Eagle statue flies into pool
9:25 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 6800 block of West 66th Avenue.
A Secrest Pool employee called police after seeing a large, heavy eagle statue in the deep end of the pool.
He thought someone had broken through the pool’s gate, then slid the statue down the pool slide into the water.
The statue had damaged the slide on the way into the pool, he said.
A police officer put the heavy statue in the back of his patrol car and asked police dispatch to see if anyone had reported the missing statue.
A man living in the area had called to report the theft from his house. The man was then reunited with the statue, which was a family heirloom.
Woman caught with stolen cosmetics says she worked alone
1:50 p.m. Friday, July 1, 5000 block of Kipling Street.
A woman attempted to steal more than $200 in cosmetics from a local Target store. She planned to take the items then escape from the scene with another woman, who was waiting in a car outside.
Store employees caught the woman as she exited the store, then called police. The woman had tried to steal liquid makeup, hair dye and other cosmetics.
Employees told police they had seen what they thought was a getaway car parked nearby the building. Once police arrived at the scene, however, the car drove away.
Police discovered that the getaway car driver had called and texted the thief to arrange a time to exit the building.
Once the thief was caught stealing, however, the calls stopped.
The thief told police no one else was involved in the crime and that she was the only one who planned the theft.
Although she gave police the driver’s name, she said the driver did not know she was planning to steal anything.