THURSDAY, MARCH 22
Dispatch aired a call that a reporting party was outside of a house and was worried about her juvenile daughter who was inside and possibly being held against her will. When the officer arrived, he saw the reporting party, an adult female, on the back porch speaking with an adult female inside. The female resident asked to speak with the officer inside the house, and he found her to be very intoxicated. She claimed that the juvenile had been at her home because she was being abused at home. There was also an adult male in the residence, holding a 1-year-old infant. The juvenile female was located, and she was found to also be intoxicated. It was determined that the adults had given her alcohol while she was at their house watching a movie, and that she had known that she was drinking alcohol and had done so by her own decision. The female resident, who also turned out to be underage, was arrested. The adult male was also placed under arrest after he attempted to flee the scene while extremely intoxicated, and still holding the infant. The juvenile was issued a summons for illegal consumption by an underage person. The infant was released to the custody of Social Services for her safety. The two residents were issued felony holds and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. It was also recommended that the adult male be charged with child abuse for attempting to flee intoxicated while holding the baby. Both subjects were left in the care of jail staff.
An officer responded to a local business for a shoplifting complaint. A vehicle had just left the scene with three young males in baseball caps, and one of them had attempted to steal an iPod Touch valued at $400. Another officer located the vehicle, only with one occupant. The driver was contacted, and turned out to be intoxicated. He was placed under arrest and identified by the store employee as the male who had attempted to steal the iPod. He was issued a summons for shoplifting, was arrested for DUI, and was issued a notice of revokation of his drivers license. His car was released to his grandmother, and he was left in the care and custody of jail staff.
SUNDAY, MARCH 25
An officer was dispatched to a residence in reference to a disturbance. He spoke with a woman who told him that she had been in an argument with her daughter. The woman invited him in to check on her daughter. As he was looking through the house, he observed a male hiding in the closet with a blanket on top of him. He observed that the male was intoxicated. When asked why he was hiding, the 19-year-old male told the officer that he was getting ready to go to sleep. Dispatch advised that there was an active warrant for the males arrest, as well as a restraining order stating that he could not possess or consume alcohol. He was placed under arrest.
TUESDAY, MARCH 27
An officer reported to a residence for a report of theft. The owners had some containers in their back yard that had been full of scrap wiring, and the wiring had been stolen. The officer observed where two trash cans had been dragged to a fence that separated the property from that of their neighbor. The neighbor was contacted by the officer, who allowed him to search the property where he found several pieces of scrap wire on the neighbors side of the fence and several more pieces in the back yard of the residence. The neighbor had been at work, but his son had been home, and he said he would speak to him about it. While the officer was speaking to the owners of the stolen scrap wiring, the son came over and told them that he had stolen the wiring, and had taken it to Belt Salvage and sold it. The owners agreed not to press charges as long as the son turned over the money he had made from selling their wiring. The officer will contact the business to verify that the amount given matches.
An officer was requested to respond to a gas station for a report of theft by an employee. The officer spoke with the district manager for the station, who told him that they had noticed they had been $312 short on lottery ticket sales. The manager and district manager had reviewed the security video and had found footage of one of their clerks removing the tickets and putting them back. Later that day, the manager contacted the officer to let him know that the employee had called her and was going to come in. When he arrived, the officer was handed a letter written by the employee saying that during the month of March she took and redeemed scratch tickets from the store. The officer issued her a summons for theft. The employee made an agreement with the business manager to pay back the value of the tickets that were stolen, and paid a portion of the money.