- November 22, 2024
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July 31
Got a light?
1:17 a.m. — 400 Block of South Atlantic Avenue
Shoplifting. The victim said the suspect, a male in his 20s, thin and with a beard, came into the store at the gas station and asked where the cigarette lighters were. She later noticed that three trays of lighters were missing from the checkout counter.
Video footage showed the suspect enter the store, take the lighters and immediately walk out without the clerk seeing him.
The victim estimated that 200 lighters were taken at a cost of $400.00 She said she would provide a copy of the security footage when available.
July 31
Skating into trouble
3 a.m. — First Block of Misners Trail
Burglary of a Conveyance, Grand Theft, Dealing in Stolen Property. The victim had parked his car in his driveway and later found that two keyboards were missing.
The next night, at 2:37 a.m., an officer contacted a male riding a skateboard on a nearby street. There had been several burglaries in the area, and the officer completed a field interview card.
As the suspect’s interview card was being processed, his name was run through the Volusia County Pawn Database. It showed the suspect had pawned eight items over the previous couple of months.
One of the pawned items was a keyboard, and the victim identified it as his when shown a picture taken at the pawn shop.
The suspect admitted to stealing and pawning the keyboards and they were returned to the victim. The pawn database also connected the suspect to items take in a recent burglary.
The suspect also admitted to taking a skateboard from a different home after opening the garage door ,using an opener he took from the vehicle. He said he also took a laptop from the vehicle.
The suspect said he started breaking into vehicles in June and sometimes went into 15 to 20 vehicles in a night between 2 and 4 a.m.
Several stolen items were found in the trunk of the suspect’s car.
The suspect was charged with several crimes.
Sept. 7
Literate thief
4:39 p.m. — First Block of South Beach Street
Fraud. The victim reported that she received an invoice from the library stating that several books were overdue and she was being charged late fees. The invoice also charged her in full for the books for a total of $183.11.
The victim said she never checks out books from the library and only uses the card for computer access. She did not realize her card was missing until she received the invoice from the library.
The books checked out were: “Even More Notes from the Universe,” “Doomsday Scenarios,” “You Can’t Lie to Me: The Revolutionary,” The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories” and “UFO Investigations Manual.”
