- November 23, 2024
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In this edition of Cops Corner: A mish-mash of stolen bicycles, a man who claims that cocaine cures disease and two women who get their jewelry, and gold teeth, stolen.
COMPILED BY THE OBSERVER STAFF
Sept. 28
Bike confusion at its finest
10:09 a.m. — 1500 Block of Poplar Drive. Theft/Bicycle. The police officer was in a bike shop, asking about a bike with the shop's sticker on it that had been involved in a burglary. The victim walked in and described the same bicycle, explaining that his wife had left it, an Electra Townie, on the front porch last evening. The victim also said they found an abandoned bike by the driveway the morning their bike was missing.
The police officer went to the victim’s home to retrieve the bike that was left there, a Haro. The officer checked with another victim that had reported a bike stolen the night before and he positively identified the Haro bike as his.
Sept. 25
Oh, that's just my diabetes cocaine
3:51 a.m. — 10 Block of South Beach Street. Grand theft, narcotics. On routine patrol, the officer saw two suspects, male and female, walking under the Halifax River Bridge after hours. Neither of them had identification, and a check showed that their car in the lot was stolen, so the officer had them sit on the ground.
The female rose, as if she were about to run, so the officer tried to cuff her, but she began to pull away. Two officers took her to the police car while she tensed her body, forcing them to drag her.
The male suspect said he still owed money on the vehicle and that’s why it was probably reported stolen. And after police found cocaine in his pocket, he calmly explained that he uses it as medicine for his diabetes. He also said he used to use heroin but switched to cocaine to avoid needles.
The female was charged with resisting arrest without violence. The male was arrested for grand theft and narcotics.
Sept. 25
Victim gets cleaned out
2:16 p.m. — 100 Block of Deep Woods Way. Theft. While preparing for a trip, the victim left jewelry on top of her dresser in plain view, she said. But when she came home, after a cleaning service had worked in her home, her necklaces were missing.
She said she does not have a security camera or know the names of the workers in the cleaning crew.
Sept. 26
Was it the tooth fairy?
2:18 p.m. — 70 Block of Domicilio Ave. Theft. The victim said the suspect, after being hired to clean her house, stole a bracelet and a gold plate for her teeth from her purse and pawned them two weeks ago. A pawn history check was conducted and it was confirmed that the suspect pawned a gold bracelet.
There was no record of the gold plate being pawned, however. The investigation is pending positive identification of the gold bracelet.
