They must have needed to make a call in a hurry

Also: Thieves take advantage of online banking.


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  • | 5:08 p.m. December 10, 2016
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Nov. 29

Sudden snatch

12:36 p.m. — 300 Block of West Granada Boulevard

Theft. The victim said the two suspects came into the store asking about phone prices. He told them they would need identification to review their credit history. The suspects kept up some “meaningless conversation,” the victim said, and then ripped four iPhones from the display and ran from the store. The total value was $2,649.96.

 

Convenience of online

2:43 p.m. — First Block of Brookwood Court

Fraud. The victim said he was notified by his bank that his online banking had been activated, but he had not done anything with online banking. The bank told him that several transfers were made after the online banking was set up, totaling $10,000.

 

Dec. 1

Tag theft

8:26 a.m. — 1300 Block of West Granada Boulevard

Theft. The victim said that while she was in a home improvement store, someone stole the license plate, along with the decal, off her car.

 

Dec. 2

Four agencies chase suspect

3:32 a.m. —South Yonge Street

Attempting to Elude. A car fleeing from Daytona Beach police was seen northbound on State Road A1A. The car, a 2002 Mitsubishi SUV, then turned westbound on Granada Boulevard and traveled at a high rate of speed. The car then turned off its lights and headed south on S. Yonge Street.

An officer radioed that the car had hit stop sticks that he had deployed at Hand Avenue. Holly Hill police then radioed they had picked up visual of the car. They said the car hit a light pole, causing an accident. The driver then fled on foot. Holly Hill and Sheriff’s Office police chased the suspect. Air 1, the sheriff’s helicopter located the suspect lying down behind the house, and he was apprehended by a Daytona Beach police k-9.

The suspect’s driver’s license had been suspended on several occasions.

 

Dec. 6

Got change?

4:17 p.m. — 500 Block of South Atlantic Avenue

Theft. The victim reported that surveillance video showed an unknown male with arm tattoos breaking into the soft drink machine. The suspect picked the lock and stole $300 in change. There was no damage to the machine.

 

Something fishy

12:16 p.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Boulevard

Petit Theft. The victim, a store employee, saw the suspect put several frozen lobster tails and bagged shrimp in his pocket and down his shirt. After the suspect walked out of the store, the victim brought him back to the office. When an officer arrived, he removed the items from the suspect’s clothes. A check revealed that the suspect had 10 failure-to-appears on his record and several theft convictions. He was transported to jail.

 

Dec. 5

Busy pawner

6:10 p.m. — 400 Block of Magnolia Street

Theft. The victim said his cousin had stayed with him since August and he was missing several items. The officer checked the pawn database and found that the suspect pawned 38 items since September, some which matched the description of items belonging to the victim.

The victim said he did not want to press charges for his losses, but he thinks the suspect may be doing car break-ins in the area.

 

Dec. 6

Fast food

2:49 p.m. — 100 Block of South Atlantic Avenue

Failure to Pay. A male and female, both in their 20s, ordered and consumed $32.74 worth of food and walked out of the restaurant without paying and fled through the parking lot. The victim said he would provide surveillance video.

 

 

 

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