This week on Cops Corner: Plant City Police investigate a sleeping driver, a machete-wielding citizen and a missing pressure washer.
AUG. 5
UNLOCKED AND LOADED
700 block of S. Collins St.
Vehicle burglary: Officers met with the victim at the listed location who reported that an unknown suspect made entry into his unlocked truck.
WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP
300 block of W. Grant St.
Stolen/recovered car: Officers met with the complainant at the listed location who stated that her niece took her vehicle without permission and fled the scene. Officers patrolled the area in an attempt to locate the vehicle but the search yielded negative results. While officers were still at the scene of the incident, the suspect returned in a different vehicle. Upon reading her Miranda rights and questioning her, the suspect stated that she did take the vehicle and alerted officers where they could locate the vehicle. The vehicle was subsequently located at a parking lot nearby. The vehicle was then returned to the victim who signed a waiver of prosecution.
AUG. 6
RAZOR’S EDGE
2900 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
Drug investigation: On Aug. 6, an officer was dispatched to the listed location in reference to a suspicious person waving a machete. One individual was subsequently taken into custody for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and later transported to Orient Road Jail without incident.
CAUGHT RED HANDED
2600 block of James L. Redman Pkwy.
Retail theft: Officers met with a loss prevention associate at a business at the listed location in reference to a theft. One individual was subsequently arrested and transported to Orient Road Jail.
AUG. 7
ONE BAD DREAM
1800 block of Jim Johnson Rd.
DUI: Officers were dispatched to the listed location in reference to a suspicious vehicle with an individual asleep in the driver’s seat. One individual was taken into custody and charged with possession of a controlled substance, DUI, DUI refusal and HTO. The individual was subsequently transported to Orient Road Jail.
DOOR JAMMED
1400 block of S. Alexander St.
Business burglary: An officer met with the victim at the listed location who reported that the glass door of the business was broken and that the business had then been entered.
AUG. 8
CLEAN PLATE
1800 block of W. Washington St.
Stolen tag: An officer responded to the residence at the listed location and made contact with the victim who advised that the tag assigned to his vehicle was stolen some time after picking up the
vehicle from his mechanic earlier.
AUG. 9
MISSING IN ACTION
500 block of S. Johnson St.
Petit theft: An officer responded to the residence at the listed location in reference to the delayed theft of a pressure washer and met with the victim who stated that his Craftsman pressure washer, valued at $480, was taken from the bed of his work truck the night before. Surveillance video captured the theft and showed one individual arrive in a white truck before removing the pressure washer from the victim’s truck. A search of the area was conducted and the suspect’s truck was located. The owner was read his Miranda warnings, admitted to the theft and took officers to a different location where the pressure washer was recovered. The washer was returned to the victim at which time he stated that he did not want to press charges due to recovering his property and signed a waiver of prosecution.
AUG. 10
WINDOW PAINS
2300 block of Maki Road
Burglary: An officer met with the victim at the listed location who reported that the rear window of the residence was shattered and
