3.27.08 4:47 PM Stolen Cell Phone Recovered Officer dispatched to Verizon Store on Gwen Drive on a report that someone was trying to exhange a reported stolen phone for a new one. The phone had initially been stolen at Bally’s fitness center while the owner was playing basketball approximately a year ago. The person who had brought in the phone had purportedly purchased it from a ‘friend’ for $20, but she did not know the name of this friend.
3.31.08 Keys Stolen from WHS Kitchen Staffer A member of the kitchen staff at Wilsonville High School reported someone had entered the snack stand on the south end of the commons and took her keys. The keys were on a carabiener. No suspects were identified.
4.2.08 Credit Card Fraud Caught in Process An officer responded to a phone report regarding a possible fraud. On 4.1.08 the complaintant was contacted by Dell Computers, Inc. They inquired as to whether she was in the process of purchasing a $4,500 computer from them using her chrdit card. She was not, and the order was cancelled. She was able to determine from Dell that a subject named Tuay Tran was attempting to purchase the computer using her card number. all of her card were currently in her possession, so she had no ideas as to how Tran could have come into possession of her card number. She had all of her cards cancelled and reissued. When the officer attempted to follow up on the phone number for Mr. Tran, the number was out of service.
4.2.08 Vehicle Break-In at Canyon Creek Apartments A woman contacted the police regarding a theft from her vehicle at 26080 SW Canyon Creek Rd. Sometimes during the night an unknown suspect broke the driver side window of her vehicle and stole a dash mounted Garmin GPS system valued at about $400.
4.4.08 Attempted Break-In at Wilsonville Inn Wilsonville Inn & Suites reported an attempted break-in of the conference room. The suspect removed a wondow screen and attempted to force open a window. The officer dusted for latent fingerprints but was not able to obtain anything usable. The perpetrator did not seem to have success in entering the building.
4.4.08 Forger Tries to Pass Bills Around Town A Lamb’s Thriftway employee reported a forged fifty dollar bill was passed at about 1:50 pm The bill seemed suspicious, but the bill marker pen did not turn black. She took the forged fifty and the suspect paid for his three packs of gum and too the change leaving. She described the customer as a clean cut guy with shoulder length blond hair, a tan hat and tan sweatshirt. She was unsure of anything else. Another similar call came in from mcdonald’s. the suspect sounded similar, with the exception of wearing a grey sweatshit with a hood, dark plaid shorts, and red sneakers with white laces. McDonald’s had a video of the suspect. The McDonald’s employee did not accept the bill, followed the suspect out and saw him get into and early 2000’s red Honda Accord and not sure where he went. The suspect remains currently at large.
4.4.08 Tools Stolen From Work Van A man phoned in a report on the loss of work tools from his company van. he said the van is a take home van and he had his personal tools in it. He said sometime during the listed hours when the van was parked at his apartment building at 6857 SW Wilsonville Rd., someone entered it and stole his tools. He had no suspect information. He said he saw no sign of forced entry into the ban, and that insurance will not cover the loss.
4.5.08 Costco Incurs Bloody Thief Wilsonville Costco loss prevention contacted police to report that display packaging had been found inside the store with the cameras they housed missing. The packaged had been cup open by something sharp and the cameras and their cases were tolen. On one of the packages there was blood on it as though the thief cut their hand during this operation. The officer seized all three packages and checked them into CCSO Property, sending a latent print request. Blood swabs from one of the items were also sent in for analysis.
4.5.08 Attempted Theft of Car on Illahee Ct. An unknown suspect attempted to steal a man’s 1999 Honda Accord while the vehicle was parked near his apartment at 87785 SW Illahee Ct. The man’s girlfriend heard a car alarm sounding at approximately 2 AM. The car’s owner did not hear the alarm. When he walked out to his car in the morning, he saw the left rear window had been broken, as well as a large screwdriver and a dent puller laying in front of the car. the officer took the tools for analysis. The passenger door lock had been punched with the screwdriver. The suspect was, in the words of the officer, unable to defeat the door lock with the screwdriver, and so broke the rear window. When the alarm sounded, the suspect fled leaving his tools behind. The car’s owner said that approximately a month prior he saw a person with gray hair taking a picture of his car with a cell phone. He could not tell if the person was male or female, and did not know if it was related to the theft.
