Vandals hit several areas of Denton on Saturday night and early Sunday, leaving spray-painted messes on buildings and vehicles.

A newspaper carrier reported two of the crimes. On his route about 5:40 p.m., he discovered two buildings in an apartment complex had been painted with red, white and blue paint in slogans, markings and scribbles, according to the report.

In the 900 block of South Welch Street, he found more graffiti at a sorority house. In one case, a door had been completely covered with paint smears.

At an apartment complex in the 1000 block of West Eagle Street, residents discovered that sometime between 1 and 7 a.m. someone used white paint to deface property. Responding officers found the graffiti sprayed in random patterns on one building and 15 vehicles in the complex.

Other reports

1500 block of Mingo Road — A woman reported about 1 a.m. Sunday that someone knocked on her apartment door. Her 13-year-old daughter opened the door and found a purple sex toy with a note that read, “Don’t tell your mother.”

The mother suspects a neighbor who has been paying a lot of attention to the girl.

500 block of North Crawford Street — A man reported Sunday night that two men flagged him down, saying they needed help. But when he stopped, the men tried to steal his car, according to the police report.

The man said the two men tried to drag him out of the Suburban he was driving but he fought them off. In the struggle, one of the men grabbed two gold chain bracelets from his wrists and took his cellphone earpiece.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday:

• Denton police handled 845 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including two domestic disturbances, four reports of harassment, one aggravated assault, one overdose, five assaults, one report of interfering with an emergency call, two robberies, one deceased person, three suicidal persons, three reports of graffiti, 23 thefts, three cases of possession of a controlled substance, two forgeries, two frauds, six vehicle burglaries, one breach of computer security, two cases of possession of marijuana and four cases of possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 791 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. A total of 112 people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of two threats, two assaults, one suicidal person, two instances of criminal mischief, four thefts, one vehicle burglary, two burglaries and one forgery.

• Denton firefighters responded to 49 medical calls, three smoke investigations, one electrical malfunction, two requests for public service, two trash fires, two alarms, one illegal burn, three traffic accidents, one request to assist an invalid and one medical rescue.

Aubrey firefighters responded to one overdose, two alarms, nine medical calls, one fire, two traffic accidents and one smoke investigation.

Krum firefighters responded to one gas leak, one request to unlock a vehicle, one traffic accident and three medical calls.

Corinth firefighters responded to one alarm, one illegal burn, one traffic accident and 10 medical calls.

Argyle firefighters responded to one alarm, two traffic accidents, two medical calls and one fire.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to six medical calls, one accident and one smoke investigation.

Sanger firefighters responded to three requests to unlock a vehicle, one fire, four traffic accidents and five medical calls.

Ponder firefighters responded to one traffic accident.

Oak Point firefighters responded to one alarm.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com .

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). To receive crime alerts in your area, visit CrimeWeb.net.