- November 22, 2024
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Dec. 30
Night fishing
8:35 p.m. — First Block of Abacus Avenue. Suspicious Incident. The homeowner said he had video of someone walking through his yard on seven different nights at various times, 8-11 p.m. On the footage, an officer saw a male wearing a hoodie walking with what appeared to be a tackle box and a fishing pole.
In the video, the suspect walked through the yard and around the backyard pond, where he came to a stop for the remainder of the video. The suspect had a clear view of the homeowner’s living room from where he was standing. The homeowner said that even though he appeared to be fishing, having someone walk “behind your house for unknown purpose in complete darkness on a regular basis was very disconcerting and creating significant anxiety.”
The officer told him extra patrols would be conducted.
Dec. 29
Shirtless and the store clerk
9:06 p.m. — 100 Block of South Nova Road. Trespassers. The store clerk said four subjects entered the store, and an employee believed that one of them might have been stealing. As the suspects were being followed by the employee, one of them became angry, took off his shirt and asked why he was being followed. The employee asked if he was trying to steal something. He said no, and all four subjects left the store and drove away in a van.
As the officer was investigating, he saw the van pull into the parking lot. The officer made contact, and the van's passengers admitted to the incident in the store. They said they came to the parking lot to sleep and the officer told them that sleeping there is not allowed.
The employee came to the van and asked that the suspects all be banned from the business. The employee said they would review store video to see if anything was stolen.
Dec. 26
Check and mate
2:27 p.m. — 1200 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Fraud. The assistant branch manager at a bank told a police officer that one of her tellers presented her with a check for approval. She said the check was being drawn on a business owner, and the check appeared to have been altered. She said she contacted the business owner to see if she wrote the check for $962 to the suspect. The business owner said she wrote the check for $162 to someone else and mailed it. He also said he did not know the suspect.
It was later discovered that the person who was supposed to get the check never received it.
The branch manager said she did not cash the check but made a copy of the suspect’s Florida I.D. card. She was sure the suspect was the same person as shown on the card. The suspect has also altered the name on the check.
The photocopy of the I.D. was placed into evidence.
