- November 22, 2024
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Dec. 11
Pocket full of tools
11:20 p.m. — 200 Block of South Atlantic Avenue
Possession of Cocaine. The officer saw the suspect pulling on the door of a restaurant. The restaurant was dark and all of the shades were pulled down. The suspect continued to pull on the door.
The officer said, “They’re closed,” and the suspect said, “I know.”
The suspect appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The suspect said he was recently released from prison and the officer found that he was listed as a career offender and had been released on the latest charge.
The officer asked him if he wanted a courtesy ride to a homeless shelter and the suspect said he wanted to go to the Salvation Army.
Asked if he had any weapons, the suspect said he had a needle and a crack pipe. He agreed to a search, and the officer found a metal scrubber commonly used in crack pipes, an E-cigarette tube, a socket, two small brackets connected with an electrical wire, a key card, a car key, a padlock key, a luggage lock with no key and a magnet. There was cocaine residue in the crack pipe.
In a post-Miranda interview, he said he had smoked crack at 1 p.m. that day.
Asked about the brackets connected with a wire, the suspect said he planned to hot wire a car. He said he believed the car key belonged to a scooter, and he was going to ask every one with a scooter to try it until he found one that worked.
He was arrested for possession of cocaine.
Dec. 12
Bad solicitation technique
3:30 p.m. — 1400 Block of West Granada Boulevard
Trespassing. The officer received a call about two females in a car yelling at customers in front of a grocery store if they did not give them money. As the officer made a traffic stop on the car, several bystanders were pointing at the car as if to let the officer know he had the right car.
The store manager asked that they be trespassed. One of the suspects had a trespass violation in her record, and was arrested.
Dec. 13
If it works once ...
2:42 p.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Boulevard
Shoplifting. Two males walked into the store and went directly to the rows of bicycles near the front of the store. Each suspect grabbed a bike from the rack and rode out of the store while pulling another bike along beside them.
The area was searched with negative results. The bikes were valued at $150 each.
The same thing had happened earlier in the day, and police believe it was the same two suspects.
Dec. 14
Strange win
2:30 p.m. — 1200 Block of Regents Street
Fraud. The victim said a foreign-sounding male called her, claiming he was from Publishers Clearing House. The suspect told her he was going to send someone by to pick her up and take her to Wal-Mart to make some type of transaction. She was not sure what type of transaction he was talking about.
She listened to the suspect because her husband had sent an entry to Publishers Clearing House.
She determined it was a scam and did not provide any information, but she was concerned that the suspect said somebody would come by.
The officer told her to call 911 if anybody showed up at the house.
Bold thief
8:36 p.m. — 100 Block of Interchange Boulevard
Car Break Attempt. When the suspect pulled into a restaurant parking lot, there was a large group of young males in the lot, making it difficult to park.
He was able to park, and sat at a table by a window so he could watch his car. He then observed one of the males approach his car. The suspect looked directly at him, smiled and pulled on the passenger side door handle. He then got into the passenger side of car and the car left.
Two people were in the parking lot when police arrived and said they did not see the incident. They said they were waiting for someone to get off work.
There were no cameras in the lot.
