- November 25, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
Shop ‘N Go
11:34 a.m. —1521 W. Granada Blvd.
Grand Theft. Around 1 a.m., two women went on an illegal shopping spree in Walmart. While one of them, who remains unidentified by police, piled their shopping cart with clothes, bathroom products, a Paw Patrol toy set and a flat screen TV, the other decided against stealing anything. The store’s security footage showed the unidentified woman leave Walmart without paying and load the items into a gray passenger van. The other woman, who was a former Walmart employee, told police the unidentified woman was her cousin’s girlfriend and that she after loading her car, the woman told her she was “just gonna go.”
The former Walmart employee handed the woman the keys to her car and met her in the back of the store. However, she told police she ended up driving the vehicle out of the parking lot because the woman’s license was suspended.
The women left the store with $1,444.46 worth of merchandise after taxes.
Ding-Dong Jailed
12:03 a.m. —6266 Morning Mist Lane
Arrest. An 18-year-old Orlando man was arrested after “ding-dong ditching” a few houses with 10 other friends during a game of manhunt, a “grownup” version of hide and seek. The man and a couple of his friends began banging and yelling on the victim’s front door, scaring the victim’s wife and children. The victim told police he then grabbed a bat from his garage and went outside to see what was going on.
He saw three men running down Neptune Avenue, and he chased after them. The victim never threatened or made physical contact with the young men.
After his friends ditched him, the 18-year-old Orlando man was arrested for loitering or prowling and transferred to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
Return without Receipt
3:30 p.m. —1521 W. Granada Blvd.
Arrest. A Daytona Beach man took extra advantage of Walmart’s return policy by returning an item he never bought in order to receive a gift card. The 39-year-old man grabbed a humidifier from the store and brought it to the customer service desk to “return it.” He was given a $200.22 store gift card that he immediately used to actually purchase a humidifier, along with an air conditioning filter and a bag of candy.
The man was arrested shortly after for dealing with stolen property and petit theft.
Dude, give me back my hat
8:24 p.m. —290 S. Yonge Street.
Arrest. Two men got into an argument over a pair of sunglasses and a hat when one of them pulled a knife. The victim told police the other man cut him on his finger, where police could see a small laceration.
The other man told police he never had a knife, despite a witness corroborating the victim’s story. The knife was never found but the victim was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
