The information below is provided by the Coronado Police Department and summarized for publication. The report covers Dec. 21 to Dec. 27.
Arrests:
Driving on a suspended license
Dec. 21: A 29-year-old man was cited on misdemeanor charges.
False vehicle registration
Dec. 23: A 44-year-old woman was cited on misdemeanor charges of presenting false registration, or a registration card belonging to a different car than the one being driven.
Incidents Reported:
December 21
- Hit and run, no injuries (3 incidents)
- Forgery/fraud report
- General disturbance (3 incidents)
- Petit theft report
- Traffic accident, no injuries
- Welfare check (2 incidents)
December 22
- Forgery/fraud report
- General disturbance (2 incidents)
- Welfare check (3 incidents)
- DUI
- Petit theft
- Noise disturbance
December 23
- Welfare check (2 incidents)
- Petit theft report
- Reckless driving (2 incidents)
December 24
- Hit and run, no injuries
- Harassing/threatening phone calls
- Grand theft report
- Welfare check
- Noise disturbance
December 25
- Vandalism report
- Stolen vehicle report
- Welfare check
- Hit and run, no injury
- Traffic accident, minor injury
- Traffic accident, unknown injuries
- General disturbance (2 incidents)
- Battery
December 26
- Welfare check (3 incidents)
- Battery
- Suspicious vehicle
- Identity theft report
- Grand theft report
- Noise disturbance
- Brandishing a weapon
- Traffic accident, no injuries
- Petit theft (2 incidents)
- General disturbance
December 27
- Suspicious vehicle (2 incidents)
- Trespassing
- General disturbance (3 incidents)
- Petit theft
- Grand theft report
- Welfare check
- Noise disturbance
Petit theft? Don’t you mean petty theft?
It sounds cute, though.
Both are correct! The crime of larceny comes from the French word “larcin,” which means “theft.” A smaller act of theft is written in many state statutes as “petit larceny” but colloquially referred to as “petit theft.” It was Anglocanized over the years, leading to the spelling “petty.” The Oxford English Dictionary accepts either spelling.