Submitted by Deborah Lavery Powers
Staff Reporter
The following are highlights from some of recent narrative police reports on file at the Fernandina Beach Police Department.
Kitchen grease was to blame. Mrs. walked out of the kitchen for just a minute to help her husband. “Seconds later,” Mr. and Mrs. saw the kitchen in flames. The fire, quickly extinguished by our Fire Department, caused smoke and structural damages to both apartments in the building.
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Mom claims that her 50 year old son stole some of her Xanax. She didn’t want to pursue charges. She simply wanted her Xanax back!
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It was shortly after 5:30 p.m. when the Perpetrator broke into a locked car parked at the beach and stole a purse left on the passenger side floor. By 10:00 p.m., Perpetrator had used the credit cards — those that had previously “lived” in Victim’s purse — to purchase two items, one costing $346.80, the other $212, at a department store in Yulee. Perpetrator also charged $109 at a gas station just down the road.
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The Suspects are yet to be identified — but their images are on tape — so Police do know who they are looking for! Seems that Suspects ate dinner at a local restaurant, then placed a to-go order. Everything going okay so far. But… once Suspects had their to-go order in hand, they did a little diversion action at the cash register and managed to walk out without paying their bill. $61.69.
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Boyfriend and Girlfriend had an argument at a local bar. Boyfriend went home and put Girlfriend’s clothes and personal items out by the street. Girlfriend then returned to his house. She wasn’t happy. Shoved him, scratched him under the eye and gave him a bloody nose. When asked why she did so, she responded, “He got in my face.” She showed no signs of physical injury and claimed none. Boyfriend didn’t want to press charges. Girlfriend went off in a car driven by another man — leaving hers in a parking lot.
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Victim left her car unlocked — with her purse in it — at 10 o’clock at night. When she got back into her vehicle the next morning, her pocketbook, which has been left “in plain view,” was missing — as were some 40-60 Hydrocodone pills. However, her wallet containing “currency” was still in the console.
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It was almost three years ago that Judge Healey of Duval County issued two warrants (for $503 each) in the name of Suspect for passing worthless checks. Yet, last week Suspect was booked and went to jail for those transgressions. How did that happen? She was recognized by one of our Police officers when he saw her in the passenger seat of a truck that passed him by.
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A combination of cranberry juice and vodka was his “alcoholic beverage” of choice. He consumed 2 cups worth before leaving home and getting onto his motorcycle. The motorcycle ended up on its side, partially laying on a well traveled roadway. Suspect, with his flushed face, bloodshot eyes and slightly slurred speech, ended up in the Nassau County Jail.
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Government entities aren’t immune to being victims of credit card identity theft. The Villain involved in this particular Government identify theft charged $806.38 — and had the purchased items mailed to addresses in Maine, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania before the identity theft was discovered.
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The music was loud and the house brightly lit — and Large Dog was charging at Police when they tried to enter Homeowner’s yard. But Large Dog stopped short when yelled at by Police. Neighbors, who knew the dog, tried to help get it back into the house. To no avail. Homeowner eventually came to a window and talked out of it to Police. When advised of the noise violation and dog-at-large violation, she simply said, “Just give me the ticket.” So the Police did. She signed the two violation citations ($250 for noise; $75 for dog) was “was given the pink copies.”
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Shoplifting: $218.28 worth of shoes and underwear. Suspect asked if the Police officer would let her go with a court date. He wouldn’t. She was arrested and taken to the Nassau County Jail.
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It could be that two small (100 ml) gin bottles were thrown over Victim’s fence and shattered the exterior portion of her sliding glass door. But, when the noise of bottle glass hitting door glass was heard by Victim, it sounded as though an animal was scratching at the door. Upon discovering the broken, emply bottles outside her sliding glass door, Vitim decided that perhaps the “animal scratching” noise was actually bits of the shattered safety glass falling — “a couple pieces at a time.”
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Sister suffers from glaucoma and cataracts. And she trusted Brother, so when he told her to just “sign here,” she did. Several times. On different documents. One of the papers she signed was a Quit Claim Deed giving him her house! She didn’t discover what she had signed away until she went to the Courthouse to pay her taxes. A bailiff had to assist her to her car after she was told. The case, which “may meet the statutory requirements for Exploitation of the Elderly” is now in the hands of the Investigations Division.
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There Boyfriend’s car was, parked right in the middle of the road, blocking traffic. Seems he and Girlfriend had had an argument (she accused him of cheating) and she grabbed the car keys “and left the area.” So there he was, standing by his vehicle — keyless — when Police arrived. Boyfriend finally got hold of Girlfriend on her cell and was told his keys could be found on the church steps. And they were.
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Brother #1 hadn’t seen Brother #2 for approximately 25 years but #1 called Police for assistance when he learned his sister hadn’t been able to get hold of #2 for ten days. Police went to the house and found the doors and windows all locked, They knocked and called, but Brother #2 did not respond. Police later found that #2 had a post office box and it appeared that the box hadn’t been emptied for several days. A locksmith was then called and accompanied Police to Brother’s house, and Brother was found badly injured and unresponsive — with shallow breathing — in his bedroom. On the floor. He may have been there “for a day or more.” There was no evidence of a criminal incident being involved. Brother was transported by medical helicopter to Jacksonville for treatment. Police remained on the scene until the locksmith could return and secure the house.
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A store video can sometimes come in handy “in the reverse” so to speak. The other day Citizen found she hadn’t left her wallet at a particular shop as she thought — cause there she was on tape, seen walking out the store door with wallet in hand! The search goes on for the wallet — and the $130 that was inside when last seen.
Editor’s Note: After a career in adult education, where writing, course design and development were her “beat”, Deborah now enjoys the world of freelancing, and volunteering. We thank Deborah for her contributions.
April 18, 2013 11:35 a.m.