- April 24, 2024
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Fishing for trouble
6:20 a.m. First block of Lansing Drive. Burglary: A 25-year-old man went outside in the morning and saw an unfamiliar teenager in a baseball cap and camouflage cargo shorts standing in his driveway. He spoke to the teen, who said he'd been "cutting through" the man's yard from Belle Terre Parkway. The teen asked for a cigarette, then began walking north on Lansing Drive, and the 25-yeara-old lost sight of him — then realized the two fishing poles that had been left in the bed of his neighbor's truck were gone. He called the Sheriff's Office. The victim checked the truck and said nothing else was stolen.
Child's play gone wrong
8:17 p.m. First block of East Diamond Drive. Theft: Residents called deputies because kids were roaming around the area playing pranks and ringing doorbells. One person called and said someone kicked his front door, then ran off. He didn't' see the culprit, but said he'd talked to a couple walking their dog who said they'd seen two teens running south on East Diamond Drive. As a deputy talked to a couple who lived at the house, the woman, 70, notice that the couple's solar pathway lights were missing. She'd last seen them at about 4 p.m. They were worth about $99, she told the deputy. Another family said they'd seen a group of three teens ring their doorbell. A basketball hoop was knocked over in one of the nearby driveways. Deputies didn't find the teens. The basketball hoop was righted.
Burglar breaks in door, ransacks house
3:08 p.m. First block of Kathleen Trail. Residential burglary: A 27-year-old woman went to her mother-in-law's house to drop off some books, and found the home's front door open and damaged. Inside, the master bedroom had been ransacked. She called the Sheriff's Office, and a deputy who investigated wrote in a case report that there were open jewelry boxes on the bed and floor, and that drawers in the bedroom and master bathroom had been pulled out. The woman wasn't sure if anything was stolen, and the mother-in-law was out of town at the time. A deputy contacted the mother-in-law and checked for fingerprints, but didn't find any. Neighbors said they didn't see or hear anything suspicious. The deputy gave the woman a case information card with a case number and inventory sheet to pass along to the mother-in-law when she returned.
Thief leaves mess, but little evidence
9:44 p.m. 100 block of Ullian Trail. Residential burglary: A 25-year-old man left his house at about 6 p.m. to play basketball and pick up his fiancé, but when the couple got back to the house, the door had been kicked in and the door jamb damaged. Inside, the master bedroom and spare bedroom were ransacked, with dresser and cabinet drawers opened. The couple called the Sheriff's Office, and a deputy investigating the case noticed that there were three medium dents in the door. The deputy didn't find fingerprints, and a neighbor said she hadn't seen or heard anything suspicious that evening. The couple didn't note that anything was actually missing, but the deputy gave them an inventory sheet in case they realized later that something had been stolen.
