Fishing equipment stolen from garage
left open over night
12:13 p.m. Friday, June 15, 7600 block of Lee Drive
A man called the police about a cold robbery after fishing supplies were stolen from his garage sometime between 11 p.m. June 14, and 5:30 a.m. June 15.
The burglary occurred sometime during the night when the man left his garage door open.
The burglar stole two spinning rods, two McGill fly rods and two dark-green fishing rods with survival items inside. The man told police he is also missing miscellaneous fishing rods, poles and tackle box equipment. The stolen property is valued at about $1,500.
The man said he usually closes his garage door, but forgot to that night.
He didn’t hear any noises that made him assume someone entered his garage, and the police officer determined forced entry was not used in this case as the suspect entered through the open door.
The man was not able to identify any suspects, and there are no leads in this case.
Parking lot hit-and-run leaves car damaged
1:17 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 3S Liquor, 8031 Highway 121
A hit-and-run traffic accident left a Ford Fusion damaged, but police have a lead on the suspect.
A woman and her husband, the drivers of the Ford Fusion, were the victims of a hit-and-run in a parking lot. Another woman witnessed the incident and told police what happened.
The driver of the suspect car was described as a woman in her late 40s to late 50s with salt-and-pepper hair, driving a 1990s maroon sedan. The woman turned the wrong way down the aisle of a parking lot, making a wide turn in an attempt to park in a parking space.
When she made the wide turn, the witness told police, the woman hit the driver’s side passenger door of the Fusion. The witness said the driver looked directly at her and gave her a “dirty look,” leading her to believe the woman knew she hit a car.
The woman then backed up her vehicle and proceeded down the aisle, leaving the shopping center in an unknown direction.
After running the sedan’s plate, police found the owner of the vehicle.
Multiple aliases, addresses and telephone numbers are associated with the individual. Police attempted to contact the woman, but were unsuccessful and have not heard back from her despite a request for her to contact police.
Man issued ticket for possession
after marijuana found in car
6:57 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 6200 block of Wolff Street
An officer was dispatched to the 6200 block of Wolff Street in reference to a suspicious vehicle that appeared to be exchanging items with a pedestrian from the driver’s side window.
The vehicle, a 1998 Ford sedan, was found on the 6100 block of Wolff Street with a young man leaning into the car through the driver’s side window.
The vehicle was turned off, and the officer detected the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Based on the odor, the officer asked the subjects if they had anything in the car they weren’t supposed to have.
The passenger replied she had a pipe in her purse that she uses to smoke marijuana, and the driver said there was less than a gram of marijuana in the car.
The officer asked the subjects to exit the vehicle and searched the vehicle, finding a small amount of marijuana in the glove box.
The driver was issued a ticket for possession of marijuana, and the police called his father to advise him of the driver’s court date.
Man released to parents, issued summons
after inhalation of toxic fumes
3:05p.m. Sunday, June 17, Pomona High School, 8101 Pomona Drive
Police found a man passed out in the grass on the west side of Pomona High School after he inhaled compressed air.
When police found the man, he was passed out in the grass with a bicycle and compressed air near him. According to police, he had chapped lips and a white powdery substance around his lips.
The officer immediately recognized the man as someone he had dealt with several times for the same situation.
As police approached, the man sat up, and the officer began talking to him. When the officer asked if he was inhaling the compressed air, he said he was and had inhaled about half of a can before police arrived.
The man’s parents picked up the man from Pomona High School and assumed responsibility for him. Police also issued the man a municipal court summons for intentional inhalation of toxic fumes.
Woman’s bank account frozen
after falling victim to internet scam
Monday, June 18, Internet scam report
A woman’s bank account was frozen after she was wired illegitimate money from a company that hired her through an online application.
A woman applied for two jobs online, one with Web One LC and one with globewings, and provided them with her driver’s license number, Social Security number and address.
After speaking with Nova and Natalie from Web One LC, she was hired, the woman told police. Web One told her someone was going to wire her $7,902, which she was to transfer to another account in the Ukraine. To allow this to happen, the woman had to provide Web One with her bank name and account number.
The money was wired to her account and she transferred it, she told police. The woman was then notified by her Chase Bank on 80th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard that her account had been frozen because she had wired illegitimate money.
The bank told her that her account would be frozen indefinitely and sent to collections in the amount of $7,902 owed to the bank.
The woman said another transaction was expected from globewings in the amount of $8,000, but it would not go through because the account was frozen.
The companies’ web sites are www.weboneLLC.com and www.globewings.com.
Man awakes to broken door latch in attempted burglary
8:36 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 8300 block of 69th Way
A man took out his trash for pickup at about 7:05 a.m. and found the latch to his storm door in pieces after an attempted burglary.
The man told police he always keeps the front storm door locked and locks the main wood door when he goes to bed or out on errands.
The man told police that when he went to take the trash out, he noticed pieces of the latch from the storm door lying between the two doors, even though the lock was still in the locked position. The man also noticed a couple of notches in the exterior wood door between the doorknob and the locking mechanism on the the door frame.
Entry was not made into the residence, and the door was still locked and dead-bolted.
The man said he did not hear anything during the night or early morning, and there was neither additional damage or property stolen.
The case was classified as an attempted burglary, There are no leads in suspects.