This week in Cops Corner: Plant City Police investigate stolen bicycles, a brush fire and a fraudulent rental property.
APRIL 15
YOU GOTTA GO
2200 block of N. Park Rd.
Trespass arrest: Officers responded to a business at the listed location in reference to an individual that was trespassing on the property. The individual was subsequently arrested for trespass after warning and transported to Orient Road Jail without incident.
APRIL 16
THREE WHEEL MOTION
1200 block of W. Risk St.
Officers met with the victim who advised that at some point over the three days prior, an unknown individual entered his unenclosed porch, cut off his bicycle cable lock and stole three bicycles.
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME
1200 block of Goldfinch Dr.
Warrant arrest: Officers responded to an apartment complex at the listed location in reference to a verbal dispute. Upon arrival, officers met with an individual that represented one half of the arguing party. An FCIC/NCIC check revealed that the individual had an active HCSO warrant for failure to appear. The warrant was confirmed and the individual was subsequently arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail without incident.
APRIL 17
SECURE THE BAG
1400 block of S. Collins St.
Theft: Officers responded to a business at the listed location in reference to the theft of a purse. The purse contained $200 in cash, debit/credit cards, the victim’s Florida driver’s license and a social security card.
APRIL 19
FIRE HAZARD
1200 block of W. Risk St.
Brush fire / obstructing fire / resist: Officers responded to a wooded area at the listed location in reference to assisting Plant City Fire Department. One individual was subsequently arrested on charges of preventing or obstructing the extinguishment of a fire and resisting/obstructing an officer without violence and transported to Orient Road Jail without incident.
APRIL 20
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE…
2400 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
DWLS arrest: Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for throwing a lit cigarette from the window. The individual was then arrested for felony driving with a suspended/revoked license and transported to Orient Road Jail.
APRIL 21
HOUSE HUNTER
1200 block of Goldfinch Dr.
Fraud: An officer met with the victim who was interested in a rental property located in Brandon, Fla., discovering that the rental turned out to be a scam.
CAR SCRATCH FEVER
2600 block of N. Adams St.
Criminal mischief: An officer met with the victim who advised that she realized that her car was scratched by an unknown object.
