The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 280 calls for service on Jan 11. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff:
Battery on the 2500 block of Pico Blvd. at 12:03 a.m.
Battery on the 1700 block of Ocean Ave. at 12:10 a.m.
Party complaint on the 1500 block of Stanford St. at 1:34 a.m.
Fight at 25th and Wilshire at 2:19 a.m.
Traffic accident at 17th and Pico at 3:04 a.m.
Prowler on the 2600 block of 7th St. at 5:45 a.m.
Grand theft on the 400 block of 25th St. at 7:13 a.m.
Auto burglary on the 1600 block of Appian Way at 8:17 a.m.
Burglary on the 3000 block of Main St. at 9:24 a.m.
Grand theft on the 1100 block of Arizona Ave. at 9:52 p.m.
Vehicle with excessive parking violations on the 1400 block of 2nd St. at 9:58 p.m.
Fraud on the 1700 block of Ocean Ave. at 10:39 a.m.
Battery on the 1400 block of 24th St. at 10:48 a.m.
Bike theft on the 1100 block of Lincoln Blvd. at 10:55 a.m.
Elder abuse on the 2000 block of Cloverfield Blvd. at 11:03 a.m.
Hit and run on the 700 block of San Vicente Blvd. at 11:31 a.m.
Trespassing on the 2200 block of Lincoln Blvd. at 11:57 a.m.
Battery on the 1700 block of Main St. at 1:25 p.m.
Auto burglary on the 1200 block of 2nd St. at 3:14 p.m.
Battery on the 600 block of Santa Monica Blvd. at 3:19 p.m.
Indecent exposure on the 1600 block of Ashland Ave. at 3:35 p.m.
Vandalism on the 900 block of 5th St. at 3:53 p.m.
Petty theft on the 1400 block of 3rd St. Promenade at 4:28 p.m.
Petty theft on the 300 block of Santa Monica Place at 4:46 p.m.
Vandalism on the 500 block of Santa Monica Blvd. at 5:24 p.m.
Hit and run at Stewart and Olympic at 6:02 p.m.
Defrauding an Innkeeper on the 1700 block of Ocean Ave. at 6:27 p.m.
Petty theft on the 2900 block of 31st at 6:33 p.m.
Fight at 4th and Broadway at 8:56 p.m.
Vandalism on the 2000 block of 14th St. at 9 p.m.
Petty theft on the 2100 block of Ocean Park Blvd. at 10:03 p.m.
Battery on the 1400 block of Lincoln Blvd. at 10:21 p.m.
Incident of the day
On Dec.31, 2014, at about 10:15 a.m., day watch patrol officers responded to a call of a vehicle theft that had just occurred in the area of Ocean and Washington avenues. The stolen vehicle, a City of Santa Monica-owned pressure washing truck, was last seen driving away northbound on Ocean Avenue with a male suspect at the wheel. Officers located the vehicle almost immediately, weaving in and out of the bicycle lane on Montana Avenue and coming perilously close to parked cars. Fearing the driver might strike a pedestrian or cyclist, officers immediately turned on their lights and sirens for a high-risk traffic stop. The vehicle yielded along the south curb in the 400 block of Montana and the driver was taken into custody without incident. During their investigation, officers located fresh accident damage to the city truck that corresponded to damage to a black Audi parked in the 300 block of Montana. The suspect was arrested for vehicle theft, misdemeanor hit and run, and driving without a license, and transported to the Santa Monica Jail for booking. Martin Carlisle, 67, of Los Angeles, had bail set at $25,000.
