- November 18, 2024
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July 25
Tooling around the hardware store
9:29 a.m. First block of Garden Street North. Car burglary.
An air conditioning serviceman left his work truck unlocked in the parking lot of a local hardware store, with the windows down, while he shopped inside.
When he returned, bags of tools he had left sitting inside just in front of the front passenger door were gone.
The stolen tools included a skill saw, an impact drill, a sawzall wire strippers, PVC cutters, wrenches and others, totaling about $1,125 in value.
The man called the Sheriff’s Office.
A deputy checked the van and asked the hardware store to review its surveillance video.
The store checked the video, which showed a man pull up to the van in a yellow Volswagen Beetle with dark windows and steal the tools.
The store sent the Sheriff’s Office several still shots of the thief.
July 26
Lights out
10 p.m. Intersection of Belle Terre Parkway and Bridgewater Drive.
A deputy stopped a black Toyota Camry that was approaching oncoming traffic with its high beams on.
When the deputy waked up to the car, the 18-year-old driver “spontaneously uttered that he was in possession of marijuana,” according to the deputy’s report.
The deputy checked the car and found marijuana on the front passenger seat and in the center console, a total of 39 grams, according to the report.
The deputy arrested the young man on a charge of possession of cannabis, according to the report, and issued him a Notice To Appear.
July 27
Door-kicking burglar targets homes
9:13 p.m. First block of 31 Universal Trail. Burglary.
A deputy drove to a Universal Trail home on an alarm call, and found the front door kicked in and pieces of the door frame scattered across the foyer.
There were no footprints on the door, according to a deputy’s report.
The deputy called for backup officers and a police dog, and they searched the home and property, but didn’t find the intruder.
The deputy called the homeowner, who said the house was a vacation home and that there wasn’t much property stored in it.
Nothing seemed to be missing when the deputy and two of the homeowner’s friends checked for items the homeowner said should be there. In fact, it looked like the intruder hadn’t actually entered: the home’s freshly-vacuumed carpets were unmarked.
The homeowner’s friends locked up the house and reset the alarm, and deputies uploaded photos of the damage to a crime database
