WALDEN LAKE
JULY 1
PISTOL PILFERED
2000 block of Country Club Drive. Vehicle Burglary/Theft of a Firearm. A Smith and Wesson .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol was stolen out of an unlocked 2004 Ford Ranger truck by unknown suspect(s).
JULY 4
RING REMOVED
2700 block of Aston Avenue. Vehicle Burglary. The victim heard a car alarm at 1:45 a.m. and went outside to check on it. The victim discovered the car was still locked, but a bag was missing from the vehicle. Military clothing items, worth $110, and a diamond engagement ring, worth $2,000, were stolen.
JULY 5
SIGHT UNSEEN
4200 block of Thackery Way. Vehicle Burglary. Prescription Greg Norman sunglasses, valued at $450, were taken from the glove box of a 2011 Kia Optima.
SCARY SITUATION
4100 block of Kipling Avenue. Home Invasion Robbery. Two white males, armed with handguns, and a black male, armed with a shotgun, entered the garage through an open side door. The three victims were in the garage hanging out. The suspects demanded “dope” and money. One of the victims fled inside the residence and locked the door. The suspects grabbed a backpack, an iPad and an iPhone and ran back outside. At least two shots were fired toward the residence, as the suspects ran to a waiting dark-colored SUV. This investigation is ongoing.
JULY 6
A FEW TOO MANY
3400 block of Silverstone Court. Criminal Mischief. The suspect was breaking windows at the residence. At time of contact, the suspect was bleeding heavily from a laceration to his right wrist. The victim said the suspect is her ex-boyfriend and came over, because she had the keys to his car. The victim said she had taken the keys from him earlier to keep him from driving under the influence. the suspect broke a dining room window and removed the screen from two other windows. The victim refused to press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution.
JULY 1
FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT
2100 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Retail Theft. Loss-prevention officials saw the suspect leaving the store with merchandise she did not purchase. She was approached by loss prevention, and, as she was being escorted back to their office, she tried to flee but was caught.
STEAL LIKE A GIRL
1220 block of Goldfinch Drive. Bicycle Theft. Three unknown black males took a bike from under the stairs in front of the apartment and fled. The bike was described as a pink, black and white girl’s BMX-style bike, with a “Ride Like a Girl” sticker on the top rail.
JULY 3
HOTEL HEIST
2000 block of South Frontage Road. Vehicle Burglary. Unknown suspect(s) entered the vehicle, which was parked at the hotel, through an unlocked door. Once inside, the suspect(s) stole $600 in cash, a TomTom GPS and a digital camera.
BUSTED BIKER
400 block of West Mahoney Street. Theft. A boy’s green Haro 20-inch bike, worth $400, was stolen from the front of the residence. Later in the night, an officer observed the suspect riding a bicycle matching the description. The suspect admitted to the theft. He was arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail. The bike was returned to owner.
SOMETHING BORROWED
600 block of East Alexander Street. Stolen Vehicle. The victim advised when he was sleeping, the suspect took his credit card and left the residence in his 2013 Dodge Challenger RT, worth $70,000. The suspect and stolen vehicle were located. The suspect admitted to taking the car but said she was going to return it when she was done. The suspect was arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail. The car was returned to owner.
DRUNK AS A SKUNK
100 block of North Palmer Street. DUI. An officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle after the vehicle jumped the curb and drove over bushes to turn into the parking lot. Field sobriety exercises were not successfully performed by the driver, who was arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail for a breathalyzer test.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN
2100 block of North Park Road. Habitual Traffic Offender/Drug Investigation. An officer conducted a traffic stop on a 1999 Chevy Blazer, because of an altered temporary tag. The driver was a habitual traffic offender, with 18 suspensions on his driver’s license. He also had four grams of methamphetamine in his possession.
JULY 4
A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT
510 block of South Johnson Street. Trespassing/Possession of Marijuana/Violation of Probation. The suspect was found sleeping in the vacant residence by the owner. The responding officer arrived on scene and observed a baggie of marijuana hanging out of the suspect’s pocket. The marijuana weighed 70 grams. The suspect was arrested. He is currently on probation for robbery and was also charged with violation of his probation.
AMERICAN PRIDE
Intersection of East Alabama and South Morgan streets. Battery. An officer observed a fight break out between two black males. A 17-year-old juvenile and the adult suspect engaged in a mutual fight, after the juvenile shot fireworks at the adult’s children. The juvenile was arrested for battery and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center, in Tampa. The adult suspect was arrested and released with a court date.
CRASH AND GRAB
2000 block of North Wheeler Street. Business Burglary. An officer responded to an alarm call at the business and observed the front glass doors were crushed. Evidence at the scene and a video showed a maroon, extended cab Ford Ranger back into the doors. Damages to the front doors totaled $2,000. Items stolen totaled $1,805.
JULY 5
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
600 block of Tyner Street. Vehicle Burglary in Progress. Officers responded to a vehicle burglary in progress. The victim called in with a description of a white male and a white female burglarizing her vehicle. The victim saw the female take a purse from the vehicle, while the male served as a lookout. Officers saturated the area and located the suspects, and the victim responded and identified the suspects.
ONE BAD DAY
2600 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Retail Theft. An officer responded, after receiving a call that a white male and white female were running from the store after shoplifting merchandise. The suspects split up outside the store. The male suspect, who had $49.76 in stolen merchandise on him, was able to evade loss prevention. The female suspect was captured after a short foot pursuit and was taken in custody. A search incident to arrest yielded a syringe with residue of methamphetamine. She was arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail.
PUNCH DRUNK
4100 block of West State Road 574. Criminal Mischief. Information. An unknown Hispanic male left the bar. He appeared to be extremely intoxicated. The victim and bouncers watched the suspect, as he started walking in between vehicles, apparently looking for his. The male then walked to the driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle and smashed the window. The male then walked to a silver SUV and drove away. The damaged window is valued at about $100.
JULY 6
NOT LOVING IT
1510 block of Plantation Grove Court. Theft/Fraudulent Use of Debit Card. The victim advised that sometime between 5 p.m. July 5, and 10 a.m. July 6, an unknown suspect took her Suncoast Schools Credit Union credit card from her wallet and about $35 in cash. Her wallet was last seen at her residence. At this time, at least three unauthorized charges at various McDonald’s, valued at about $70, were made without her authorization.
SENSELESS CRIME
1800 block of West Lowry Avenue. Shooting into Occupied Conveyance/Aggravated Battery. Officers responded to the address, in reference to shots fired. The victim stated he was working in the yard when he was approached by several Hispanic males. The males asked, “What set do you claim?” He responded, “I’m not a gang member; get the [expletive] off my property.” Two of the males walked toward him and started to hit him repeatedly. The victim stated he was holding a bottle of drain cleaner. The victim said he feared for his life, so he threw the drain cleaner on the main aggressor; it landed on the males face and left side of his body. The suspects left in a white Dodge Dakota king cab truck and a black Nissan truck. The vehicles circled the block several times and shot several rounds at the victim’s house. The victim said the vehicles were occupied by Hispanic and black males. Officers collected 13 spent shell casings from the crime scene. A short while later, it was learned that a Hispanic male was at South Florida Baptist Hospital seeking treatment for chemical burns. A detective responded, and the suspect was arrested for aggravated battery. The suspect was not charged with the shooting, because there were no witnesses placing him at the scene with a gun. The suspect was treated and released from the hospital. He was transported to Orient Road Jail.
JULY 7
GAS GUZZLER
1210 block of Goldfinch Drive. Criminal Mischief. The victim discovered an unknown person had lodged a rubber hose in her gas tank. The gas tank was still full, so no fuel had been taken, but the hose had become permanently lodged in the gas tank causing damage to her vehicle.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE UP JOGGING, TOO
Intersection of Waller and Renfro streets. Battery. The victim stated he runs in the area every day. On the day of the incident, he saw a group of males hanging out. An unknown male said something to him as he passed by. He stopped, and a black male punched him in the face. The male was about 5-foot-5 and chubby. He had never seen the male before. Officers circulated the area but could not locate the suspect.
SMOOTH MOVES
800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Stolen Vehicle. The victim said she went to The Moon at about 4 p.m. to buy some drinks. As she parked, several black males walked toward her car, a 2010 silver Nissan Altima. One of the males threw something into her car and said, “I dropped something in your car. Can I get it out?” The male opened her door and dragged her out. The male then allowed the other three males in the car, and they fled, after stopping to throw out her purse. The victim did not call the police until 10 p.m.Related Stories
