- November 22, 2024
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Oct. 9
Lost and found
8:31 p.m. — 1000 Block of West Granada Boulevard
Theft. The victim said he left his bicycle outside a house of worship and when he came back outside, the bicycle was gone. A different bicycle was in its place, but he said that bike was now gone.
He went to a department store down the road to buy a new bicycle and found what appeared to be his own bicycle on the rack for sale. It was the same brand and was dirty.
There was no record of a bicycle returns on that date and there was no video footage. The suspect did not have the serial number of his bike.
Oct. 10
Phony FPL
1:23 p.m. —1500 Block of Hand Avenue
Fraud. The victim said he got a call from someone who said his name was Robert and that he was with FPL. The suspect told the victim that he needed to pay $538.36 so that his power did not get shut off. He told the victim to put the amount on a pre-paid Visa card and then call back with the number.
The victim followed the instructions
The suspect then told him he was going to have to pay more money for a different meter. At that point, the victim got suspicious and hung up the phone. He called FPL and they told him that they did not call him.
Oct. 10
Getting trimmed
2:00 p.m. —100 Block of Cumberland Avenue
Fraud. The victim saw a tree company performing work next door. One of the workers came over and offered to do work for her. She had a lot of debris in the backyard.
He wrote out a quote on the tree company letterhead with an amount of $1,750 to clean up the back yard and bring the debris to the front.
The suspect asked for cash but the victim did not have enough so wrote a check. The victim asked her to write the check out to him personally instead of to the company.
The crew completed all of the work they agreed on.
There was also a large tree to be removed and the suspect said he would come back the next day. He told the victim to call him on his cell phone rather than the company.
The next day, the victim called the company number on the quote and the person who answered did not know who they were talking about. It appeared someone was using their business name to solicit business.
The police officer was able to get the suspect on the phone. The suspect said he was asked to be a subcontractor for the company when he was at a mower store. He did not have the last name of the person he talked to or the phone number.
The tree company owner said he wanted to press charges for using his business name. He believes the suspect had a relative who used to work at his business and that’s how he got the letterhead.
