Police files

The following incidents were taken from police reports:

BURBANK VILLAGE

200 block of South First Street: A 41-year-old Los Angeles woman

reported that her ex-boyfriend dragged her by the arm from his car at

8:45 p.m. Friday. The two were arguing about money when the woman got out

of the car and walked away. The man allegedly drove up next to the woman

and accelerated when she rested her left arm on the car window. She was

dragged about 30 feet, police said. The woman was treated by paramedics

at the scene for pain to her right and back side.

HILLSIDE DISTRICT

700 block of Harvard Road: A nativity scene worth about $100 was

stolen from the frontyard of a home between midnight and 7:30 a.m.

Monday. The owner of the nativity scene, an 85-year-old Burbank woman,

told police someone unplugged her lights and took the decoration, which

included statues that were several feet tall, police said.

600 block of Brown Drive: A 72-year-old Burbank man was arrested on

suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. The man

allegedly pushed his neighbor, a 39-year-old man, and hit him with a

3-foot metal stake that was used to determine the property line. Police

said the older man was upset that his neighbor wanted to build a

retaining wall on the property line. The younger man had some swelling on

his leg but was not hospitalized, police said.

MEDIA CITY CENTER

200 block of East Cypress Avenue: A 22-year-old San Gabriel man was

arrested at 3:40 p.m. Monday on suspicion of burglary and could face an

additional charge of hit-and-run police said. The man allegedly tried to

use a stolen credit card to purchase merchandise at Macy’s. An employee

followed the man outside and saw him back out of a parking space and hit

another car, police said. The suspect ran away but was caught at Glenoaks

Boulevard and Olive Avenue after a brief foot pursuit. A stolen

MasterCard was recovered on Magnolia Boulevard, police said.

NORTHWEST DISTRICT

1300 block of North California Street: A 21-year-old Burbank was

arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol at 7:40

p.m. on Dec. 18. Officers arrested the man after he hit a speed bump and

crashed his car into two parked cars, police said. A 30-year-old Valley

Village woman, who was a passenger in the car, suffered minor injuries

and was treated at the scene.

3200 block of West Victory Boulevard: A 30-year-old Azusa man was

arrested on suspicion of battery at 6:15 p.m. Sunday after allegedly

causing serious injuries to his ex-wife’s boyfriend. A 25-year-old

Burbank man received a fractured eye socket and nose when he was punched

by the Azusa man while he was sitting in a van, police said. The suspect

also dragged the Burbank man out of the van, police said.