Swallows Day Casualty: Windshield Wipers

Cue the theme music from "Psycho." At 8:36 a.m. Wednesday, someone stopped by Police Services to report a petty theft. The complainant’s windshield wipers were stolen on Saturday.

Also:

At 7:11 a.m. Wednesday, a petty theft was reported from St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. The informant said the culprit may be intoxicated and was last seen running toward Calle Arroyo. A witness reported seeing him in the San Juan Creek bed under the I-5 Freeway.

At 7:49 a.m. Tuesday, a caller in the 32400 block of Alipaz Street reported that he did two days’ worth of work for a customer and now the customer is refusing to pay. The two were in a heated, verbal argument, but then the customer tried to leave in a green station wagon. Deputies were able to intervene.

At 11:35 p.m. Monday, a caller phoned the sheriff’s department to complain about a jackhammer making too much noise near the intersection of La Novia Avenue and Via Entrada. According to the report, a city crew was working on a broken water main.

At 2:35 p.m. Monday, deputies stopped a cyclist and found a probationer in violation of the terms of his probation. The 43-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody without bail.

These are selected reports from the San Juan Capistrano Police Dispatch Services log throughout the past few days. The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided.