The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 386 calls for service on Feb. 26. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff.
Disturbance, 2700 block Santa Monica, 12 a.m.
Identity theft, 200 block Broadway, 1:17 a.m.
Resisting arrest, 1800 block 16th, 2:44 a.m.
Truancy, 2000 block Cloverfield, 7:40 a.m.
Petty theft, 300 block Wilshire, 7:41 a.m.
Public intoxication, 1800 block 9th, 7:56 a.m.
Trespassing, 1100 block 10th, 8:47 a.m.
Battery, 1500 block 5th, 8:53 a.m.
Bike theft, 1500 block 4th, 9:01 a.m.
Hit and run, 1100 block 12th, 9:49 a.m.
Fraud, 300 block Santa Monica, 10:41 a.m.
Burglary, 2800 block 3rd, 10:44 a.m.
Petty theft, 2900 block Main, 11:08 a.m.
Prostitution, 26th/Santa Monica, 11:11 a.m.
Fight, 1600 block Ocean, 11:19 a.m.
Drinking in public, 2000 block Ocean, 12:25 p.m.
Disturbance, Ocean/Bicknell, 12:50 p.m.
Petty theft, 800 block Wilshire, 12:58 p.m.
Fight, 800 block Wilshire, 2:01 p.m.
Assault, 1500 block 5th, 2:17 p.m.
Identity theft, 700 block 22nd, 2:50 p.m.
Trespassing, 1600 block Ocean, 2:55 p.m.
Grand theft, 2200 block Santa Monica, 2:55 p.m.
Petty theft, 100 block Wilshire, 3:04 p.m.
Vandalism, 16th/Delaware, 4:15 p.m.
Hit and run, 1200 block Lincoln, 4:28 p.m.
Petty theft, 300 block Colorado, 5:09 p.m.
Identity theft, 2400 block Ocean Park, 5:24 p.m.
Battery, 2600 block 32nd, 5:33 p.m.
Drinking in public, 2000 block Ocean, 6:00 p.m.
Indecent exposure, 300 block SM Pier, 6:22 p.m.
Disturbance, 1700 block 11th, 7:33 p.m.
Petty theft, 1700 block Ocean, 7:49 p.m.
Public intoxication, 100 block Broadway, 8:24 p.m.
Prowler, 2000 block La Mesa, 9:14 p.m.
Identity theft, 2300 block Broadway, 9:34 p.m.
Fraud, 1300 block 3rd, 9:46 p.m.
Grand theft, 1400 block Lincoln, 9:54 p.m.
Trespassing, 1600 block Cloverfield, 10:14 p.m.
Disturbance, 14th/Santa Monica, 11:35 p.m.
Incident of the day
On Feb. 16 at 9:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of a disturbance at Sketchers located at 1343 Third Street Promenade.
Store employees said a man was just in the store, selected two pairs of shoes and left without paying for them.
The employees said they initially stopped the man before he left the store with the unpaid shoes but then let him go when he asked them, "What do you want to do? You wanna catch a fade?" — slang for fighting. Fearing for their safety, the employees moved away from the suspect and the suspect left the store without paying for the shoes.
The employees called the police and gave a description of the suspect. Officers located the suspect at the intersection of 5th Street and Wilshire and detained him until he was positively identified.
Officers placed the subject, later identified as Pierre Lamont Matchem, under arrest for robbery and transported him to the Santa Monica Jail. While at the jail, officers learned Matchem was already on probation for robbery. He was held without bail.
