Crime & Safety

Women Attempt to Shoplift $300-Worth of Beauty Supplies

Plus, vacant units with unlocked doors and teens racing cars.

Monday, June 29

At 12:09 a.m., a caller requested officers check on a “tall kid with gray hoodie.” Police located the individual who was known to the officer.

At 3:02 a.m., an officer performing routine checks found several vacant units’ doors were unlocked on Paradise Road. Nothing inside appeared amiss.

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At 6:20 a.m., a caller reported a construction company being noisy at Dilisio Brothers.

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At 7:08 a.m., a Tedesco employee reported a dead cat on the property.

At 1:11 p.m., a woman came into the station to report fraudulent use of her debit card.

At 5:27 p.m., caller from Boston Beauty Supply reported that two women had attempted to leave the store without paying for about $300-worth of merchandise. When confronted the women left the merchandise and fled.

At 6:49 p.m., a woman reported her purse had been stolen from her vehicle.

At 11:40 p.m., a caller reported teens racing their cars in the area of Eastman and Minerva.

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