.m. April 9, someone entered an unoccupied home in the 2000 block of Brixham Drive and took a microwave oven.  It's unknown how the burglar got in.

Monday, April 9

Between 4 a.m. and 3 p.m. on April 9, someone entered an unlocked apartment on Kent Place and took video game equipment.

Between 11 a.m. and noon on April 9, someone went into an unlocked house on Fig Street while the residents were away and took lawn care tools from inside the house and the backyard.  A white male between the ages of 18 and 20, with dark blond or brown hair, wearing a white-t-shirt and basketball shorts, was seen in front of the victim's house around the time of the burglary.  He was driving a tan four-door sedan, and was seen talking to another white male in a blue four-door sedan.

Tuesday, April 10

Between 2 p.m. on April 10 and 4 p.m. on April 12, someone went into an apartment in the 700 block of Vallejo Avenue and stole a laptop computer.  It's unknown how the burglar got in.

Wednesday, April 11

Garages burglarized:  Sometime overnight April 11/12, someone broke into several apartment garages in the 1500 block of Secret Ravine Parkway. The burglars took only small items, like a checkbook, and passed up other more valuable but larger items, like bicycles.

A tip from Roseville Police:  Roseville Police had several reports of detached apartment garage units being burglarized at night in apartment complexes throughout the city. They think the suspects are jamming a wedge or other device in the top of the garage doors, forcing the doors open and disabling the garage door opening mechanisms. The victims return to their garages and find they can't open the doors with their remotes.  Some of the victims haven't been calling police to make a report because they didn't have anything stolen. We'd like victims to call us anyway so we can keep track of this trend and look for possible leads. Also, please call in any suspicious activity, especially if you see someone tampering with a garage door or examining the top of garage doors.

Thursday, April 12

At 7:26 a.m. on April 12, officers responded to a burglary alarm at an unoccupied house in the 2000 block of Ajay Drive, and found that someone had broken a window in the back of the house and made entry, taking video game equipment.  Luckily for us, the suspect dropped his wallet and ID outside the house before fleeing the area.  At about 10 a.m., officers located the suspect walking on Vernon Street near D Street, carrying a bag of video game equipment. A 27-year-old male transient was arrested on suspicion of burglary.  The stolen items were returned to the victim.

Saturday, April 14

Garage burglary: Between April 14 and 16, someone burglarized an apartment garage on Micro Court.  It's unknown what, if anything was taken.

Vandalism:

Between 8 p.m. on April 11 and noon on April 12, an unknown suspect cut down a maple tree in the front yard of a home on Bosbury Court, leaving the tree where it fell.

Overnight April 16/17, someone smashed the window of a business in the 400 block of Riverside. No one got into the business and nothing was taken.

Vehicle-related Crime:

Last week we reported that overnight on April 5/6, someone stole a Dodge Ram pickup from the 1200 block of Melody Lane.  On April 12, the stolen pickup was located on Smith Lane near Sunrise Avenue with a broken window and damaged steering column.

Between 8:30 p.m. on April 5 and 9 a.m. April 6, someone stole a white 2001 Dodge 1500 pickup from a parking lot on Douglas Boulevard at Sunrise Avenue.  The pickup is still missing. During the same time frame, someone entered two other unlocked vehicles in the same area and tampered with their steering columns in an apparent attempt to steal them.

Overnight on April 6/7, a blue Jeep SUV was taken from Lawnview Avenue in Loomis.  Roseville officers found it, undamaged and unoccupied, on April 12 in the 200 block of Sharp Circle.

Between 5:40 and 6:50 p.m. on April 9, someone went into an unlocked jeep parked in Roseville Square and took expensive art supplies, text books, a video game and other items.

Between 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. on April 10, someone went into the trunk of a car parked at 1600 Eureka Road, and took jewelry out of a gym bag. Nothing else was taken, and there was no sign of forced entry.

Between 10 p.m. April 10 and 1:30 p.m. April 11, someone broke into a pickup parked in an apartment complex at 300 Cirby Hills Drive and took the stereo faceplate.

Between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. on April 11, someone went into an unlocked pickup parked in the 1800 block of Woodacre Way and took out the in-dash stereo system.

Sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on April 11, someone went into an unlocked vehicle parked in the 1400 block of Champion Oaks Drive and took music CDs and small change.

Overnight on April 11/12, someone broke the window of a car parked in the driveway of a home in the 2100 block of Lemontree Way. Nothing was taken.

Between 9 p.m. on April 11 and noon on April 13, someone forced entry into a car parked in the 1900 block of San Carlos Circle, tampered with the ignition, and took small items out of the vehicle.

Between 10 a.m. April 12 and 2 p.m. April 14, someone broke into a van parked in the 1000 block of Hillcrest Avenue and took commercial cleaning equipment.

Between 2:30 and 11:30 p.m. on April 13, someone broke the window of a car parked at 1600 Eureka Road, and took a purse that had been hidden under the passenger's seat.

Between 8 a.m. and noon on April 13, someone pried the door of a car parked in the 10000 block of Fairway and stole a leather jacket, backpack, fishing gear and a cell phone charger.

At 1:36 a.m. on April 14, officers responded to the area of Duncan Way and Windermere Avenue to what was initially reported as someone shooting at a house.  Officers found that no shots had been fired, but that suspects had used baseball bats to vandalize a vehicle. Officers stopped one of the three involved vehicles and arrested three males from Sacramento, aged 19, 20 and 21, for various drug-related charges.  The incident is under further investigation.

Between 11:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on April 15, someone stole a brown 1989 Toyota Camry four-door sedan from the 1500 block of Vineyard Road.  The vehicle is still missing.

At about 10 a.m. April 16, a vehicle break-in was discovered in a fitness center parking lot in the 5000 block of Foothills. The burglar smashed the window and took a department store shopping bag with clothing and a receipt inside and a cosmetics bag from the passenger's seat.  A witness remembered seeing a suspicious male in the parking lot earlier.  He was described as a white male driving a white vehicle with tinted windows.  He was seen looking through several vehicle windows.

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