Police Log: Decomposed Body Found in Apartment, Brothers Stab Each Other in Fight, Child Injured on Fourth of July

The following is a collection of reports prepared by the . The document contains only items of note. Dated July 8, the log contains incidents that occurred July 1 to 7. Reports have been lightly edited for Patch style.

Friday, July 1

Attempted strong-arm robbery at Home Depot

Officers investigated a strong-arm robbery at Home Depot in which store security guards struggling with the suspect. When officers arrived, loss prevention officers had already subdued the suspect. Through the investigation, officers learned that the suspect had stolen merchandise the day before and came back to return it for money. During the return visit, the suspect stole additional merchandise. The loss prevention officers confronted the suspect outside of the store regarding both thefts. The suspect attempted to run away, but was quickly caught. The suspect began to struggle with the loss prevention officers in an attempt to escape, but was eventually detained in handcuffs until police officers arrived.

Saturday, July 2

Brothers stab one another in drunken fight

On Saturday night, officers responded to a report of a man asking motorists for help in the area of Mission Boulevard and Whipple Road. At first, officers couldn’t locate the man but found him later lying under a truck parked on Fifth Street near Whipple Road. The man was found with lacerations and stab wounds. Due to the level of the man’s intoxication and his injuries, he was slipping in and out of consciousness, according to the report. He was taken to a local hospital while officers tried to figure out how he became wounded.

Later, officers learned that Hayward police were also at a hospital interviewing a stabbing victim. That victim was the brother of the Union City man found on Fifth Street.

Through their investigations, officers learned that the brothers were drinking beer at a home on Seventh Street in Union City. One of the brothers wanted to go on a beer run but the other brother wouldn’t let him drive while drunk. The two men started fighting. One of the brothers picked up a kitchen knife and started to slash and stab his brother. He eventually dropped the knife, which the other brother picked up and, in turn, stabbed his brother as well.

The case was sent to the District Attorney for review.

Monday, July 4

Child injured by fireworks

A 4-year-old was struck by ricochet from explosive fireworks, causing serious injury to her left hand and requiring medical attention. The incident occurred while the child was walking with her adult aunt along Eight Street at about 7 p.m. when a group of juveniles lighting fireworks threw an illegal firecracker into the street. The explosion kicked up a large rock that struck the girl in her left hand. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment. For the full Union City Patch report, click .

Wednesday, July 6

Decomposed body found at Medallion Green apartments

Officers responded to a call of a foul odor coming from an apartment at the Medallion Green community.  Officers located the body of an adult male who appeared to have been dead in the apartment for a number of weeks, according to the report. 

The cause of death has not yet been determined as the body was in a “pretty bad state of decomposition,” Sgt. Steve Mendez said Saturday in a follow up interview with Union City Patch. The investigations unit is following up on the case.