Police are investigating a report of vandalism to the outdoor staircase of a Cherry Street business.
At about 8:30 a.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the business, where a staircase of brick and stone appeared to have been damaged by skateboarders, according to a police report.
In all, about $2,000 of damage was done, the report said. Police have no video surveillance.
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A man told police that a brown leather bag and wallet went missing from his car after he parked it for a few hours on the shoulder of South Avenue near Waveny Park.
After parking there at 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 30, the man returned at 11:15 p.m. to find that the $150 bag was gone with the wallet, which had $50 cash, numerous credit cards and a driver’s license inside.
It isn’t clear what he was doing there or whether the car was locked, police said.
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A 25-year-old Urban Street man told police last week that $40 had been withdrawn from his bank account after a debit card was stolen.
The man left his residence around 8:30 a.m. that morning and found that the $40 had been withdrawn 30 minutes later, according to a police report. He canceled the card straightaway, the report said.
Returning home from work that afternoon, the man said that his roommate’s belongings were gone and that he believes she is a prime suspect in the debit card theft, the report said.
Police are investigating.
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Finally, a Carter Street resident on Saturday told police that a purse and several items had been stolen from an unlocked car in her driveway some time overnight.
In all, the $140 purse, an iPhone worth $600, $400 iPad, $150 in cash and $120 running shoes were missing from her car when she checked it around 8 a.m. on Oct. 3.
She’d come home around 9:40 p.m. the prior evening, according to a police report.
Someone had made fraudulent charges on her ATM cards and police are investigating.