- December 4, 2025
Jan. 13
While owner is away the vandals play
1:00 p.m. — First Block of Alexander Court. Vandalism. The officer responded to a house in reference to an incident while the owners were on vacation. The victim had written letters to City Hall but it was never reported directly to the police department.
The victim showed the officer where a very heavy metal birdbath once stood at the end of the driveway. It was about 15 years old. Even though the bird bath was placed onto a metal pipe that was cemented into the ground, it was pushed over and broken.
The victim then showed the officer an outside electric outlet that had burn marks on the side of his home. It appeared that someone had placed something into the outlet so that it would short out. The casing came off the wall and it started sparking, so the officer asked him to shut off the breaker.
He also showed the officer what he thought was human feces on top of a sprinkler head.
The officer made some suggestions to how he could make his property more secure, including security cameras and asking for extra patrols.
The victim said he thinks the damage is done when he is out of town and the officer said the department offers a house watch for residents when they are away.
Asked why he didn’t call police when the vandalism happened, he said he didn’t think it would do any good.
Due to the number of calls for service, the officer noted that he would contact the neighbors at a later time.
Jan. 15
Self-service
10:25 p.m. — 500 Block of South Atlantic Avenue. Shoplifting. The store manager said that around 10 p.m., a male wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, gray sweat pants and a black beanie cap entered the store. On the security camera, he saw the suspect take two 12-ounce cans of beer off the shelf and place them in his pants pocket. He then walked out of the store. The beers had a value of $2.38.
Security footage showed the suspect arrive and leave in a black pickup truck. The victim said he will pursue charges if the suspect is located. The officer asked that the security footage be provided to police when available.
Jan. 15
Thief will be disappointed
9:57 a.m. — First Block of North Arbor Drive. Burglary. The officer was dispatched to a car burglary. He made contact with the victim who said that yesterday about 5 p.m., he parked his flatbed trailer under his enclosed car port. When he went to the car port this morning, he noticed some ductwork missing.
He said the ductwork, which was sitting in a cardboard box on the trailer, was made of tin but looked like aluminum.
The victim said he believes the thief thought the ductwork was aluminum and hoped to take it to a scrap yard and receive cash.
Two vent caps, a vent, elbow and flashing were missing with a total value of $56.41.
Jan. 16
Suspects make run for it
11:19 p.m. — 200 Block of South Washington Street. Burglary. The victim said two males, about 16-years-old, stole a cell phone which was on a pillow in the carport. The males had to open the enclosed gate to get onto the property.
The victim said she walked outside her front door and confronted the suspects. She said they took off on foot running north.
An area search was conducted with negative results. The victim could not provide a serial number and was asked to contact police when he found it.
