Police reports are a sampling of blotter items available and are not intended to be all-inclusive.
Police suspect drugs may have been the cause of a December 2 incident where a driver crashed into a home shortly before 3:30 a.m. at the 8400 block of Valley View Drive.
The two residents of the home were not injured, according to police. However, the driver was transported to a hospital with unspecified injuries after his vehicle left the road, drove across a lawn, and hit the east side of the home with enough force to crack and bow an interior wall, according to police.
Police arrived and found the driver had passed out and slumped over the wheel of the vehicle. The vehicle was still in drive, according to police.
After the man was removed from the vehicle an officer entered the car to engage park and observed “a long black metal pipe in the cup holder in plain view,” according to the police report. The officer also observed a copper scrubbing pad which could be used to smoke methamphetamine. The officer also found a grinder in the dash of the vehicle.
According to police the driver allegedly admitted to using drugs earlier that evening.
The driver was charged with Operating While Intoxicated a first-degree misdemeanor, Drug Paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia, a minor misdemeanor and Operation Without Reasonable Control.
A damage estimate was not listed in the report.
Theft/Forgery
Check for more than $2,400 forged: A woman told police on November 9 that someone had deposited a forged check from her account totaling $2,482 into the account of an unknown person.
The woman noticed the transaction on November 9, according to police. The signature on the check was forged and deposited via mobile phone. The numbers on the forged check were from a check written by the woman in June 2021 to purchase a passport. The woman did not report seeing any other suspicious activity on her account, according to police.
Police are investigating.
Found Property/Weapon
Want fries with that?: The manager of a Macedonia Commons retail store reported November 29, he found a gun on a metal rack behind the deli prep counter.
According to police, the loaded .9mm semiautomatic handgun had a full 7-round clip. However, the chamber was empty when it was found around noon inside a black, canvas, shaving bag. The manager told police he opened the discarded bag, saw the gun, and then called the police.
The pistol was described as a Taurus .9mm Model G3C. The shaving kit also contained a toothbrush, a phone charger, and men’s deodorant.
The weapon was not found in the police computer system, according to the report.
The gun was photographed by police and logged into evidence.
