On 02/20/2017, I, Officer Rivera Ayala, DSN #232, responded to 201 Prairie St. in reference to a Fraud. Sgt. McMichael also responded.
Upon my arrival, I spoke with the victim later identified as Rhonda Jo Myers (DOB 07/21/1973). Mrs. Myers stated that while checking her bank account statement, Mrs. Myers noticed that her account was missing $549.08 USC. From a purchase that Mrs. Myers did not make on 02/19/2017 at “Apple Online Store”.
Mrs. Myers stated that she closed her bank account via phone and will go and request an affidavit from the bank as soon as the bank is in operating hours.
Mrs. Myers provided a copy of the Bank statement with the fraudulent transaction information (See attachment).
See attached documents: Admission statement, Certification in support of Probable cause, Victim Property Loss Report Form, typed statement from Carroll, and transaction receipts.
The amount listed is the enrollment agreement was 10,020.00 which gives a difference of :
SUPPORT DOCUMENTS: One Page Photocopy Front/Back Check # 1370 Forged, One Page Photocopy Front/Back Check # 1370 Original, Four Pages Affidavit Of Forgery, One Page Transaction History, One Page Photocopy Of Sherra Stevanus`s Florida Driver License.
Met with Ms. Balgobin at 10:43 a.m. regarding her $7,442.68 outstanding rental arrearage. Ms. Balgobin said she had two money orders for $400 each to mail but lost her purse in the parking lot of Stop and Shop. She did not call the police but went to security who located the purse; her valuables including the untraceable money orders were gone. She was only able to make one payment of $400 prior to this incident, to Hildebrand. She stated she canceled her debit card, etc.
On July 6, 2015, at approximately 1147 hours, I responded to 3706D Mt Vernon Ave, The Meter Wizard LLC for a robbery from person. Upon arrival, I spoke to Mr. Robert S. Cohen the victim in this case. Mr. Chon reported that a dark skinned black male entered his business and displayed a handgun. The suspect only said “give me your money”. Mr. Cohen gave the suspect his wallet and 9 dollars cash. The suspect ran through the alley in an unknown direction of travel.
On 1/13/17 at 0928 hours my partner, Officer Thebeau #8402 and I, Officer Harrell #3441, were working uniformed patrol unit 1A21. We received a radio call of possible forgery at 559 MacDonald St.
On 11-25-16 at 1235 hours, Officer Calderon #2037 and I were dispatched to 1604 N Arroyo Boulevard regarding an attempt petty theft investigation. Upon our arrival, we met with Witness Michael Robert Trujillo, who is the resident at the above location. Trujillo told me the following information in summary:
The above resident stated that on 7/23//15 around 5:00 am she opened her bag to look for a friend's number. She had an envelope that contains approximately $500. When she opened the envelope she realized her money was missing.
On October 13th, 2011, Denise Darbeau and Rachel Edwards entered a McDonald’s restaurant at West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York. Both women were intoxicated when they entered this McDonald’s to presumably order food. Upon arriving at the cash register to pay for their food, they produce a fifty dollar bill to pay for their food. Any responsible cashier would check the authenticity of the fifty dollars. This cashier would be Rayon McIntosh, a recently released convict who served ten years in prison for manslaughter in 2000.
Victim/Reporting Person Summary: Casi said she works for WorkForce at 1700 South Main Street in Sapulpa. Casi said she had a debit card through the company and was a non-profit bank account. Casi said she was doing the end of the year report for the account and noticed someone had used the debit card. Casi said she had lost the debit card. Casi said she last seen the card on Friday, December 8th, 2017 and saw the debit card while she was at What-a-burger in Sapulpa. Casi said she did not use the debit card
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