The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 330 calls for service on Jan 18. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff:
Drunk driving, Main/Pico, 12:20 a.m.
Battery, 1500 block Ocean, 12:20 a.m.
Burglary, 1000 block 22nd, 12:37 a.m.
Fight, 2900 block Main, 2:01 a.m.
Battery, 2400 block Wilshire, 2:06 a.m.
Fight Main/Hill 2:30 a.m.
Sexual assault Franklin/Santa Monica, 3:48 a.m.
Battery, 1800 block Lincoln, 6:04 a.m.
Car burglary, 300 block Washington, 7:05 a.m.
Petty theft, 1300 block Promenade, 9:19 a.m.
Shots fired, 400 block Raymond, 9:39 a.m.
Fight, 3100 block 3rd, 10:24 a.m.
Death investigation, 1700 block 15th, 12:30 p.m.
Car crash, 17th/Vicente, 12:58 p.m.
Indecent exposure, 1500 block 2nd, 1:12 p.m.
Indecent exposure, Lincoln/Santa Monica, 1:50 p.m.
Burglary, 1100 block 7th, 2:11 p.m.
Fight, 2500 block Cloverfield, 2:12 p.m.
Burglary, 900 block 23rd, 2:30 p.m.
Bike theft, 1400 block Promenade, 3:25 p.m.
Petty theft, 1600 block, Cloverfield, 4:20 p.m.
Vandalism, 2400 block Kansas, 4:42 p.m.
Car crash, 4th/Georgina, 4:56 p.m.
Fraud, 1400 Ocean, 5:20 p.m.
Rape, 1100 block 11th, 6:18 p.m.
Fight, Lincoln/Interstate 10, 7:02 p.m.
Trespassing, 2400 block Main, 8:35 p.m.
Grand theft, 1500 block Ocean, 9:08 p.m.
Trespassing, 2100 block 4th St. 9:48 p.m.
Lewd activity, 1300 block 2nd, 10:13 p.m.
Trespassing, 1100 block Lincoln, 11:03 p.m.
Incident of the day
Atapproximately 11:29 a.m. Jan. 7, officers respond to the area of 20th Street and Pico Boulevard regarding a female who was yelling at customers at a nearby business and was damaging property.
The responding officers spoke with the manager of the business and found out that the female suspect, later identified as Melinda Middlebrook, threw a chair to the floor of the restaurant, breaking it, and yelled obscenities at the manager.
Middlebrook exited the building and then sat on the 20th Street side near a wall, drinking a can of beer. The officers located her with the opened container of alcohol and detained Middlebrook as she was positively identified by the manager.
Upon her arrest for vandalism, officers searched Middlebrook and discovered a pipe used to smoke cocaine inside her bra. Middlebrook, 27, transient, was charged with vandalism and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her bail was set at $500.
