Motorcycle Crash, Fraud, Top Redding Police Blotter For July 10-17

REDDING, CT — Five fraud complaints were logged by the Redding Police Department last week. All the investigations remain open.

On July 10, a Pine Mountain Road resident complained to police that someone had stolen his credit card information and had four separate items shipped from Walmart to an address in Charlestown MA.

The same day, a Gallows Hill Road resident told police someone had stolen her identity and attempted to file for unemployment benefits in her name. A week later, police received a complaint from a Portland Avenue man that his employer notified him someone had filed for unemployment benefits in his name. Three days later, another resident filed the same complaint at Police Headquarters in person.

In each of these cases, the PD notified the state Labor Department, who have started their own investigations.

On July 11, a Meeker Hill Road resident said they had sent an Apple Gift Card to someone, and the card turned out to be a scam.

The Redding PD is also investigating the broken plexiglass backboards on the basketball courts of the Boys-Girl Club on Cross Highway. Criminal mischief complaints were filed on July 13 and 14.

A deer running onto Umpawaug Road caused "minor to moderate" damage to a car traveling there southbound on July 12. There were no injuries to either the motorist or the deer, who ran off into the woods.

The deer which ran in front of a vehicle travelling along Giles Hill Road on July 17 was not so lucky. The animal was killed after striking the vehicle. The motorist was unharmed. Two days earlier on the same road, a westbound motorist lost control while rounding a curve, then struck a large rock off into the westbound shoulder. No injuries were reported.

Police have released no further details about the 46-year-old Redding motorcyclist who died from injuries sustained in a crash Saturday. A preliminary investigation indicates the motorcyclist was traveling westbound on Cross Highway and lost control while rounding a curve, according to Redding Police Captain Tim Succi. The Redding Police Department's Major Crash Investigation Team is conducting the follow-up.