MONDAY, OCT. 10
A deputy was dispatched to contact an individual regarding credit card fraud. The reporting party said that she had discovered some fraudulent charges on her credit card amounting to at least $1,000. That morning, she received an email from an employee of a company regarding an order billed to the reporting party that she did not make. She then called her bank and learned of several other fraudulent charges made two days earlier, and canceled her card. The email from the company showed that it was to be shipped to a man in Charlottesville, Va., who is unknown to the reporting party; the order amount totaled to $679.96. The suspect was also identified with an IP address. The deputy spoke with the employee of the company that alerted the reporting party to the fraudulent charges. She informed the deputy that the person providing the credit card information had also provided the three-digit security code from the back of the card when the order was placed online. The employee became suspicious of the order because the business had received four other orders that week for the same item from the suspect. Each of the orders used different credit cards, but were all to be shipped to the same man. None of the previous orders were filled due to all of the credit cards being declined. After becoming suspicious, the company employee contacted the reporting party. The IP address identified for the online orders came from the location of North Kansas City High School in Kansas City, Mo. The deputy is working with Virginia police to locate the suspect who was to receive the shipped items.
A deputy patrolling in Dolores noticed a car with no visible registration displayed in the rear of the vehicle. He contacted the female driver, who said that she did not have her drivers license on her. Dispatch informed the deputy that the womans driving privileges are suspended in the state for nonpayment of child support. She was issued a summons for driving while license under restraint; her vehicle was left on the scene and she walked home.
FRIDAY, OCT. 14
A deputy was in the area of Road 27 checking out a shots-fired call, and found a sport utility vehicle parked at the end of the road with no one around it. He observed a female and male subject in the woods about 200 yards away, and asked them to come talk to him. While they were walking up to the deputy, he noticed that they both appeared to be under the influence of something, so he asked the male subject if he could find someone to give them a ride home. The subject asked why, and the deputy explained that he believed that the male was under the influence of something and shouldnt be driving. The male stated, Thank you, youre right. The male and female admitted to having something illegal on their persons. The deputy collected a marijuana pipe with marijuana in it, and when he asked them if they had anything else, the male subject said he had a meth pipe in his car. When the female subject was asked if she had anything in her purse, she said no, and gave it to the deputy with permission to look in it. The deputy found a used hypodermic needle. The female advised the deputy that she had shot meth up with the hypodermic the night before and showed the track mark on her arm. The pair were issued summons for possession of drug paraphernalia.
A deputy went to a trailer park to meet with a reporting party regarding a theft of a pickup truck. The man advised the deputy that his truck had been taken from his residence in the past 30 minutes, and there was a bunch of firewood and tools in the back. The keys had been in the truck. The trucks owner advised that there had been a male subject who had come by his house twice that night asking for a ride. The owner did not know the subject, and told him no. Shortly after leaving the residence, another deputy advised over the radio that he was behind the stolen truck and was stopping it at U.S. Highway 160 and County Road F.5. Two male subjects were detained from the vehicle. The driver told the deputy that his sisters next-door neighbor told him to take the truck and try to sell the wood. When asked where the wood went that had been in the vehicle, he stated that he had sold it to the other guy in the truck with him for $30. It was noted that the driver had no money on him. The driver told the deputy they were on their way to Eagle Claw so the other guy could buy some beer. He said that he did not know the passenger, that he had just sold him the firewood. The deputy spoke next with the passenger and asked them what they were doing with the truck. The passenger said that the driver asked him if he wanted to buy some firewood for $20, and he agreed to the price and said he would buy it for his neighbor. When asked if he had paid for the firewood, he stated, Actually, I havent yet. When asked where the wood was, he stated that they had already dropped it off at his neighbors off of County Road G. He said that they were going to buy some beer. When the passenger was asked if the driver had told him he had stolen the truck, he stated no, but that might be the reason why he was trying to sell it to him for $1,000. The driver, who had violated his bond by drinking alcohol, made attempts to thwart the breathalyzer testing device, and finally was required to give a urine sample. The driver was charged with 1st degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, theft under $100, theft by receiving $100-$500, DUI drugs, DUI alcohol, and underage drinking, among other charges. The passenger was charged with violation of his bond and for providing alcohol to a person under age 21.