Information for the public safety column comes from public records of the West Linn Police Department.

Authorities recently filed reports on the following incidents.

ACCIDENTS

7/20 12:42 p.m. Two cars crashed at Cedaroak and Willamette drives.

7/21 10:14 p.m. A hit-and-run was reported in the 1100 block of 12th Street.

7/24 4:54 a.m. An accident was reported on southbound I-205 north of 10th Street.

7/24 2:11 p.m. A vehicle hit a parked car and an electrical box in the 5200 block of Windsor Terrace.

7/25 10:40 p.m. A vehicle swerved to miss a deer and hit a guardrail on northbound I-205 at 10th Street.

FRAUD

7/20 6:13 p.m. Someone was using a resident’s deceased mother’s name and information to make fraudulent calls.

7/26 3:30 p.m. A resident of the 3400 block of Cascade Terrace received a traffic citation from California without having actually gone there.

THEFTS

7/26 12:14 p.m. Items were taken from a vehicle in the 2100 block of Hidden Springs Court.

7/26 2:08 p.m. Items were taken from two unlocked vehicles in the 3400 block of Cascade Terrace.

7/26 2:42 p.m. Items were taken from a car in the 2400 block of Munger Drive.

LIFE IN WEST LINN

7/20 10:44 a.m. A resident of the 1600 block of April Court was receiving mail and phone calls for someone else.

7/20 11:25 a.m. A man is stalking a woman in the 18200 block of Lower Midhill Drive.

7/20 2:22 p.m. A son in the 19300 block of Robin Circle is stealing his parents’ things.

7/20 10:45 p.m. A stranger answered a phone in the 18000 block of Upper Midhill Drive. Or, callers could have misdialed.

7/20 11:28 p.m. Noisy swimmers in the 4000 block of Robin Place disappeared before police arrived.

7/20 11:29 p.m. Loud music from the fair was bothering neighbors in the 2000 block of Volpp Street.

7/21 1:38 a.m. Twenty loud and possibly drunken juveniles in the 2600 block of Lorinda Lane eluded police.

7/21 2:42 a.m. A window of a vehicle was broken in the 1700 block of Willamette Falls Drive.

7/21 3:01 a.m. Partygoers were raising a racket near Pine Street and Sunset Avenue.

7/21 12:26 p.m. A man in the 6300 block of Barclay Street was on his roof yelling at a neighbor.

7/21 2:30 p.m. A couple was having loud sex with their doors and windows open.

7/21 5:53 p.m. A loud party was disruptive at Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street.

7/21 7:46 p.m. A drunken man fell into a pool in the 2300 block of Volpp Street.

7/21 8:15 p.m. Two men were suspiciously checking out homes at Mapleton and Willamette drives.

7/21 8:53 p.m. Last-minute construction on the Street of Dreams was too loud.

7/21 10:58 p.m. A father was reportedly acting crazy.

7/22 1:58 p.m. Cascade Montessori’s playground toys were found in the parking lot and a gate was unlocked.

7/22 3:25 p.m. A child fell from the monkey bars at Willamette Terrace Apartments and suffered a head injury.

7/22 5:02 p.m. A father keeps threatening to knock his 18-year-old son out.

7/22 6:14 p.m. A vehicle’s windows were smashed out and a crowbar was left in the backseat near Beacon Hill Lane and Sabo Lane.

7/22 8:03 p.m. Two kids were seen drinking beer by a campfire at Swiftshore Park.

7/23 2 a.m. Police located a woman who escaped from Rose Linn Care Center.

7/23 8:17 a.m. A resident called about a bees’ nest near Blankenship and Ostman roads. The homeowner was well aware of the problem.

7/23 9:18 a.m. Two ladders were holding up traffic on southbound I-205 on the bridge.

7/23 11:46 a.m. A resident in the 1700 block of Willson Street was receiving threatening phone calls.

7/23 5:23 p.m. A driver spotted what seemed to be a blanket near a guardrail with legs sticking out of it on northbound I-205 at Blankenship Road.

7/23 7:29 p.m. A 20-year-old daughter refused to move out of her parent’s home in the 2600 block of Arbor Drive.

7/24 12 a.m. Kids were playing basketball too late at night in the 2000 block of Long Street.

7/24 9:40 a.m. Kids are routinely getting on the roof of Cedaroak Park Primary School.

7/24 9:57 a.m. A roommate’s son was locked in a shed lying on a mattress and refusing to leave.

7/24 10:02 a.m. A mailbox was cut in half in the 1700 block of Marylhurst Drive.

7/24 8:40 p.m. A man was spotted in the bushes taking pictures at Tanner Creek Park.

7/25 9:45 a.m. A man missing from the 19700 block of Derby Street was found at the dentist.

7/25 1:51 p.m. A woman was harassing customers at Bullseye Coffee and refused to leave.

7/25 9:32 p.m. A live band was too loud in the 2300 block of Fifth Avenue.

7/26 12:26 a.m. Landscaping lights were ripped up in the 19600 block of White Cloud Circle.

7/26 12:46 a.m. People talking, banging and screeching were heard and flashlights were seen in the 19200 block of Kapteyns Street.

7/26 8:31 a.m. A mother was concerned about her daughter’s online gaming habits.

7/26 4:57 p.m. A woman was seen performing sexual acts in a vehicle traveling northbound on I-205 near Blankenship. A child was in the backseat.

7/26 9:21 p.m. Plants were mysteriously killed in the 1300 block of Heater Court.

7/26 9:52 p.m. A transient was loitering too long at 19th Street and Short Street.

7/27 12:08 a.m. Kids were too loud for neighbors near Remington and Tannler drives.

ANIMAL ANTICS

7/20 2:22 p.m. Two hunting dogs were trying to catch cars in the 4000 block of Willamette Falls Drive.

7/20 2:47 p.m. The dogs continued on their merry way to Seventh Street and Willamette Falls Drive.

7/20 3:03 p.m. The two loose dogs were spotted again after one got stuck in fishpond netting in the 2000 block of Leslies Way.

7/22 9:50 a.m. A cat in the 2900 block of Beacon Hill Drive was a victim of a coyote.

7/22 12:34 p.m. Another coyote victim was found in the 18200 block of Shady Hollow Way.

7/25 11:57 p.m. A large animal, possibly a tiger, was seen in the slow lane of northbound I-205.

7/25 10:10 p.m. An injured deer was in the road on northbound I-205 at Highway 43.