- December 4, 2025
June 19
Paying rent for nothing
3:32 p.m. — First Block of North Laurel Creek Court. Fraud.
The victim said she signed a lease for an apartment after seeing photographs of it on Craigslist. She wired a total of $3,510, including first and last month rent, to the suspect, who lives in Texas. After she stopped receiving correspondence from the suspect, she realized there was no apartment and contacted police. All of the emails between suspect and victim were placed into evidence.
June 18
Polite robber
7:23 p.m. — First Block of North Yonge Street. Robbery-Sudden Snatching, Petit Theft.
The store clerk said a male about 40 or 50 years old came into the store and asked how much a carton of Marlboro Light 100s cost.
When she took the carton off the shelf to check the price, the suspect grabbed the carton. The clerk held on, and the suspect said, “You’ll have to forgive me,” and forcefully snatched the carton from her hands. He then left the store on a mountain bike.
After a tip from a neighbor, the suspect was found hiding in back of a house on a nearby street. He said a drug dealer told him to steal cigarettes and he would give the suspect crack cocaine in exchange. The suspect was also arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.
June 20
Suspicious but scary
4:31 p.m. — 200 Block of East Granada Boulevard. Information.
A couple came into a store and bought a pair of Body Glove tan shorts for $47.93. The name on the female’s license matched the credit card, but when the receipt printed out it had a different name. The clerk said the female’s name started with a Y and was very long.
After realizing the discrepancy, she stopped the couple but they were scary so she let them leave. The card accepted the charge, but she had been advised by another store of similar incidents so wanted to make a report for law enforcement.
June 21
Phone call fraud
9:59 a.m. — 200 Block of South Atlantic Avenue. Fraud.
The victim signed up with a local company to sell his time share unit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He bought the enhanced service package for $747.
He was assigned an agent for a contact, but later received a call from a different person, the suspect, who said she had a sale on the property. First, he was asked to send a MoneyGram for $50 to cover the cost of an international form for the sale. He then was asked to send $100 to cover the cost of financing. For the cost of completing paperwork, he was asked to send MoneyGrams for $99 and $100.
The victim contacted the company, and they said the suspect no longer worked for them. The person at the company told the victim he should contact police and he would refund the money.
