Cops Corner 1.14.2016

Jan. 2

Barking at the moon
4800 block of Heinman Cove
Information only: A woman has been documenting an ongoing investigation for her HOA on her neighbor across the street, who allegedly lets his animals run loose on his property and her yard. The HOA asked the woman to take photos of this happening. On Saturday, Jan. 2, the woman went to take a photo of the man with his dogs in his front yard while not on leashes. Her neighbor saw her with the camera, so she said he mooned her. She was so upset that she did not take the photo and contacted the Sheriff’s Office. The deputy told her to tell her HOA about the incident but since no sexual organs were visible, the deputy documented the incident as information.

Burglary report off target
4700 block of Wauchula Road
Information only: A man called the Sheriff’s Office because he believed he was witnessing a possible burglary in progress. The man had seen a pickup truck enter the gate of a property. When the property owner was contacted, the owner said he did not know of anyone who was supposed to be on his property. The caller continued to update the Sheriff’s Office, saying that the men potentially had a gun and they might be hunting. The Sheriff’s Office responded with a helicopter and a K-9 unit. The two men were actively shooting. The K-9 unit approached the two men with weapons drawn; the two men complied with the deputies. The men said they had been given permission to hunt on the property by another property owner. The property owner who had been contacted previously arrived at his property and acknowledged that he knew the hunters and that they could stay on the property and hunt.

Jan. 7

Five-finger discount
2900 block of 53rd Avenue East
Petit Theft: A woman went into Walmart to the clothing section. She was seen taking some tags from some items and placing them over the original price of three items. She then went to self checkout and paid for the items in her cart. She was stopped by loss prevention, which assessed the value of the concealed prices as $57.83. When she was placed under arrest, the Sheriff’s Office found $352 in cash on her person.

Jan. 8

Pooch guards porch
8200 block of Country Oaks Court
Suspicious circumstances: A woman got home from work to find the screen from her rear porch window was missing. Her husband and her children did not witness anything happen and had not messed with the screen. The woman found the screen in the backyard, leaning up against some other random items. The screen was bent but not damaged beyond use. The woman stated she believed someone had tried to get into her home through the window but her dog startled the intruder and caused them to abandon their entry.