- November 22, 2024
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Also: Victim gets the runaround; phone fraud not funny; and 'nobody sees nothing'
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Nov. 10
Item stolen for Christmas gift
10:44 a.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Blvd. Petit Theft. The loss prevention officer saw the suspect scan a Lego City 7498 Police Station and the price rang up as $5.96. The officer knew the price was $99.97, so he escorted the suspect to the back of the store where he noticed a sticker with a bar code over the bar code on the box. The sticker was for a Keel Roller for $5.96.
The suspect said he put the sticker over the price because he wanted to get it for his 7-year-old son for Christmas. The suspect was given a notice to appear in court. The loss prevention officer did not wish to have him trespassed from the property.
Nov. 10
Victims sent on wild goose chase
1:42 p.m. — 800 Block of North U.S. 1. Burglary of Conveyance. The victim said he and his wife had been at a restaurant having lunch. When they went into the restaurant, the victim left his phone lying on the center console and the car’s top down. After lunch, they realized the phone was missing. They called the number but it went to voicemail.
The next day the victim called the number and this time a male voice answered and said he bought the phone from “some guy.” The male said he would return the phone to them if they would meet him at a location on North Nova Road.
The victim waited at the location for an hour and finally called his phone. The male said he could not get there because his truck had broken down. The male said he paid $100 for the phone and he wanted his money back. The victim agreed to pay, and the male told the victims to meet him at a couple of different locations but he didn’t show up there, either. That is when the victim called the police.
The phone information was entered into police records.
Nov. 12
FPL accepts Green Dot cards?
1:37 p.m. — 200 Block of North Nova Road. Fraud. The victim said she had been called on her restaurant business phone by a person named Erica who said she was a representative of FPL and that the victim was delinquent on her payments in the amount of $1,238.21. The victim said she had sent a check for that amount, but Ericka said there were insufficient funds and there would need to be an immediate payment or power to the restaurant would be shut off.
Erica told her to buy a Green Dot card from CVS in the amount of $1,238.21. The victim bought three cards to total that amount and gave the confirmation numbers to Ericka who collected the money. The victim later found out the check she had sent to FPL had been accepted.
The officer called Ericka’s number but got voicemail. There is no information on the suspect.
Nov. 9
No soliciting. This means you!
10:34 a.m. — 10 Block of Ormond Green Boulevard. Vandalism. The victim and his friends had been walking through the subdivision handing out religious pamphlets. They walked up to one residence and the owner told them there was no soliciting in the neighborhood. The victim said they were not soliciting, just talking about the Bible, and the resident got upset and told her she “needed to go back to school.” The victim and friends continued to walk to other homes, and when they got back to their SUV, the rear window was shattered.
The victim said she noticed an older man with blue shirt and long pants walking past the SUV as they were walking back to the vehicle, but she did not see where the person went.
The officer asked a nearby resident if he had seen anything, and the man, who was wearing a blue shirt and gray pants, said no. Another neighbor said he didn’t see anything either and seemed upset about the victim being in the neighborhood. The officer could find no witnesses to the crime.
