Articles Posted in Theft Crimes

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A Florida man already in jail for a felony theft crime was charged with another felony last week after being identified as a suspect in a case involving a man who reportedly stole from a store and struck the manager in the face with crackers.

Last September, an individual reportedly went into a Family Dollar store and put approximately $50 worth of cleaning products and a package of Goldfish crackers in his basket. According to the police report, the man “passed all points of sale and exited the building without paying.” The manager reported that after he walked out, he went up to a parked car and handed the basket full of allegedly stolen items to someone in the passenger seat. She approached the man, and when the woman tried to talk to him, he reportedly struck her in the face with the box of Goldfish crackers.

The authorities were notified, and although the suspect was no longer at the scene, they collected statements, surveillance video, and the box allegedly used to hit the manager to try to discover their identity. The cracker box was inspected by forensics, and they were able to lift a fingerprint off the package. It reportedly matched a man who had a long list of priors. When the video was reviewed, the police believed the individual was the man whose fingerprints were on the box.

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Two people from Spokane were arrested last week after the police alleged that they were involved in a mail and check fraud scheme affecting at least 50 alleged victims.

On January 31 in Post Falls, Idaho, a traveler saw a truck stopped in the middle of a traffic lane. The individual believed the driver and passenger were sleeping, and they decided to approach the vehicle. They woke the man and woman and suggested that they park on the side of the road while they slept, but the driver reportedly drove away instead. The person notified the authorities about the situation, and an officer from the Post Falls Police Department quickly found the truck nearby.

After pulling over the truck, a K9 at the scene signaled that they detected narcotics in the vehicle. According to reports, the police found meth paraphernalia, in addition to many pieces of mail addressed to different residences. They also allegedly came across checks they believed were forged by the driver and passenger.

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A 19-year-old man in Central Oklahoma wanted on suspicion of rape and multiple burglaries was arrested after being caught in the act of reportedly trying to break into another residence.

According to reports, in September 2024, the police received notification about a possible home invasion that happened in a residential neighborhood in the city of Norman. A burglary in the same area was reported in December, and in January, the authorities were contacted by several additional individuals with similar stories. It was noted that all of the homes that were targeted were within a two-mile radius, the suspect waited until late at night to enter the dwellings, and several of the residents were at home and in their bedrooms when the individual broke in. None of the callers reported injuries until a woman notified the police to tell them that a stranger entered her residence and raped her. She said she woke up with an individual on top of her who fled from her home when she looked him in the eye.

On January 29, the police received a call from a resident who said a man was trying to break into their home. When they arrived, the police caught him after a short chase.

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In an ironic twist, the authorities caught three alleged fuel thieves in Central Washington after their truck, which reportedly had multiple stolen items, ran out of gas.

George, Washington (intentionally named after the former President), is an unincorporated town in Grant County. Its 1.3 square miles are home to just over 800 people. On the morning of January 30, multiple items went missing from a local farm, and the authorities were notified about the purported theft. They learned that someone nearby saw a pickup truck drive by that looked like it came from the farm, and they wrote down the license plate number before it was out of sight.

Deputies from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office collected the information, and they were later informed that the farm was missing 100 gallons of diesel gasoline and several car batteries. They began searching the surrounding area for a vehicle matching the description of the pickup truck. Around 7:15 AM, about 2 miles from the farm, three people in a truck stopped in a residential driveway when the vehicle ran out of gas. They asked for help from the man at the home, and he quickly recognized the truck had the same license plate number and appearance as the one seen near the farm. The homeowner called the authorities, and the deputies headed to his property.

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Early last week, a Colorado woman who reportedly dodged the police multiple times was arrested for over a dozen charges when they finally caught her.

On January 27, Mesa County sheriff’s deputies spotted a vehicle that had escaped from them several times when they tried to pull them over. When they eventually located the car and tried to talk to the woman behind the wheel she took off. The authorities decided to try to capture her, so additional deputies assisted and formed a perimeter around the neighborhood with their cars to keep her from going too far. Shortly after, they saw the vehicle had been abandoned at a residence in the area.

While still in the neighborhood, the deputies encountered a vehicle without headlights. They got the driver to stop, and she reportedly gave the officers the wrong name and told them she borrowed the car from a relative. When they learned the address of the vehicle’s registered owner, they went to the home and reported that the individual said they did not loan the car to anyone.

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A man who worked as a manager for a cabinet store in northeast Florida was arrested on several charges after collecting payments from multiple customers for cabinetry work that he reportedly never performed and spent the money himself.

According to reports, a few months ago, the General Crimes Unit of the Palm Beach Police Department opened an investigation when they learned that the manager of Oceanside Cabinets was reported for accepting money from several customers but failed to follow through with the work. The people who called them said the business was permanently closed, and they could not contact the contractor. The police heard from ten families who said they hired the man for cabinetry services. They reported giving him the money upfront, but he never did the work.

One family, who said they paid the man $8,000, reported that when they tried to get updates about the status of the work he was supposed to do, he told them each time that the cabinets needed to be ordered. They said it cost them an extra $11,000 since it held up the construction on their new home, and forced them to pay for alternate housing since they could not move in.

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A woman is facing charges after she was accused of stealing from a Dollar General store in northeastern Florida and battering the pregnant employee who tried to intervene.

Late in the morning on January 2, a woman rode a bicycle to a Dollar General in Palm Coast so she could pick up a lighter. The patron, who was described as wearing a blonde wig, a hat, and a scarf, was allegedly seen approaching the checkout counter near the shelf where the lighters are kept. When she learned they cost $2.00 each, the woman reportedly told the cashier that she did not have enough to pay for one. She allegedly grabbed the lighter anyway and headed towards the door. The cashier, who was 8 months pregnant at the time, tried to stand in the way so she could not leave the building, but the woman allegedly shoved her and walked out.

The authorities were notified, but before they arrived, the suspect had already ridden away on her bike. They talked to the cashier and a witness and set out to locate the woman. They collected a picture of the suspect from a surveillance camera and posted it on social media, and someone who saw it provided the woman’s whereabouts to the sheriff’s office.

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Two individuals were arrested when a neighbor informed the authorities that the couple moved into a home on the Gulf Coast without permission and allegedly ran an ad to rent out the dwelling.

According to reports, homes in the unincorporated Sarasota County town of Nokomis were damaged during recent hurricanes. Several owners and residents have been working on repairs, so when a couple began staying in an unoccupied local home and started cleaning it up, it did not initially seem out of the ordinary. After the man pressure-washed the outside of the house, he asked the neighbor across the street to pay him for the job. Requesting money from the individual raised red flags, and the neighbor decided to notify the authorities so the police could determine if everything going on was above board. The neighbor also reported seeing a “for rent” listing for the house when they were on Facebook.

The homeowner, who was in Jacksonville, learned about the situation when they talked to deputies with the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office. They said they did not permit anyone to be in the house and wanted to press charges against the alleged squatters. When deputies went to the residence, they reported that there was fresh food in the fridge, in addition to other indications that the couple had been living there. When they spoke to the authorities, they said they were there because they were hired to take care of the mess.

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A Florida man was arrested after he was involved in a traffic accident and identified as the suspect involved in a case regarding a police officer’s stolen IRS refund check.

At the beginning of the summer, a police officer was awaiting the direct deposit of his IRS refund. He reported that it never showed up in his bank account, and he contacted the IRS about the situation. He was informed that they had mailed his refund instead of issuing it through direct deposit. The officer said he did not receive it, and they told him their records indicated it had already been cashed.

An investigation was opened, and the $20,694 check was traced to a local SoFi Bank. When the financial institution checked their records, they tracked down the check in an account that was opened in July 2023. They also reportedly discovered there were multiple transactions involving cashed United States Treasury checks that appeared to have been made out in the name of the account holder. They learned that money was taken out using ATMs, and several purchases of money orders were tracked to a few different Publix markets. The police checked the surveillance recordings from the stores, and they believed the suspect was a 34-year-old man from Coral Springs. An arrest warrant was activated.

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An Ohio man who is already facing charges for theft-related offenses was apprehended for additional theft charges last weekend after allegedly stealing multiple packages of medicine from a store in Wood County.

According to reports, over the past month, a man from Bowling Green has had more than one run-in with the law that led to his arrest. Early in the morning on January 3, the 32-year-old was reportedly strolling down the middle of the left lane on a two-way street during a snowstorm. Officers from the Bowling Green Police Department spotted him and approached, but they reported that when they told him to stop, the man continued walking. He reported continued struggling when they handcuffed him. After he was taken into custody, he was jailed on suspicion of obstructing official business, resisting arrest, and pedestrian walking in the roadway.

On the evening of January 11, the authorities were notified about a potential theft. When the police went to the establishment and spoke to the employees, they informed the officers that prior to the current incident, the person they named as the suspect had stolen goods from their store several times. When the man was searched, he was allegedly found with the contents of two boxes of cold medicine.

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