By Loretta Kalb
lkalb@sacbee.com
It was just another Saturday night in the city.
Sacramento Police this morning reported an array of afternoon and evening law-breaking on the first day of the weekend, including a case of a man with an annoying penchant for "smelling" women.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, for example, a man reported he had been robbed of his marijuana by two men in the 3200 block of Sweet Maple Way not far from the Garden Highway.
The complainant said he knew one of the robbers. No immediate word from police on whether the stolen marijuana was for medicinal use, or for some other purpose.
About four hours later, shortly before 10 p.m., a man sitting on a park bench at the 2900 block of Truxel Road in South Natomas was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men. The men fled on foot with the victim's wallet, police said.
Only minutes after the armed robber struck, police arrested a juvenile in the 2500 block of New Market Drive not far from Inderkum High School for allegedly possessing narcotics. The youth was taken to juvenile hall.
Police also responded to a non-injury, two-vehicle collision at Heritage Lane and Exposition Boulevard at about 10:35 p.m. Motorist Rodney Cook, 44, was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, police said.
Later in the evening, on the 500 block of Ford Road in the Norwood area, a woman reported that she was being held against her will by a 37-year-old suspect that she knows. Police report they still are investigating that case, which was reported shortly before 11 p.m.
Then close to midnight in the 2600 block of Gateway Oaks Drive in South Natomas, an armed man robbed a gas station clerk at gunpoint and got away with cash, police said.
The sniffing incident came hours earlier - before nightfall.
At around 2:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of Alhambra Boulevard near downtown Sacramento, officers received a call about a man behaving strangely.
According to the report, the alleged perpetrator was walking up to women and smelling and, possibly, spitting on them.
Police took a report.
Call The Bee's Loretta Kalb, (916) 321-1073.
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