Police Log: Fisticuffs; Fraudsters; Fender-Benders

Numerous reports of fraud and identity theft were recorded last week by the Danville Police Department.

But in Fremont, one quick-thinking bank teller's "mistake" saved an elderly woman, already scammed of $7,500, from further losses.

The 84-year-old victim was conned into sending $7,500 to a man claiming she had won a $680,000 prize, said the Fremont Police Department.

The caller told the woman to "pay the taxes up front" in both wire funds and cash in the mail to a fictitious Florida address, which she did.  

Growing suspicious, however, the woman called police to her home where the scammer called again, claiming to be her husband's former co-worker and kindly inquiring on her family. When the officer got on the line, the caller hung up.

The officer contacted the Florida post office in hopes of intervening the cash the victim sent, but was too late as the package was picked up just 30 minutes prior, police said.

The officer then took the woman to her bank to check on the wire transfer. 

The bank teller, who previously assisted the woman, said she recognized the scam and warned the elderly woman, but that the victim insisted on making the wire payments.

However, the teller said she ensured the funds would not be immediately accessible and misspelled the recipient’s name on purpose to delay the transaction, police said.

The teller’s actions allowed the victim to recover all money she was going to wire, police said.

“The loss could have been significantly worse if it weren’t for her actions,” the Fremont police said in a release. As the officer took the woman home, the scammer called seven more times. She agreed to change her phone number. 

• Drunk-and-disorderly arrest made 12:55 a.m. along 300 Hartz Avenue.
• Party disturbance reported 12:33 a.m. and 1:49 a.m. on the 100 block of Estates Drive.
  
• Property-damage accident: 10:24 a.m. Sycamore Valley Road at I-680.
  
• Battery reported 11:11 a.m. along 200 Hartz Avenue.
  
• Court-order violation logged 11:12 a.m. on the 1200 block of Robyn Drive. 
  
• Unwanted guest disturbance reported 2:26 p.m. along 100 Mountain Valley Place.
• Harassment reported 6:20 p.m. along 100 Hartz Avenue  
  
• Fight reported 5:43 p.m. on the 200 block of Jewel Terrace.
  
• Traffic-stop arrest 11 p.m. on 800 Camino Ramon.
  
• Disturbance recorded 11:06 p.m. on the 300 block of Silverado Court.
  

• Noise disturbance reported 7:06 a.m. along 100 New Boston Court.
• Vandalism: 7:16 a.m. on 1000 Tassajara Ranch Road.
  
• Arrest for suspected credit-card fraud made 9:24 a.m. on the 100 block of Fairmayden Lane.
  
• Property-damage accidents: 12:07 p.m. Camino Tassajara and Glasgow Drive; 8:11 p.m. Iron Horse Trail and San Ramon Valley Boulevard.
  
• Injury accident: 2:02 p.m. Old Orchard and Greenbrook drives.
  
• Misdemeanor hit-and-run: 4:11 p.m. Via Hermosa at Diablo Road.
  
• Battery reported 11:03 p.m.; street not disclosed.
  

• Promiscuous shooting reported 1 a.m. along 1000 Lehigh Valley Circle.
• Credit card fraud reported 9:02 a.m. on the 400 block of Oneida Court.
• Car break-in: 8:56 a.m. along 300 Hartz Avenue.
• Hazardous materials incident reported 11:52 a.m. on 3500 Camino Tassajara. 
  
• Residential burglary logged 1:21 p.m. along the 700 block of Camino Amigo.
• Misdemeanor hit-and-run: 1:32 p.m. on 100 Mackenzie Place. 
  
• Fights reported: 6:04 p.m. on the 500 block of Danville Boulevard; 10:59 p.m. on the 300 block of Love Lane; 11:16 p.m. on 300 Hartz Avenue.
• Juvenile reported missing 7:27 p.m. Hartz and West Prospect avenues.
  
• Harassment reported 10:17 p.m. on the 400 block of Sutton Circle.
  
• Fireworks reported 10:35 p.m. along 600 El Pintado Road.
  

• Identity theft reported 8:36 a.m. on the 100 block of Gerard Drive.
• Property-damage and injury accident: 8:38 a.m. I-680 and Sycamore Valley Road.
• Fraud cases filed: 4:24 p.m. along 600 South Paradise Valley Court; 4:32 p.m. along 100 Plumeria Court.
• Criminal/terrorist threats reported 5:07 p.m. on the 400 block of Liverpool Street. 
• Shoplifting logged 8:38 p.m. on 500 Hartz Avenue.
• Unwanted guest disturbance reported 9:32 p.m. on the 100 block of Midland.
• Fireworks reported: 9:38 p.m. on 100 block of Hidden Hills Place; 9:39 p.m. on 100 block of Anthurium Court; 8:40 p.m. Camino Tassajara and Oakgate Drive. Suspects unable to be located.
• Arrest made following investigation along 700 Diablo Road 10:10 p.m. 

• Battery reported 8:11 a.m. on the 100 block of Fairwood Court.
• Identity theft filed 3:53 p.m. on the 500 block of Indian Home Road, and 4:41 p.m. on the 100 block of Blackstone Drive. 
  
• Noise disturbance reported 8:48 p.m. Tassjara Ranch Drive at Crow Canyon Road.
  

• Theft reported 8:46 a.m. along 3400 Fostoria Way.
• Bicycle theft logged 10:14 a.m. on the 100 block of Hightree Court.
  
• Misdemeanor hit-and-runs: 12:34 p.m. along 200 Promenade Lane; 1:34 p.m. on 900 San Ramon Valley Boulevard.
  
• Court-order violation reported 2:39 p.m. on 700 San Ramon Valley Boulevard.
  
• Harassment reported 5:39 p.m. along 100 East Prospect Avenue.
• Property-damage accident: 5:43 p.m. on 200 St. Christopher Drive.
  
• Drug violation reported 9:34 p.m. Valle Verde Court at Green Valley Road.
  

• Traffic-stop arrests: 1:40 a.m. Camino Tassajara and Diablo Road; 10:45 a.m. Camino Tassajara and Shady Creek Drive.
• Juvenile disturbance reported 3:55 p.m. on the 400 block of La Gonda Way.
  
• Property-damage accident 4:30 p.m. I-680 and at Stone Valley Road.
• Missing person case filed 5 p.m. on the 500 block of La Gonda Way. 
  
• Battery reported 5:35 p.m. on the 300 block of Quinterra Lane.
  
• Court-order violation reported 6:37 p.m. on the 600 block of Garden Creek Place.
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  Zoneil Maharaj contributed to this report.