Police Blotter: Identity Theft and Theft Grand Auto

Police reports are a sampling of incidents and are not meant to be all inclusive.

Macedonia

IDENTITY THEFT

Emails alert resident to attempted theft: A Cangemi Court resident called police on July 24th to report an attempted theft of her social security number. The resident told police she received an email alert from her bank stating someone stole her social security number. The resident told police the email made her very nervous, so she immediately deleted it. She said she also received two letters in the mail, indicating that she was denied credit applications because companies could not verify her identity. The first letter, dated July 18th, stated “Applicants identity cannot be verified,” according to police. The second letter dated July 20^th was from a banking service. The letter stated that it would not approve her application due to “Risk of Identity,” according to police. The resident contacted each company. She was advised that her social security number was being used to apply for credit. The applications were not completed due to unsuccessful identity confirmation, according to police. She spoke with a representative from her credit card company and was given a partial address and telephone number. The woman told police she had not noticed any suspicious activity or withdrawals on her cards or bank accounts. She was advised by police to set up fraud alerts on her services, change/update her passwords, and monitor her accounts and call if she noticed any suspicious activity.

THEFT GRAND AUTO

Car hooked before tow arrived: A Macedonia man told police on July 18th that his vehicle was stolen after it broke down and was parked awaiting a tow truck. The man told police his car broke down on July 27th, around 7:30 p.m. while he was driving southbound on I-271, near the Ledge Road bridge. The man told police he parked the car on the shoulder of the road and called for a tow truck. The man’s insurance representative said a truck could be sent, but not for several hours. The man was told he could leave the keys in the car and leave the vehicle, according to police. An officer logged that he saw the unoccupied car at 11:18 p.m. However, when the tow truck driver arrived at 4 a.m. the car was gone.