Called to a disturbance outside a Junction bar, an officer dealt with a clearly intoxicated man who did not want his equally intoxicated girlfriend to drive home to Tacoma. The man admitted that he was in no condition to drive and that he planned to take a taxi. The officer called for a cab for the pair but didn't quite believe that the two wouldn't drive. On a hunch, he parked a block away from the couple's car and waited. Indeed, the pair returned to the car and drove off, making abrupt stops and failing to use turn signals. The driver was cited for DUI and was driven from the Southwest Precinct in a taxi. The girlfriend had already been picked up by an acquaintance.

Although the neighbor explained she was trying to build a fence as a natural barrier to address ongoing property concerns, a 40-year-old Alaska Junction-area man called 911 to complain that the fence builders—who were several 100 feet away—were standing in his yard as they dug the post holes. The officer explained that he would speak with the neighbors but that it seemed to be a civil matter. The complainant's response: “Am I going to have to punch someone in the face to get this taken care of?” (The officer warned the man that he didn't appreciate his demeanor.) The woman told the officer about the long-standing problem and that she had had to get an anti-harassment order against her neighbor. The officer advised the workers to fill the holes; the woman said she would try to figure out some other way to construct a barrier. The officer reports that the woman was completely cooperative and that the complainant was not—and that he clearly had no interest in trying to resolve the issue.

Someone stole a rosebush from a yard in the 3000 block of 66th Avenue Southwest.

Noticing that a burglar had stolen a container full of coins, a homeowner went to the Westwood QFC to see if a suspect (as described by a witness) might be at the Coinstar machine. Indeed, a matching suspect was there, and was also in possession of some of the family's other stolen items. The 19-year-old West Seattle man was booked into King County Jail for investigation of burglary.

While pumping gas at a Delridge service station, a woman reports that a man reached into her car and grabbed her purse and iPod from the front seat. A witness also saw the incident and called in a license plate. Officers visited the home of the registered owner but learned that he had moved two weeks earlier. The suspect remains at large.

Medics were called to Westwood Village when an elderly gentleman, apparently startled when a car started to back out of a parking spot, fell to the ground. Luckily, he was not his by the car.

Suspicious noises and lights led officers to the rear of a residence in the 1900 block of Southwest Brandon where they discovered teens creating what they said was a BMX bike path. The two were told to stop the project, as they appeared to be digging on city property.

In the 4600 block of 35th, the two stumbling, uncooperative suspects denied shoplifting at the 7-11 and insisted that the nice, cold bottle of Brut champagne had simply been lying on the sidewalk.

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 6000 39th SW, 6700 37th SW, California Ave. SW at SW Othello, 7700 30th SW,