Crime Corner: Vandalized Mini Cooper, Gas Drive Offs and Some Fender Benders

responded to a property damage complaint in the 6900 block of N. Belmont Ln. on Monday at 7:16 a.m. Someone had painted graffiti on the family's white Mini Cooper with orange spray paint.

The son had last driven the vehicle the previous evening and said that the car had not been damaged when he parked it. Officers found that there were paint drippings under the rear of the car, leading them to believe the car was parked in the driveway when the paint was applied. The graffiti was strictly nondescript scribbles, no specific words or pictures.

There were two other cars in the driveway with no damage, and numerous other cars parked in driveways on the same block also without any damage. The son said he did not know who would have vandalized the vehicle, and didn’t notice anyone follow him home that night. Officers estimated the damages to be around $500.

Also from the Fox Point and Bayside police departments:

• arrested a 63-year-old Glendale man at 9:30 p.m. Sunday when someone reported him for swerving over the center line. He was also speeding as he traveled down North Lake Drive near East Wabash Place. Due to medical conditions, he was unable to complete a breathalyzer, so blood results are pending.
• Two more people drove off without paying for gas this week from the in Bayside. One occurred on at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, but the driver returned to make the payment. The other happened 9:28 p.m. Friday, and no one returned to make a payment.
• A 43-year-old Mequon woman was cited by Bayside police on Friday for inattentive driving when she backed her car directly into another car that was simultaneously pulling out of its respective spot at the Audubon Shopping Center. The other woman said that she had used her horn, but the 43-year-old claimed she never even heard it.
• Two vehicles were approaching I-43 on Friday using the northbound on-ramp. The first, driven by a a 23-year-old Milwaukee woman, came to a complete stop and was waiting for an opening in traffic. The second vehicle, driven by a 22-year-old Bayside man, rammed the first. The man admitted to “thinking” the vehicle in front of him was “going to go.”