- November 22, 2024
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Feb. 11
Victim doesn’t notice losses
3:50 p.m. — First Block of Margorie Trail. Fraud. The victim said he has had a PayPal account for many years, and someone has stolen his information and taken money from his bank accounts that are linked to it.
He said the first fraudulent purchase was two years ago. When asked why he was just now reporting the incident, he said he did not notice the purchases coming out of his bank account.
PayPal told him someone in Texas had made the purchases. He said the banks have already credited him back for the fraudulent purchases. PayPal requested a police report to remove the unpaid debt from his account.
Feb. 11
Absence causes concern
6:13 p.m. — First Block of Bay Hill Drive. Well-Being Check. A concerned citizen called police and told them he had not seen or heard from his 92-year-old neighbor since the day before. He said he had called the neighbor and knocked on her door but did not receive a response. He was concerned for her well-being.
He said he recently had a key and was the emergency access ontact for the house, but had given the key back to her so she could make another copy.
Police officers and firefighters checked all of the windows and doors but were not able to see the subject or get a response. The firefighters said they had been at the residence recently because of a fire, and the subject had breathing problems.
The firefighters made entry by lifting a rear sliding door off the track. After finding no one inside the house, the door was re-secured and the officers left the house.
As the officer was clearing the call, the subject pulled up in a car. They explained to her the reason for their presence.
A short time later, the officer received a call from the subject, saying someone had been in her house The officer told her what happened, and that they had explained it at the scene. She said she did not understand when they explained it previously.
She said when she had the fire, she wasn’t happy about some items being damaged and did not like the fire department prying open her door. The officer said the door did not appear to be damaged, but if it was she should call the fire department. He gave her the nonemergency number.
Feb. 11
If at first you don’t succeed …
2:13 p.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Dealing in Stolen Property and Petit Theft. The loss prevention agent told the officer he saw two males enter the store. Suspect no. 1 went into the bathroom. Suspect no 2 took an air compressor off a shelf and took it back to the shipping department. He presented a receipt showing that an air compressor was to be shipped to the store yesterday for pickup.
The receipt, however, was for the Palm Coast location of the store. When confronted with this information, he picked up the air compressor and walked to the front of the store where suspect no 1 was waiting.
Suspect no. 1 took the air compressor to the Customer Service Section and returned it, receiving $159.43 in cash. He was stopped by the loss prevention officer and escorted to the office.
In a post-Miranda interview, suspect no. 1 said he was just along for the ride and did not know anything about a theft. He said he had never been arrested.
Asked why they came to this store to pick up the air compressor instead of the Palm Coast location, the suspect did not have an answer.
Security footage showed that suspect no. 2 fled the store when he saw the other one was being questioned.
The officer ran a criminal history on suspect no 1 and found that he had one felony arrest and four misdemeanor arrests. He was transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.
