The Cupertino Courier

Sheriff's Report

The following incidents were culled from reports filed by deputies at the Sheriff's Westside Substation.

Grand theft--Oct. 13, 7 a.m., 10900 block of Maxine Drive. Sometime during the weekend someone stole a black and white rabbit, water and food bowls, a folding picnic table and a sensory play table from the inner playground of a private school. One rabbit was left behind in the cage.

Burglary--Oct. 11, 8:20 p.m., 21200 block of Homestead Road. A window screen was removed from the bedroom window of an apartment and a TV and VCR removed.

Auto Burglary--Oct. 6 and Oct. 9 or Oct. 10, 20900 and 20800 blocks of Valley Green Drive. Four cars in apartment parking lots were broken into overnight; all four car stereos were stolen. Two cars had their passenger-side windows smashed in. The stereos and speakers were ripped out, causing further damage to the cars.

Arson--Oct. 6, 4 a.m., 10800 block of South Blaney Avenue. A janitor leaving a market saw two people run from the back of a truck. The janitor called 911. When the deputies arrived, the truck's cargo burst into flames. A fire engine responded and took over the arson investigation.

Residential burglary--Oct. 3, 1 a.m., 11800 block of Shasta Springs Court. A woman came home from work to find her house ransacked and jewelry, valued at $35,000, stolen.

Grand Theft--Oct. 2, 10 a.m., 1 Infinite Loop. An employee came to work and found that overnight someone had stolen five Apple laptop computers and a Compaq laptop with expensive software from his office.

Petty theft, burglary--Oct. 6, 3 p.m., 20500 block of Stevens Creek Boulevard. A clerk in a shop said that a customer tricked him into putting $60 in $20 bills on the counter. The customer took off with the money. A short time later not far away on De Anza Boulevard, someone with a similar description entered another store, asked the cashier to make change, and then grabbed $60 in $20 bills from the cash drawer and ran.

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