Blotter: Dozens of pairs of underwear stolen from Cupertino lingerie store

Probation violation–July 27, 1:30 p.m. S. De Anza Boulevard. An individual violated his probation for possession of alcohol. He was arrested.

Drugs–July 27, 12:12 a.m. N. Stelling Road and Hazelbrook Drive. A driver was cited for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

Commercial burglary–July 25, 10:47 a.m. N. Wolfe Road. An unknown suspect opened the door to a business and pried open a cash register to steal $913 in cash.

Abandoned bicycle–July 25, 10:15 a.m. Ainsworth Drive and Bahl Street. A bicycle was abandoned on a sidewalk for a week. The bike was taken to the West Valley Substation.

Commercial burglary–July 25, 3:27 a.m. N. Wolfe Road and Pruneridge Avenue. Someone forced open a door to a business at the Cupertino Village Shopping Center with a yellow crowbar. Footage of the incident and suspect’s car was gathered from video surveillance. The suspect’s car matched the description of the one used in three other recent incidents.

Theft–July 24, 9 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. Two suspects stole approximately $649 worth of merchandise from a business.

Commercial burglary–July 24, 4:41 p.m. N. Wolfe Road. Three unknown female suspects entered a lingerie store at Vallco Shopping Mall and stole 150 pairs of undergarments valued at $10.50 each.

Shoplifting–July 24, 1:51 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. A shoplifter was cited.

Residential burglary–July 23, 8:05 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. Someone used a tool to manipulate a locking mechanism to an apartment door. The unknown suspect ransacked the apartment and stole jewelry, electronics and other items.

Residential burglary–July 23, 6 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. An unknown person pried open an apartment door and took an Apple MacBook Pro.

Commercial burglary–July 23, 11 a.m. Bandley Drive. Two suspects pried open the front door to a business. The suspects tried to remove a safe from the business, but were unsuccessful and fled the scene. The burglary was captured on video surveillance.

Fleeing peace officer–July 23, 3:44 a.m. De Anza Boulevard. A suspicious individual was found sleeping on a bench. The individual had two arrest warrants. The individual fled from the reporting deputy but was tackled, caught and arrested. He was taken to the main county jail.

Stolen vehicle–July 22, 7:24 p.m. De Anza Boulevard. A stolen 1996 Honda Accord was found in the BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse parking lot. The car was reported stolen out of San Jose. It was returned to its owner.

Identity theft–July 22, 10:05 a.m. De Anza Boulevard. An unknown person used a victim’s identity to open an account with Verizon Wireless.

Office burglary–July 21, 5:39 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. An unknown person stole seven laptops from an office.

Bicycle theft–July 21, 5:15 p.m. Stevens Creek Boulevard. A $2,000 bicycle was stolen.

Theft–July 21, 4 p.m. Shadowhill Lane. A $3,300 diamond ring was stolen.

Residential burglary–July 21, 1:05 p.m. S. Stelling Road. Someone forced entry into a residence and stole items.

Interested in joining Cupertino’s Neighborhood Watch program? Call 408.777.3177 email Steffaniet@Cupertino.org, or visit cupertino.org/neighborhoodwatch.

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The Morning Leverage: Yoga Wear, Fried Chicken and Lingerie

• By
• Thomas Dunford

Mike Lucas for Dow Jones

From this morning’s LBO Wire:

Littlejohn Co. is making a clean break from Clean Earth. The firm has agreed to sell environmental services company Clean Earth Holdings Inc. to publicly traded Compass Diversified Holdings in a deal valued at $243 million. Littlejohn bought Clean Earth in 2005. Under the firm’s ownership, the company acquired at least two other companies, including a 2011 purchase of Moore Haven, Fla.-based Kleen Soil and a 2012 purchase of Kingsland, Ga.-based Soil Remediation Inc.

More stories available to LBO Wire subscribers: Some private equity firm assess the impact on their businesses from wide-ranging economic sanctions imposed against Russia by the U.S. and European Union…Investcorp sells the assets of SourceMedia Inc., which publishes American Banker and Mergers Acquisitions among other trade magazines, to newly established New York firm Observer Capital…Saxco International, a bottle maker backed by Sterling Group, buys brand packaging designer Square Peg Packaging and Printing LLC.

(LBO Wire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals, fundraisings and personnel moves involving private equity firms. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click “try for free.”)

Elsewhere on the Web:

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co. and CVC Capital Partners are working on a joint bid for Americana Group, a Kuwaiti company that operates restaurant and fast-food franchises including TGI Friday’s Inc., KFC and Pizza Hut in the Middle East and North Africa, Simon Clark and Dan Dunkley report for The Wall Street Journal.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. founder Dennis “Chip” Wilson has agreed to sell half his stake in the yoga-wear maker to Advent International for $845 million in an attempt to resolve a dispute with the company’s board, Suzanne Kapner and Dana Mattioli report for the Journal.

A former partner at ECI Partners who launched a multimillion-pound court case over equity and carried interest that he said he was owed following his departure has withdrawn his claims against the U.K. private equity firm, Alec Macfarlane reports for LBO Wire’s U.K. sister publication Private Equity News (subscription required).

U.K. firm 3i Group has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to run a potential sale of lingerie chain Agent Provocateur, according to the New York Times’ DealBook news service.

Write to Thomas Dunford at thomas.dunford@wsj.com

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