Editor’s Note: These reports are the latest sampling of the Macedonia police reports from October.
There were theft reports from Kohl’s, Home Depot, WalMart
Someone lost their wallet in the Cinemark parking lot.
There were 17 traffic stops.
Beware of Social Media Scams
A person stated approximately six months ago she was contacted through social media by a person named Peter Weachter who lived in England. She stated they begin conversing and she told him about her financial problems. He claimed that he had made money in the oil business and he would help her out. He told her that she would be sent a check for approximately $10,000 in the mail from a person named Daryl Jones and that she would need to cash that check. He then instructed her to take $8000 in cash from that check and mail the cash to an orphanage in London England and keep the remaining $2000 for herself. He also told her that once this was done he would send her a package containing $120,7K to her. She received the check and followed his instructions for depositing and mailing the money. She was contacted by UK courier service claiming that she would need to pay them approximately $975 and they would deliver the package containing $270K. She attempted to withdraw the money from her bank account and found that she was overdrawn due to the $10,000 check bouncing. She was then advised by her bank to file a police report. During the course of the conversation, she advised the police officer that she had also sent him a picture of her drivers license. The police officer advised her that she may be at risk for identity fraud and advise her to contact her bank about this.
Dog Food In Exhaust
An individual brought into the police station a box of what she claimed was burnt dog food which she said came from the exhaust of her car, a 2018 Ford Escape. She stated that she had recently started job in town at Tractor Supply and begin to notice what she described as an odor of burnt popcorn in her car. She took her car to the Liberty Ford dealership but they were unable to locate the source of the smell.
The smell persisted so she again took the car into the dealership where this time they examined the exhaust and found what they suspected to be some sort of burned dog food. Once this was discovered she decided to come in to file a police report and she thought there was a decent possibility that someone with a grudge against her could be placing the dog food into her car is exhaust.
She also admitted there was a possibility that the dog food could’ve been placed in her car’s exhaust by animals such as chipmunks as the area of the exhaust the food reached would be difficult for a human to manage. She concluded by saying that she thinks the food most likely with Place and her car’s exhaust while parked at Tractor Supply; she parks in a garage at home and the rest of her schedule is too unpredictable, while her schedule at Tractor Supply is set, she parks in the same area and Tractor Supply sells dog food. She will contact the police department when insurance allows Liberty Ford to remove the muffler to further identify the cause.
Stolen Car
A police officer was dispatched to La Quinta hotel for a report of a motor vehicle theft. Upon arrival, they spoke to a person who stated he had met a man named Drew yesterday in Akron and they had been hanging out ever since. He stated that they came to La Quinta to hang out until 2130 when he had to go pick up his daughter. While hanging out in the hotel room, Drew asked if he could go down to this person’s vehicle and smoke a cigarette because it was raining outside. He stated that he could and gave Drew the keys. After about 30 minutes had passed, he became suspicious and went to look for Drew. He found his car and Drew gone. He then went back to his room and called the police. He was able to provide a beige coat and a cell phone that he had left behind. In the inside pocket of the coat were some medical discharge papers for Andrew P. Norris. a BOLO was put out for the vehicle and Norris.
