The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department.
July 29
PURSE PROBLEMS
1300 block of North Barnes Street.
Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered their unlocked vehicle and stole a purse. The vehicle had been left unlocked.
PIGGY BANK BANDIT
1300 block of North Barnes Street.
Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered their vehicle and stole $6 in coins. The vehicle had been left unlocked.
SHOPAHOLIC
1900 block of East Linda Street.
Fraud: Officers met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) had used her retail store credit card and charged over $300 to it without her knowledge.
RUDE AWAKENING
2000 block of South Frontage Road.
Recovered stolen vehicle: Officers found a man sleeping in the back seat of a Chevrolet Impala, which was confirmed stolen by Lakeland Police Department. The subject was woken up and arrested for possession of counterfeit identification and giving a false name to a police officer.
July 30
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
2300 block of Maki Road.
Vehicle burglary: Officers responded to a call regarding a series of vehicle burglaries. Two suspects, an adult and a juvenile, were arrested.
July 31
SHED SLEUTHING
600 block of Charter Street.
Residential burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated lawn equipment had gone missing from his shed, which he had left unlocked. The equipment was later recovered, and the complainant signed a waiver of prosecution.
UNINVITED GUEST
South Woodrow Wilson Street/Airport Road.
Drug investigation: Officer responded to an area regarding a call about a subject attempting to open complainant’s car door. Subject was identified and arrested.
LOST AND FOUND
910 block of Loganderry Lane.
Stolen vehicle: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) had stolen her black 2015 Ford Fiesta. One day later, another officer conducted a traffic stop on the car and found that the complainant had recovered it. She declined to press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution.
August 1
NOT MUCH HELP
400 block of North Alexander Street.
Found property: Officer responded to a store regarding a report of found property. Unknown subject(s) had left a wallet, containing $2 and no identification, and a cell phone without a battery in the store.
TIRE TROUBLE
4300 block of Sterling Commerce Drive.
Grand theft: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) had stolen two tires from an unsecured trailer.
MAD MECHANIC
100 block of West Langford Drive.
Criminal mischief: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) threw a scissor vehicle jack through the rear window of his 2016 Dodge Journey.
August 3
BUZZ KILL
300 block of South Frontage Road.
Found property: Officer responded to a hotel regarding a trespassing call. A search of the room the subjects were found in uncovered a purse, syringes, a spoon and paraphernalia in a dresser. Neither subject claimed ownership of the property, and they were not seen using the paraphernalia, so the items were taken into PCPD custody for destruction.