This week on Cops Corner: Plant City Police investigate stolen headlights, a broken windshield and an altercation between coworkers.
JUNE 11
GONE WITH THE SCHWINN
1300 block of E. Baker St.
Petit theft, bicycle: Officers made contact with a victim in reference to a Schwinn 18-speed women’s bicycle that was taken from the front of a business.
JUNE 12
LEFT BROKEN
1400 block of E. Alabama St.
Criminal mischief: Officers met with the victim who reported that the windshield and rear window of her car had been broken and shattered.
LOST AND FOUND
1200 block of W. Ball St.
Stolen vehicle recovery: Officers recovered a Chevy Cruz that had previously been reported stolen.
JUNE 13
PLAYING TAG
1300 block of W. Ball St.
Criminal mischief: Officers made contact with a victim who alerted them that his vehicle had been vandalized by an unknown suspect.
JUNE 14
RIDING DIRTY
2000 block of N. Wheeler St.
Drug paraphernalia/RAWOV: Officers observed the suspect riding his bike through a closed business parking lot. He was then arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest without violence.
JUNE 15
Sent Packing
300 block of S. Frontage Rd.
Drug arrest: Officers arrested the suspect at the location on charges of possesion of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Double Trouble
300 block of S. Frontage Rd.
Warrant arrest: While conducting the above arrest, the suspect pointed to a vehicle that was pulling into a nearby parking space, claiming that the individual in the vehicle had an active warrant. The individual’s identity was confirmed by one of the officers on scene as he exited the vehicle and the officers then made contact with him, where he provided his name and date of birth. Florida Crime Information Center confirmed that the individual had an active warrant for burglary of conveyance with no battery/assault/weapon and he was subsequently transported to Orient Road Jail without incident.
JUNE 16
You shoes, you lose
4000 block of Silverspring Dr.
Vehicle burglary: Officers responded to a reported vehicle burglary in which the victim claimed that an unknown suspect had entered his vehicle and stolen shoes
CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE
1000 block of Fairwinds Cir.
Battery: Officers met with two coworkers who, while pressure washing the exterior of an apartment complex, ended up in a physical altercation after one believed that the other had been purposefully spraying him with the pressure washer. After officers arrived, both parties admitted to hitting each other and signed a waiver of prosecution.
LIGHTS OUT
300 block of E. Calhoun St.
Burglary business: Officers were alerted that an unknown suspect had gained access to a fenced in property and removed the headlights from a new 2021 truck.