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Police log: Internet frauds net more than $14,000 from residents
Plus, other police reports through July 24

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Two Pleasanton residents reported being victims of Internet fraud last weekend, with one taken for more than $10,000 in fraudulent credit card charges.

That report came in at 3:03 p.m. July 21 from the 1600 block of Ramblewood Way. The resident said two online purchases totaling $10,850 had been made and only discovered when she examined her credit card bill.

In the second, reported at 1:52 p.m. July 22, a woman in the 3800 block of West Las Positas Boulevard reported being defrauded after wiring $3,200 to buy an Acura through Craigslist. So many people have been defrauded through the popular online site that Craigslist now runs a scam warning on the auto sales portion of its site, advising people not to wire money.

In other police reports:

* Six people were arrested over recent days in four felony shoplifting cases.

Gabriel Rodigari, 23, of Alameda was arrested at about 6:58 p.m. July 19 for felony shoplifting and probation violation for taking clothing worth about $780 from Nordstrom at Stoneridge Shopping Center.

Christian Michael Ruge, 22, of Dublin, was arrested for felony shoplifting at about 3:27 p.m. July 20 at Kohls in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive. Ruge was arrested for stealing clothing worth $24 from Kohls, with burglary tools -- in this case, a pair of pliers -- to commit the crime, which elevated the arrest to felony status.

Two women and a juvenile girl were arrested around 5:27 p.m. July 22 in a credit card fraud at Nordstrom. Janesses Figueroa Moreno, 21, of Fairfield was charged with felony shoplifting, grand theft and forgery; Angela Marie Baca, 21, of San Mateo was arrested for presenting false identification to a police officer; and an unnamed 17-year-old was arrested for misdemeanor theft. The three used a debit card to charge $596.50 in clothing. The card's owner was contacted and said the trio did not have permission to use it.

Christopher James Diehl, 23, a transient, was arrested at 5:47 p.m. July 24 at Wal-Mart in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive on a charge of felony shoplifting in the theft of a bicycle worth $135 and miscellaneous other items.

* A commercial burglary at Extra Space Storage in the 3700 block of Old Santa Rita Road netted perfumes and other miscellaneous items valued at $11,719. A lock to the storage unit was cut; the burglary was reported at 2:42 p.m. July 21.

* Stereo equipment valued at about $4,000 was stolen from a car in the 6100 block of Homer Court between 8:30 p.m. July 18 and noon July 22. A $1,500 stereo, a $1,500 amplifier and a $1,000 subwoofer were reported stolen; a door lock was punched to gain access.

* A $1,500 laptop and $100 briefcase were reported stolen in an auto burglary between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. July 17 at 24 Hour fitness in the 4700 block of Willow Road.

* A $500 scale was reported stolen in a commercial burglary at the Dublin San Ramon Services District between 5 p.m. July 6 and 7 a.m. July 18.

Under the law, those arrested are considered innocent until convicted.

Last week the Pleasanton Police Department also listed the following information in its log of incident reports.

JULY 17

Theft


- 12:11 p.m. in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive; identity theft
- 3:56 p.m. in the 3400 block of Cornerstone Court; grand theft

DUI

- 10:37 p.m. at the intersection of Santa Rita Road and Sutter Gate Avenue

JULY 18

Theft


- 8:10 a.m. in the 4400 block of Pleasanton Avenue; identity theft
- 11:58 a.m. in the 5900 block of Laurel Creek Drive; mail theft, vandalism
- 12:19 p.m. in the 5900 block of Laurel Creek Drive; mail theft, vandalism
- 1:58 p.m. in the 6200 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; identity theft

Driving with marijuana

-1:31 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Del Valle Parkway

JULY 19

Sexual exploitation of a minor


- 10:03 a.m. in the 3200 block of Northampton Court

Theft

- 10:18 a.m. in the 2800 block of Hopyard Road; embezzlement
- 1:50 p.m. in the 400 block of Pine Hill Lane; identity theft
- 7:58 p.m. in the 1600 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; felony shoplifting

Burglary

- 3:54 p.m. in the 3700 block of Kamp Drive
- 6:58 p.m. in the 1600 block of Stoneridge Mall Road

Auto burglary

- 11:13 p.m. in the 4600 block of Chabot Drive

DUI

- 1:50 a.m. in the 4400 block of Sutter Gate Avenue
- 11:08 p.m. at the intersection of Peters Avenue and St. Mary Street

JULY 20

Theft


- 9:33 a.m. in the 700 block of Summit Creek Lane; identity theft
- 2:17 p.m. in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive; felony shoplifting
- 7:34 p.m. in the 1500 block of Stoneridge Mall Road
- 10:03 p.m. in the 1300 block of Stoneridge Mall Road

Battery

- 11:11 a.m. in the 3900 block of Promenade Way
- 1:37 p.m. in the 2800 block of Victoria Ridge Court; battery, petty theft
Possession of false identification==

- 9:24 a.m. in the 5800 block of Owens Drive

Auto burglary

- 2:44 a.m. in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive
- 1:50 p.m. in the 1700 block of Santa Rita Road

Alcohol violations

- 9:40 p.m. in the 2100 block of Cascara Court; public drunkenness, resisting arrest
- 10:40 p.m. at the intersection of W. Angela Street and Augustine Street; DUI

JULY 21

Theft


- 3:03 p.m. in the 1600 block of Ramblewood Way; grand theft, identity theft
- 7:16 p.m. in the 1500 block of Stoneridge Mall Road

Burglary

- 2:42 p.m. in the 3700 block of Old Santa Rita Road

Public drunkenness

- 2:01 a.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Ray Street

JULY 22

Theft

- 1:52 p.m. in the 3800 block of W. Las Positas Boulevard; forgery
- 5:27 p.m. in the 1600 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; forgery, grand theft, theft, felony shoplifting, false representation of identification to a police officer

Auto burglary

- 4:53 p.m. in the 4700 block of Willow Road

Drug/alcohol violations

- 12:52 a.m. in the 5100 block of Hopyard Road; DUI
- 6:36 p.m. at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Chestnut Way; driving with marijuana

JULY 23

Theft

- 11:20 a.m. in the 4300 block of Hacienda Drive; grand theft
- 2:35 p.m. in the 4100 block of Denker Drive; grand theft
- 3:32 p.m. at the intersection of Stoneridge Drive and Pleasant Hill Road; theft, vandalism

Auto burglary

- 9:27 p.m. in the 7000 block of Johnson Drive
- 6:44 p.m. in the 6100 block of Homer Court

Vandalism

- 3:42 p.m. in the 900 block of Main Street

Drug/alcohol violations

- 11:16 a.m. in the 4500 block of Fisher Court; paraphernalia possession
- 10:17 p.m. in the 3500 block of Old Santa Rita Road; public drunkenness
- 11:40 p.m. in the 5100 block of Hopyard Road; public drunkenness

JULY 24

Theft


- 9:51 a.m. in the 5600 block of Stoneridge Drive; auto theft
- 10:47 a.m. in the 5400 block of Black Avenue; grand theft
- 12:56 p.m. in the 1100 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; grand theft
- 3:03 p.m. in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive
- 4:50 p.m. in the 4500 block of Rosewood Drive; felony shoplifting

Burglary

- 10:55 a.m. in the 7300 block of Johnson Drive

Public drunkenness

- 8:21 p.m. in the 4200 block of Rosewood Drive

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