COPS CORNER: Be careful with those cards at the gas station


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July 30

Policy of destruction

7:57 p.m. — 400 Block of South Atlantic Avenue. Information. The victim said when she arrived home, she realized she had dropped her Florida ID card on the floor of a gas station store. She immediately called the station. An employee said they found the card, and she would need to come to the store and see the night manager.

She went to the store, and the night manager told her that per company policy, she had put the ID in a locked box that will picked up by a company. The contents will then be destroyed.

The officers asked all of the employees, and they agreed that was the policy. They said they could not gain entry into the box. The officer also contacted the general manager who said there was nothing he could do, and it was store policy.

The victim requested a police report to help get a replacement card.

 July 28

Don’t believe that? How about this?

10:08 p.m. — First Block of Old Wiggins Lane. Loitering or Prowling. As the officer approached the scene of a car break-in, he saw someone matching the description of the suspect and another person. Both started walking toward the officer.

Both suspects were read their Miranda rights and were separated for questioning. Suspect No. 1 said they were dropped off so they could walk around the neighborhood. He said the others were on their way to buy drinks, and they did not want to go. He then changed his story and said they were looking for people they knew. They could not find them, so were waiting to be picked up.

He said he didn’t see the other suspect, who matched the description, commit a burglary, but at one point he ran ahead, and could have committed the burglary then.

He gave the phone number of the person who dropped them off. The officer called the number, and the person said he was not with the two that day.

Suspect No. 1 was arrested for loitering and prowling, and the suspect who matched the description of was arrested for burglary of a conveyance.

July 30

Probably didn’t leave a tip

7:13 p.m. — 1500 Block of North U.S. 1. Trespassers. The suspect ordered about $7 worth of food at a restaurant. When he was done, he told the waitress he could not pay for the food.

He also told the officer he could not pay, and the restaurant employee said they would pursue charges.

The suspect emptied his pockets, and had $11. The employee said he would not pursue charges if the bill were paid, and the suspect agreed to pay the bill.

The suspect was trespassed from the property.

 

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