- April 23, 2024
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Wednesday, Nov. 20
All smashed up
9:26 p.m. First Block of Boulder Rock Drive. Larceny, motor vehicle.
A woman called the police to report that her car had been broken into while she attended a dance class at One on One Gym. After class was over, she saw that omeone had smashed her driver’s-side window and stolen her purse from beneath the driver’s seat. None of the class participants had seen anything suspicious.
When the woman called her bank to cancel her credit cards, she was told that one of her cards had just been used at a gas station, but the bank employee wasn’t able to provide an exact address. A surveillance video showed the crime, but a description of the suspect couldn't be made.
The incident was the first of a group of vehicle break-ins in the area. All took place in parking lots and, in each case, the thief got into the car by smashing a window.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
In the weeds
11:50 p.m. Intersection of Woodhollow Lane and Wood Haven Drive. Narcotics.
A deputy on patrol saw a man riding his bicycle at night without lights, so he stopped him to say he needed to use lights after dark. The man was carrying a backpack, and the deputy, aware of recent area burglaries, asked to search it. The man consented to the search but reassured the deputy that there was nothing in his backpack.
But, there was, and it was green, leafy and in a plastic baggie. The deputy used a field kit to test the substance, which totaled 5.9 grams, and it tested positive as cannabis. The man was arrested. A check of his record showed that he had been given a notice to appear in court for possession of marijuana less than a week before. The man was taken to the county jail.
Veggie vandals
2:42 p.m. 301 S. Old Kings Road. Larceny.
A deputy visited Old Kings Elementary School on a call that the school’s hydroponics pond had been vandalized and its plants stolen, between 5:15 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday. The thief had stolen 10 tomato plants, 10 lettuce plants, five cucumber plants and two basil plants: a total of about $100 worth of greens.
The thief also unplugged the hydroponics tower, turned over an aloe plant box and pulled another aloe plant out of the ground and threw it on top of an air conditioning unit. There were no witnesses, no suspects and no video surveillance in the area, and the deputy did not test for fingerprints or DNA since so many students and staff had already been through the crime scene. The hydroponics tower itself was not damaged.
