This is the crime bulletin from the Albany Police Department for the shifts from Jan. 4 through Jan. 9. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

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JAN. 3

3:31 p.m. Someone walked into the police department to thank detectives for making an arrest in the robbery attempt and shooting in November at Cigarette Discounters. (Albany Patch has requested additional information from the police department.)

[UPDATE, Jan. 12, via the Albany Police: "The case is still under investigation. Arrests have not been made in connection to our case. We have some suspects that we are hopeful will be connected through evidence, but no charges have been sought yet. The man at the front counter misinterpreted the officers working with the victim to try and ID the suspects as meaning an arrest had been made.] 

6:31 p.m. UPS deliveries were stolen off the front porch of a home in the 1000 block of Pomona Avenue that day and several days earlier.

7:11 p.m. A UPS package was stolen off the porch of a home in the 800 block of Pomona; another package was left in its place. 

JAN. 4

5:05 a.m. Police gave a warning to a someone taking recycling on Talbot Avenue.

12:59 p.m. Police gave a warning to a woman, described as a "chronic offender," who was wearing a white bandanna, pushing a shopping cart and going into yards on Madison Street to collect recycling.

1:45 p.m. Police gave a warning to a man in his 60s, with gray hair and a black baseball cap, who was going through recycling on Madison. 

2:35 p.m. Police checked on a man who's been staying in front of the closed Blockbuster Video shop, and he was fine. 

4:49 p.m. Someone stole a license plate off a car parked in the 700 block of Jackson Street the prior day.

8:28 p.m. Police recovered a stolen vehicle that had been parked in the 700 block of Jackson for seven or eight days.

9:24 p.m. A woman on Pierce Street reported her car stolen, only to discover that it had been impounded earlier in the day because it was parked in a construction zone.

9:34 p.m. A woman on Peralta Avenue called police to report that a man had knocked on her door, invited himself inside and started doing dishes and offering free work around the house. The man had left, and the woman was calling from Berkeley, so she was refered to the Berkeley Police Department.

11:41 p.m. Police arrested William Weindel of Del Rio, TX, on suspicion of driving under the influence in the 500 block of Solano Avenue. He was taken to the Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility in downtown Oakland.

JAN. 5

12:01 a.m. Someone on Adams Street who had been drinking called 911 and spoke to the Albany Police dispatcher. (Miscellaneous public service provided.)

12:52 a.m. Police received a second 911 call from someone on Adams who had been drinking. (Log note only.)

9:22 a.m. A woman called police to report that she had lost a gold hanging coral faceted ball earring near Solano and Washington avenues, Key Route and Portland avenues, or Key Route and Washington.

10:26 a.m. Someone reported that the traffic lights at San Pablo Avenue and Buchanan Street were out, with no lights showing in either direction due to a power outage. Public Works set up stop signs in the area. 

11:22 a.m. An Albany police officer noticed that lights were also out at Buchanan and Jackson streets, and requested six stop signs from Public Works. 

1:05 p.m. A resident on Key Route Boulevard was reported to be yelling at both a runner and a UPS driver. The resident received a warning from police.

1:55 p.m. A woman found "long matches" near her gas meter on the side of her house. (Log note only.)

3:05 p.m. Someone reported five turkeys heading southbound at Kains and Marin avenues, but police were unable to locate them.

3:16 p.m. A woman in the 800 block of Masonic Avenue said a van in her driveway had been prowled but that nothing appeared to be taken, and there was no damage. 

4:45 p.m. Police recovered a stolen vehicle at Dartmouth Street and San Pablo.

5:52 p.m. A burglar forced his or her way into a home in the 1400 block of Sonoma Avenue, and went through drawers and cabinets, but the loss was unknown at the time of the resident's call to police.

6:22 p.m. Several children were reported to be playing on the roof of Marin School. (Situation corrected by Albany Police.)

8:24 p.m. Someone reported a loud group of six to eight teenagers at Cornell School; police told them about the complaint and they promised to behave.

JAN. 6

2:40 p.m. Police were called about a man with a shopping cart going onto properties to collect recycling. (Miscellaneous public service provided.)

3:51 p.m. Someone reported a man on Solano who "plays loud music on a regular basis." Police spoke to him about the complaint and he said he would quiet down.

11:25 p.m. An "anonymous neighbor" reported a loud party on Cornell; police gave a warning to the revelers. 

11:27 p.m. A security guard at the Albany Bowl said someone was throwing rocks into the parking lot from Adams. 

JAN. 7

8:30 a.m. A woman in the 1000 block of Santa Fe reported that her engagement ring was missing from inside her home. 

11:43 a.m. An orange cat was reported missing from Evelyn Avenue. 

2:24 p.m. Police arrested Refugio Jose Torres-Hernandez of San Pablo on suspicion of trespassing, petty theft, conspiracy, resisting arrest and vandalism in the area of several businesses on Cleveland Avenue. (More details coming soon on Albany Patch.)

3:46 p.m. A man in his 40s was reported to be standing on the grass masturbating near the rear of a camper truck at Masonic and Portland. Police were unable to locate him.

10:54 p.m. Someone reported a group of four people "being loud" near Club Mallard. Police were unable to locate the source of the complaint.

JAN. 8

9:20 a.m. Someone reported that there was no water running in the restroom at Terrace Park. 

10:02 a.m. Police took a report in response to a "suspicious circumstance" reported on Pierce Street, but no additional information was available in the bulletin. 

11:27 a.m. Someone stole a vehicle the prior night from the 1100 block of Evelyn Avenue. 

12:11 p.m. Someone flagged down police about turkeys on Marin.

12:50 p.m. Someone found a set of keys in the middle of the street on Evelyn Avenue. 

1:24 p.m. A caller reported that a woman had walked in front of oncoming traffic at San Pablo and Brighton, and that it appeared she might be trying to get hit by a vehicle. Police were unable to locate her. 

3:11 p.m. Police separated neighbors who were fighting on Washington. 

4:52 p.m. Police arrested Thomas Paul Mountain III, 33, of Albany on suspicion of domestic violence after they received a report about a woman sitting in a car at Solano and Cornell who was screaming that she needed police. Mountain was taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. (He no longer appears to be in custody, according to the Alameda County inmate locator website.)

7:52 p.m. Someone at Marin and Pomona reported that his or her vehicle had been gone through.

9:55 p.m. Police responded to a vehicle accident in the 1200 block of Marin where the driver was unconscious and bleeding. The driver was taken to the hospital, and police were investigating the accident as a DUI crash. (Albany Patch has requested additional information from police.)

JAN. 9

7:56 a.m. Someone reported a theft from a vehicle in the 1000 block of Key Route. 

9:15 a.m. Someone broke into Auto Europa, in the 500 block of Cleveland, over the weekend. 

10:28 a.m. Someone broke into a car in the 1300 block of Marin over the weekend. 

11:10 a.m. Someone reported that, five minutes earlier, a neighbor had been "screaming obscenities" out of his front door, and that it was a chronic problem. (No police action warranted at this time.)

2:07 p.m. Someone stole from a vehicle in the 600 block of Spokane Avenue over the weekend. 

2:24 p.m. Someone reported an 18- to 20-year-old man wearing a sweatshirt with his hood up "drinking (a) large bottle of alcohol" sitting on the wooden bridge on the BART path. He seemed "disturbed" and "very angry." Police were unable to locate him.

4:21 p.m. Two men reportedly stole makeup from CVS and left westbound on Solano in a Red Dodge Stratus. The were described as black and 18-20 years old; one was wearing a white shirt with khaki pants and a khaki-colored satchel bag; the other was in a red hat or red shirt with jeans and a black bag.

6:02 p.m. Someone on Peralta Avenue reported a "strange powerful smell" and saw a man in a reflective orange jacket walking up and down the street with a flashlight. (Albany Patch has requested additional information from the Fire Department.)

[UPDATE, Jan. 18, via the Albany Fire Department: Capt. Jay Jorgensen said he was part of the team that investigated the scent, but "we could not locate any source.... There was a slight odor “like fried fish,” ... but nothing as first described. The crew canvassed the neighborhood. The nearby creek was thoroughly checked for any hazmats and it was clear. No man in an orange jacket was seen either. While on scene, a pedestrian passer-by stated he thought there was an odor in Berkeley nearer to Gilman. We checked there too, to no avail."]

IN OTHER NEWS...

* The Oakland Police Department arrested Kimberly Sims, 37, of Albany on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance. (Reported on Jan. 5 via localcrimenews.com)

* The California Highway Patrol in Oakland arrested William Dowling, 53, of Albany on suspicion of driving under the influence. (Reported on Jan. 7 via localcrimenews.com)

* The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department arrested Jerry McWilliams, 35, of Albany on Dec. 24. According to sheriff's department spokesman Royjindar Singh, McWilliams was visiting his children in Ceres, at a relative's house, when he began yelling and threatening people in the home. During the incident, one of his children was injured. A relative told authorities McWilliams suffered from a mental illness. He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. As of last week, he remained in custody in Stanislaus County, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 24. McWilliams was charged with assault with a deadly weapon during a court appearance on Jan. 4.

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