Police Notebook: Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:00 pm

Information is taken from the records of the Portage police and fire departments and does not represent a comprehensive list of activity. Each individual is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty.

Between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to 43 calls.

900 block of Hamilton Street:

400 block of West Carroll Street:

East Albert Street:

At 5:27 a.m. Tuesday, police investigated the vandalism of two traffic signs. Two speed limit signs were spray painted, police said.

At 1:07 p.m. Monday, police took a report of the theft of a car stereo face plate and an iPod cable from an unlocked vehicle in a driveway. A backpack was recovered before the victim contacted police.

Police at 9:17 a.m. Monday took a report of the theft of cash from a purse. The theft occurred Saturday, with the purse in an unlocked car in an open garage, police said.