This week on Cops Corner: Plant City Police investigate stolen tint, a stolen car sign and speeding motorists.
OCT. 15
TINTIN’ AIN’T EASY
2000 block of S. County Line Rd.
Theft: Officers made contact with the manager of an energy company who advised them that an employee had removed a roll of tint from the business and placed it in the back of his truck. The roll of tint was valued at $250. The manager informed officers that the company was in the process of terminating the employee and that they did not wish to pursue theft charges. A waiver of prosecution was then completed.
SIGN, STEAL, DELIVERED
1800 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
Theft: Officers responded to a business after it was reported that a car sign had been stolen from the top of one of their delivery vehicles.
OCT. 16
TOO FAST, TOO CURIOUS
Airport Rd.
Drug investigation: Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was traveling 82 miles per hour on a road where the speed limit was 40. The traffic stop resulted in an arrest of the driver for possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a valid license.
OCT. 17
MISSING LICENSE
300 block of S. Frontage Rd.
NVDL: Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was traveling 64 miles per hour on a road where the speed limit was 30. The suspect was then arrested for resisting arrest without violence and driving without a valid license.
OCT. 18
NO PAY, NO WAY
1800 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
Theft: Officers made contact with the manager of a business who advised them that four suspects had entered and left the store without rendering payment for $1,527.95 worth of merchandise.
OCT. 21
BYE-PHONE
4700 block of Forest Club Dr.
Theft: Officers met with the victim who advised them that he had left his iPhone, valued at $1,200, on the top of his vehicle and drove to work that morning. The device could later not be located.
WINDOW PAINS
300 block of S. Frontage Rd.
Criminal mischief: Officers responded to a hotel at the listed location where they met with the businesses’ manager, who advised them that he had been notified of a broken outward facing window at one of the rooms.
