The following was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

A 29-year-old Auburn woman was caught in a scam in which an agent of a Federal Reserve Bank told her she was the winner of $7,000.

She refused to give the caller her credit-card number, but she contacted someone else who would finish processing her award.

She sent a money order for $260 as a security deposit. A bank agent refused to give her his information until the process was complete, which would happen when she sent in another $490.

She provided her bank account information so that the agent could deposit the $7,000. She called the agent, who told her she would need to first pay 10 percent of the prize money to cover taxes.

At that point on July 23, she called police. She was told to watch her account for any unauthorized withdrawals and to notify her bank.

She turned over the contact information for the individuals who had asked her for money.

GUNSHOTS FIRED: A 47-year-old homeless man heard six gunshots just before 1 a.m. July 24 coming from a fleeing sedan on westbound Southwest Langston Street, then two more gunshots immediately after.

The second round of gunfire apparently involved a Dodge Charger and a beat-up Honda Civic-type four-door sedan that were fleeing on southbound Hardie Avenue Southwest. It appeared the Charger was trying to lose the red sedan.

Officers found two 9mm shell casings on Southwest Langston, just west of Hardie Avenue Southwest.

HIT WITH ROCKS: A 26-year-old Renton man doesn’t want to press charges against two men – if they are found – who threw rocks at him and hit him July 20 on Wells Avenue South.

He was bleeding from the nose and mouth and had several marks on his face. The men also hit a car with a can of something.

The victim confronted the men when they got in his face. They attacked and he defended himself.

PURSE STOLEN: A 25-year-old Kent woman stole a purse from the Highlands’ Safeway customer-service counter July 31 because she thought it was found money.

But then she changed her story, sahying she really needed money for a money order to pay for her child’s daycare. She then ditched the purse in some bushes, but she couldn’t remember where.

She denied making purchases using the owner’s debit card at three business after the purse was stolen.

The victim had pointed out the suspect to an officer while she was reporting the crime.

The suspected was cited for third-degree theft.

I AM A KLEPTOMANIAC: A 43-year-old Kent man admitted he’s a kleptomaniac – and knew we would get caught stealing personal-care products from Wal-mart on Rainier Avenue.

The suspect, along with his two backpacks and his bicycle, were in the loss-prevention office July 21 when an officer arrived. He admitted he had methamphetamine and a pipe in one of the bags.

Once at the police cruiser, the suspect verbally assisted the officer find the drugs and the pipe, which was covered with a white residue, in the backpack.

He was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of third-degree theft and drug possession.

NEIGHBORHOOD GUNFIRE: Four reports of gunfire made early on July 17 in the area around the 16500 block of 120th Avenue Southeast.

The residents of one residence were jolted away by the sounds as many as three gunshots. One resident found a bullet hole in the garage. A bullet went through a metal bucket inside the garage.

It’s unlikely the family was targeted because of the number of reports at about the same time, roughly 12:30 a.m.

OFF METH-FREE: An officer doing a welfare check the morning of July 23 at a gas station on Rainier Avenue South found two men apparently sleeping, their car running and in reverse.

No crime had been committed and they were free to go – until an officer noticed a small baggie of while crystal powder sitting on the center console between the two men. The man in the driver’s seat admitted it was methamphetamine and he turned it over the officer.

Because the Police Department was on emergency minimum staffing that morning, another officer took over the call so the other officer could catch up on paperwork.

Because the meth was between the two men, the officer couldn’t determine who actually possessed it. So the case was filed as information only.