- November 22, 2024
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Also: Ticket overlooked, sudden goodbye and more.
July 11
Mass shoplifting
9:52 p.m. — 1400 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Shoplifting.
Surveillance footage at a beverage store showed the clerk being distracted by two suspects while another suspect, dressed in hospital scrubs, began taking liquor bottles off a shelf and placing them down her pants.
Footage then shows another suspect, who appeared to be pregnant, place bottles in her handbag.
A thin male suspect and a heavyset suspect also put numerous bottles down their pants.
All of the suspects then left the store while the clerk was still being distracted. They then re-entered, and began concealing bottles in the same manner.
The footage also shows the suspects go into a back room and take bottles off the shelf. The clerk saw a suspect in a back room and asked her what she was doing there. She said she had lost her keys and was looking for them. While this was going on, the suspects all fled the store with the merchandise. After they left, the clerk noticed bottles were missing so called law enforcement.
A person who was parked next to the suspects said they made a clanking sound when they approached their vehicle, which sounded like bottles hitting each other.
At least 20 bottles of liquor were missing with a total value of $813.80.
No security footage was available of the suspects’ car in the parking lot.
July 13
Ticket seemed ‘goofy’
9:53 p.m. — Oriole Circle and Northshore Drive. Operating with Suspended License.
The officer pulled the car over after it rolled across the stop bar at two stop signs.
As he approached, the suspect stuck his head out the window and said he was just going home.
The officer could smell marijuana, so asked when he has smoked. The suspect first said he didn’t smoke, but then said he smoked at a friend’s house and there was none in the car.
The officer ran his driver’s license, and found that it was suspended for failure to pay a fine. When asked, the suspect said he received a ticket for failure to change his address two months ago. He said he didn’t pay the ticket because he thought it was goofy.
The officer asked about a bulge at his belt line, and the suspect began to reach for it. Fearing it might be a gun, the officer lifted up his shirt, revealing a large bag of marijuana.
The suspect was arrested and transported to jail.
July 15
Dash with the cash
5:01 p.m. — 500 Block of South Atlantic Avenue. Theft.
The victim said he and his girlfriend were sitting at his dining room table, and there was some cash on the table. He walked away, leaving her alone at the table. When he was on his way back, she ran out the front door without saying goodbye. He thought this was odd until he got back to the table and saw that the cash was missing.
He asked for a report to be filed but declined to press charges. He said she had a drug problem in the past.
July 15
Waiting for suspect to call
10:16 a.m. — 200 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Theft.
The victim said she accidentally left her phone on the front counter of a gas station. She immediately made the phone display a message indicating it is lost, along with a number to call. She tracked the phone, and it provided a location.
At the gas station, the clerk contacted the suspect who was on duty when the phone was lost, and the suspect said she had the phone. She said she took it home to wait for the victim to call.
Asked why she didn’t leave it at the store, the suspect said the business did not have a lost and found, so she decided to wait for the victim to call.
The officer picked up the phone and returned it to the victim.
