- November 23, 2024
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Make like stolen video games stashed in a cooler, and chill; and, this is why you don't let complete strangers borrow your valuables.
BY THE OBSERVER STAFF
April 15
Not too brr-right
1:41 p.m. — 1500 Block of Granada Boulevard. Retail theft. The defendant took 24 video games from a shopping cart and stashed them in a cooler.
The store’s loss-prevention officer witnessed the incident, stopped the defendant and called the police.
The games totaled $520.90. The defendant was arrested and transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.
April 17
Larry, Curly and Mo-torcycle
12:25 a.m. — 500 Block of South Yonge Street. Civil complaint. A man called the police because he let a stranger borrow his motorcycle, and that person hadn’t returned it.
The stranger had approached the man and propositioned him to rent his motorcycle, an offer the man admitted he was initially hesitant about, but he eventually agreed. The stranger offered to leave his New York identification and credit card and also agreed to pay $300 when he returned with the motorcycle later.
The man called the stranger about 30 minutes before the bike was supposed to be returned, and the stranger said he wanted to keep it until the next day.
The man told the stranger keeping the motorcycle until the morning wasn’t an option, at which point the stranger hung up the phone.
Police couldn't locate the motorcycle at a Daytona Beach hotel, where the stranger may or may not have been staying.
