Just taking my trees for a walk, officer

It was in the wee hours of the morning on June 6 - 1:45 a.m. to be precise - that a frustratingly familiar resident of Boyes Hot Springs was encountered on the bike path near Highway 12 carrying three objects not normally transported at that hour in that place in that way.

The Sonoma Police officer, who was patrolling the bike path, must have been at least a little surprised to discover the suspect with three bare-root Japanese maple trees.

Upon questioning the 53-year-old suspect, the officer ascertained that the trees were, in fact, stolen, and that he had dug them out of the ground with his bare hands, which were visibly dirty. The man admitted to stealing them from a nearby residence in the 600 block of Joaquin Drive. The tree-napper was charged with petty theft and the trees were returned to their rightful owner.

In other incidents reported to local law enforcement:

Saturday, May 28:

9:57 a.m. - Injured infant. Deputies were called to the emergency room at Sonoma Valley Hospital when a 4-month-old child showed up with a broken arm. Deputies determined that the child's 24-year-old father was involved with the injury and arrested the man on charges of felony cruelty to a child.

Sunday, May 29:

7:20 p.m. - Weight loss run amok. A Boyes Springs man with an apparent weight problem stopped by the Rite-Aid store at Maxwell Village to pick up two packages of Alli weight loss pills. When he left the store and got into a white Chrysler the store manager, who had followed him out, stood in the way of the car, blocking its exit. The customer, who had neglected to pay for the $110 worth of diet pills, then jumped out of the car and ran away.

The driver, who said he had no idea his passenger was going to steal the pills, cooperated with police who promptly located the would-be dieter and charged him with petty theft.

Had the suspect done a little research, he might have learned that, according to a Mayo Clinic doctor, the pills are little more effective than diet and exercise alone. At best he could have lost an additional 3 to 5 pounds over the course of a year.

Monday, May 30:

9:12 a.m. - Overnight, bike gone. A resident in the 1300 block of Avenida Sebastiani reported that sometime overnight, someone stole an unlocked bike mounted on a rack on his car. The bike, a Cannondale 700 Silk, was valued at $1,000.

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I have a 2007 TL-S. For a while now I have the intermittant problem that occurs when either I hit the brake or shift out of park. The symptoms of the problem are that the navi system reboots AND the dash closk display goes blank. Both come back but, sometimes, if I keep my foot on the brake, they stay off AND I can't shift out of park, as if the car doesn't recognize my foot being on the brake. The local Acura dealer had replaced the navi, which wasn't the problem. They claim they can't do anything else since it only happens occassionally and they can't replicate it and thats after having it for almost a week. The car is under extended warrant and the warranty folks have said that it's covered as long as someone can determine what's wrong.

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