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Three people reported being victims of felony frauds in recent days.
A resident of the 7800 block of Flagstone Drive reported 15 unauthorized transactions had been made through his checking account. One was for $2,700 and 14 others dating to the end of March ranged from $45 to $80. The identity theft was reported at about 11:52 a.m. Aug. 13.
The credit card of a resident of the 6200 block of Homer Way was used to make three fraudulent charges totaling nearly $2,000 in an incident reported at about 8:27 a.m. Aug. 11.
Nothing was taken in an attempt to cash fraudulent checks in the name of a resident of the 2900 block of Moreno Avenue in a fraud reported at about 3:23 p.m. Aug. 12.
In other police reports:
* A call from a security company in the early morning hours of Aug. 10 led to the arrest of two people for prowling, a misdemeanor.
The call came in at about 12:53 a.m., and the security firm reported that surveillance cameras at a construction site showed two people in a locked area in the 5700 block of W. Last Positas Boulevard.
* Auto parts worth more than $12,000 were reported stolen from the garage at a home in the 100 block of Trenton Circle between 11:30 a.m. and 12:37 p.m. Aug. 10. The parts, which include an $8,000 crank shaft, a $3,000 engine block, pistons, rods, ring bearings and an oil pump worth a total of $1,560 were taken from an open garage.
* Ten bracelets and possibly other items were stolen in an Aug. 11 commercial burglary at Cardinal Jewelers in the 3000 block of Hopyard Road, reported at about 5:42 a.m. The front door of the jewelery store was smashed with a piece of concrete; the store was conducting an inventory to see what else, if anything, was taken.
Jewelery was also stolen in two Aug. 11 residential burglaries.
Rolex watches worth $8,132 and $1,324 were stolen in a break-in at a home in the 4100 block of Remillard Court, along with a display box worth $500. The front door of the home had been forced open to provide entry in the burglary, reported at about 10:51 a.m.
The front door of a home in the 7600 block of Maywood Drive was also forced open in a break-in reported at about 9:59 p.m. The homeowner reported that jewelry and two laptops were stolen, but did not provide a list of exactly what was taken or the value of the items.
* Three construction sites were hit by burglars in recent days. Lumber worth $1,448 was stolen from a construction trailer in the 1000 block of Shotwell Court in a theft reported at about 11:01 a.m. Aug. 12.
Tile worth $600 was stolen from a home under construction in the 1100 block of Finch Place sometime between 5:45 p.m. Aug. 9 and 2 p.m. Aug 10, reported at 11:01 a.m. Aug. 12, and a grate was taken from another home in the 1100 block of Finch Place, reported at about 12:13 p.m. Aug. 12.
* Two thieves made off with more than $1,000 in alcohol in an Aug. 11 shoplifting from Safeway in the 6700 block of Bernal Avenue. The pair took 11 bottles of wine worth $634 and nine bottles of miscellaneous alcohol worth $450 at about 5:42 p.m. Both suspects were described as Asian men, 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing between 160 and 185 pounds. They drove off in a four-door Toyota Camry with faded baby blue paint.
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.
AUG. 7
Theft
– 7:52 a.m. in the 6400 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; auto theft
– 2:28 in the 500 block of St. John Street; theft from structure
– 3:32 p.m. in the 700 block of Peters Avenue; bicycle theft
Vehicle tampering
– 8:23 a.m. in the 7500 block of Ivy Court
AUG. 8
Theft
– 9:14 in the 4100 block of Vineyard Avenue; fraud
Burglary
– 7:53 p.m. in the 2700 block of Laramie Gate Circle; residential
Drug/alcohol violations
– 8:10 p.m. in the 3000 block of Chardonnay Drive; marijuana possession
– 11:16 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and St. John Street; DUI
AUG. 9
Theft
– 10:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Stoneridge Drive
– 2:56 p.m. in the 1100 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; shoplifting
– 5:44 p.m. in the 1700 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; shoplifting
Auto burglary
– 9:24 p.m. in the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road
Vandalism
– 7:05 a.m. in the 5800 block of Parkside Drive
– 8:04 a.m. in the 3400 block of Hopyard Road; graffiti
Public drunkenness
– 10:09 p.m. at the intersection of W. Las Positas Boulevard and Payne Road
AUG. 10
Forcible Rape
– 4:25 p.m. in the 5100 block of Hopyard Road
Residential burglary
– 12:37 p.m. in the 100 block of Trenton Circle
Prowling
– 12:53 a.m. in the 5700 block of W. Las Positas Boulevard
Vandalism
– 7:55 a.m. in the 5800 block of Parkside Drive; graffiti
Alcohol violations
– 2:13 a.m. in the 300 block of St. Mary Street; bicycling under the influence of alcohol or drugs
– 10:24 p.m. at the intersection of Valley Avenue and Crestline Road; DUI
AUG. 11
Theft
– 8:27 a.m. in the 6200 block of Homer Way; fraud
– 5:42 p.m. in the 6700 block of Bernal Avenue; shoplifting
Burglary
– 5:42 a.m. in the 3000 block of Hopyard Road; commercial
– 10:51 a.m. in the 4100 block of Remillard Court; residential
– 9:59 p.m. in the 7600 block of Maywood Drive; residential
AUG. 12
Theft
– 9 a.m. in the 6400 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; auto theft
– 12:13 p.m. in the 1000 block of Shotwell Court
– 3:23 p.m. in the 2900 block of Moreno Avenue; fraud
Burglary
– 11:01 a.m. in the 1100 block of Finch Place; commercial
– 12:13 p.m. in the 1100 block of Finch Place; residential
– 11:01 a.m. in the 1000 block of Shotwell Court
Marijuana possession
– 4:53 p.m. in the 6000 block of Sterling Greens Circle
– 9:20 p.m. in the 600 block of Junipero Street
– 11:23 p.m. in the 5800 block of Owens Drive
AUG. 13
Theft
– 11:52 a.m. in the 7800 block of Flagstone Drive; fraud
– 3:14 p.m. in the 6700 block of Bernal Avenue; shoplifting
Battery
– 11:22 p.m. in the 1700 block of Santa Rita Road
My wife’s card information was stolen from the new Safeway gas station on Bernal Ave. A lady, not a gas station employee, volunteered to help my wife with the pump. My wife declined. However, somehow, the card info was stolen and used in a Wawa store in Maryland. The credit card company called us immediately, warned us and issued a new card. We have called Safeway. However, the person who answered the call wasn’t very receptive. So, watch out for any unusual behavior, even if the person is trying to be helpful when you don’t need it.
If the Safeway employee hadn’t have been unionized, I’m sure you’d have gotten a better response from the company.
Apparently there is another Dave from Birdland making comments. I’m not into making snide remarks like the above posting. From now on I’ll post as a registered member. I think somebody was/is just trying to cause some issues from other postings in which I have been very questioning on why the BART union deserves to receive their outlandish salary and benefit demands
A Resident, please share the details of how “somehow” the card info was stolen. Did your wife hand the card over, or was there a skimmer on the pump, or what? Give us a heads-up so that we can be on the lookout when pumping gas at Safeway or anywhere else. Love to hear about the latest scams and how they work.
Our card company blocks use outside the range of some complex matrix they have worked out regarding our purchase patterns and geographical location, then we get a call and a new card. Pretty slick.
Mike
Problem is, Mike, should you be the one outside of that range your company has determined is yours, you may end up some week-end in Timbuktu without a valid credit card, waiting for your company to open it doors on Monday morning. This can be embarrassing when you’re attempting to pay a $150.00 restaurant tab and the waiter insists your card is not valid.
Been There,
I wonder if the matrix looks at purchase activity that would put the card in a certain location. I’ve used it in bunches of far-off places and for some arguably unusual purchases without any trouble at all.
Mike
The unauthorized checking account withdrawals began at the end of March and the theft was not reported until mid August? Why on earth wasn’t the checkbook balanced every month? There is a thing called personal responsibility! The theft would have been caught within one month……
Where is comment from Safeway from all this? Man oh man if we said we would boycott that gas station, they would sure do something.
Also, ladies do NOT leave your handbag on the front seat while filling up. They cand sneak over to steal it. I have not heard that happening here in Pleasanton, but beware!
Had our CC fraudulently used recently. Called the CC company and they looked into it. Their records showed the card was “scanned” at the store… how is that possible when we still have both of our cards, I have no idea. But seems you can’t keep your CC 100% safe. Everyone from the clerk to the waiter can get all he needs to make an online purchase. Just be glad 95% of people are probably trustworthy enough for us to continue to use CCs.
My wife did not hand over the card. She had it in her pocket with the Safeway card, when she was outside the car. Looks like a skimmer was attacehd to the card reader. Withing 1/2 hr of her Safeway Gas purchase, we go a the call that the card was tried to be used in Marayland! So these perps just transfer the information to some remote area and try to scam as much as quickly as possible. We havent heard from Safeway either.
How are “skimmers” attached without an employee noticing? Part of their job should be to monitor that stuff. Maybe cameras would help discourage the practice…I’m sure the Safeway corporation can afford to address the issue in a pro-active manner.
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