A young man ran through back yards in South Park trying to elude officers, but jumped a fence and landed in a yard protected by a large dog, which bit him soundly in the hand and ankle. The suspect was soon apprehended and booked into the Youth Service Center for investigation of eluding and for parole violations from Olympia.

A car prowler apparently felt guilty about leaving his victim without some means of entertainment. Although the thief stole the man's satellite car stereo system, he was thoughtful enough to leave a stolen Kenwood car stereo on the victim's passenger seat.

Someone cut some Japanese maples for "tree starts" on 45th SW, damaging the trees so badly that they might not survive. $2,000-$3,000 loss.

In the 2200 block of SW Holden, a woman reports that around 4 p.m. Sunday, three teens tried to break into her home by first trying the doorknob and banging on the door. Failing in their efforts, they then banged on a bedroom window so hard that it cracked in a spider web pattern. The suspects remain at large.

A man called 911 to report that the woman in the apartment next door had been yelling at him all day through the wall. (Officers could hear the woman as they spoke with the victim.) In the past, she has tried to pass herself off in public as his wife. Her behavior violated an anti-harassment order that contains many restrictions. The 60-year-old woman was booked into King County Jail for violating the order and for an outstanding trespass warrant of $1,075.

Tuesday evening, someone stole a laptop computer from the trunk of a vehicle parked near the front door of Salty's.

Someone entered a locked yard on 31st SW, then cut the hinge and lock on a shed, and stole a $350 lawn mower. On 24th SW, a burglar of similar mind broke into a home and stole nearly $1,000 worth of tools and lawn-care items.

In a new take on fraud, a woman called an elderly West Seattle resident, claimed the man's son was guilty of bank fraud and that $1,300 was due to the courts. She said that unless the money was handed over, the son would be taken to jail. She then asked the victim for a credit card number so that this fee could be paid. The man provided the information. He has been advised to not give his credit card numbers to anyone in the future, and to report any similar calls to the police.

Around 5 p.m. Saturday, in two separate incidents, drivers report that their cars were hit by high-powered BBs or pellets in the 1800 block of SW Holden.

On Thursday, a man was walking near 39th and Morgan when a car drove by with a rifle-like barrel poking through the window. The victim felt sudden pain, and suffered a pellet wound on the underside of his left forearm.

Over $1,000 worth of aluminum, including two 20-foot sections of a football goalpost, were stolen from a secured, fenced area of West Seattle Stadium early Monday.

On 47th SW, someone broke a landscape light from a front yard and threw it through a neighbor's window.

Burglaries by block: 500 S. Cloverdale, 5200 Delridge Way, 5400 23rd SW, 5000 41st SW, 9300 7th S, 4400 35th SW, 3700 9th S, 7100 31st SW, 8400 24th SW, 8600 46th SW, 500 S. Monroe, 100 S. Donovan, 3600 55th SW, 600 Corson Ave. S, 8500 6th S, 4300 SW Brace Point Dr., 300 S. Sullivan, 2500 56th SW

Thirty-two car prowls and four domestic violence incidents were reported in greater West Seattle last week.