This week on Cops Corner: Plant City Police investigate multiple shootings, stolen tools and counterfeit cash.
OCTOBER 1
A BAD SIGN
E Sam Allen Rd. / N. Maryland Ave
Criminal mischief: An officer met with a property group employee at the listed location in reference to a neighborhood sign having been shot.
SOMETHING BORROWED
1200 block of N. Gordon St.
Recovered stolen firearm: Officered were dispatched to a separate location in reference to a shooting. During the investigation, a firearm that was stolen out of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s jurisdiction was recovered at the listed location.
CHANGING LANES
W. Alexander St. / Donna Dr.
DUI: An officer conducted a traffic stop in reference to a vehicle that was failing to maintain a single lane. One individual was subsequently arrested for DUI and transported to Orient Road Jail.
OCTOBER 2
TOOL TIME
4000 block of Capri Coast Dr.
Burglary: An officer met with the victim at the listed location in reference to a theft of tools.
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME
300 block of W. Bates St.
Loitering and prowling: An officer responded to the listed location in reference to a suspicious person. One individual was subsequently placed under arrest for loitering and prowling and transported to Orient Road Jail.
OCTOBER 3
WIRE YOU DOING THIS
200 block of Lovely Ct.
Theft: Officers met with the construction manager for a building company at the listed location who reported a theft of copper wire at the construction site.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
3200 block of N. Park Rd.
Theft: An officer met with the employee of a construction company at the listed location who stated that at sometime between Sept. 27 and Oct. 3 an unknown subject took a drill valued at $4,000 from an unlocked storage room.
BYE-CYCLE
1700 block of E. Spencer St.
Theft: An officer made contact with the victim at the list location who advised that her son’s bicycle was stolen from the front porch of the residence.
OCTOBER 4
HOT STOVE
1400 block of Tahitian Sunrise Dr.
Residential burglary: An officer met with a construction manager who advised that someone had entered one of the homes under construction and removed a stove valued at $800.
OCTOBER 5
MONEY PROBLEMS
2300 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
Fraud: An officer responded to a business at the listed location in reference to five counterfeit $100 bills being used.
