The following was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports:

Five individuals were apprehended Nov. 7 in the Highlands after a short chase and manhunt near Hazen High School and Kiwanis Park.

Four suspects were apprehended at about 3:15 p.m. on Redmond Avenue Northeast, then shortly after the fifth suspect was found by a K9 unit on Northeast Eighth Court.

The incident started when a man spotted his friend’s stolen vehicle at a gas station at Sunset Boulevard and Duvall Avenue Northeast and called 911, according to Terri Vickers, a spokeswoman for the Renton Police Department.

The stolen car left the gas station and responding officers pursued it for about one minute on Duvall to Northeast 10th Street, before terminating the pursuit because of weather and traffic, according to Vickers.

The vehicle crashed into a fence on Northeast Ninth Court at 3:07 p.m.

A police perimeter was set up in the area, creating a large police presence and the investigation was continued into the afternoon.

Woman fends off robber

A 24-year-old Renton woman who fears people in general was robbed during the early morning hours of Oct. 30 while walking to a gas station on Rainier Avenue South.

A man started following her as she walked west on Southwest Sunset Boulevard, so she started to walk faster. She told him to, in essence, leave her alone, and started walking toward her home.

A second man got out of an SUV, possibly a Lincoln Navigator, and walked toward her. With her attention diverted, the first man pulled her backward to the sidewalk, where she hit her head hard.

He then patted her down, as if looking for something to steal.

She then pulled a knife from her coat pocket in an effort to scare off the assaulter. But the man swatted at her hand and the knife cut her thigh. She punched the man with her left fist, hitting somewhere hard.

The man then walked to the SUV and left. She was treated at the scene, then taken to a hospital by a friend.

Patron gets phone back

A patron at the downtown library on Oct. 24 managed to grab onto a Renton man at the front door who had just stolen her cell phone.

Other patrons had rushed to help the Renton woman, but as a library worker dialed 911, the suspect, an 18-year-old Renton man, escaped from the melee and fled toward the parking lot on Mill Avenue. He was apprehended just minutes later on South Third Street.

He had dropped the cell phone during the scuffle inside the library.

The victim was working on a library computer when the suspect, wearing a hoodie, grabbed her phone. When she realized he didn’t do so by mistake, she yelled, “Hey! Stop! My phone!” and ran after him.

The suspect was arrested for investigation for third-degree theft and was booked into the SCORE regional jail. In lieu of answering questions, he asked for a lawyer.

Ex-girlfriend, TV gone

A 47-year-old Renton man returned home Oct. 24 to find his ex-girlfriend and his 47-inch, big-screen TV gone.

The ex-girlfriend, who lives in Marysville, had spent the night and was still there when he left for work.

He thinks the ex-girlfriend wanted to pawn the TV for money to buy drugs. He called her, but her phone was turned off.

Car theft thwarted

An employee of a downtown hair salon scared off a young man Oct. 24 who was trying to break into her car on Wells Avenue South.

The employee watched as the young man tried to pry open her car’s driver-side door.

She went out to confront the man but he got into a green Lexus and sped way.

He also punched the driver-side key hole.

5,000 songs taken

An iPod containing about 5,000 songs was stolen Oct. 25 from a 2008 Lexus parked in the Highlands.

The loss was estimated at about $250. The car was ransacked.

The victim wrote in her report that she’s “extremely distressed” by the theft and she is afraid the neighborhood is no longer safe. She asked for extra patrols around Ilwaco Place Northeast.

Talker loses cell phone

A 43-year-old Renton man was talking on his cell phone Oct. 25 when he walked up to the checkstand at Walmart. He was having trouble communicating with the clerk, so he ended the call and put the phone on the stand.

He paid and left, his cell phone still on the stand. He realized he had left his phone, but it was gone from the stand when he returned.

Store security was checking surveillance cameras. The phone was turned off when he tried to call it.

Woman spits on officer

A woman who was assaultive and possibly high on a stimulant, likely methamphetamine, spit near the mouth of a Valley Medical Center security officer Oct. 25 who was trying to get her to leave the emergency room.

The woman was partially restrained and was trying to tear off her clothing with a free arm. She made threats and yelled obscenities at ER staff and security.

She had been involuntarily committed after threatening adults and children in Kent and spitting on them.

She was booked into SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

Can’t stay away from SoBe

A 29-year-old Renton man already barred from the Highlands Safeway store was arrested Oct. 25 when he stole a SoBe drink from the store.

He was spotted walking along Northeast Fourth Street by an officer, who did a U-turn to stop the man. He called the officer a racially derogatory name.

The officer called for backup because of previous contacts with the suspect, who has shown verbal aggression toward officers.

He was arrested for investigation of first-degree criminal trespass and taken to the SCORE regional jail.