Nobody Elses: A Case Study

On Thursday, July 14, 2016, at approximately 0847 hours, Patrolman David Stamets had a vehicle stopped on the 100 block of East Oak Street. Immediately after Stamets stopped the vehicle Your Affiant positioned his vehicle on the 100 block of South White Street near the Oak Street intersection facing southbound. When exiting my vehicle your Affiant observed a gold Pontiac sedan accelerating northbound on South White Street at an unsafe speed towards Stamets and your Affiant's location.

I, Deputy Daniel Pruitt spoke to a Steve Craine who stated on 06/06/2017 he saw a small silver SUV on his property. Steve stated the SUV was pulling a red 1970's model truck bed as a trailer. Steve stated he saw a white male drving and a female passenger. Steve stated the subjects were loading items from his property. Steve stated the subjects dropped all the items. Steve stated the subjects went to his neiybors Craig Chaffin's house at 25004 West 49th Street. Craig stated a female named Emma Hogen and a white male named Jerry came to his shop. Craig stated Emma and Jerry were trying to sell items out of a red truck bed. Craig stated Emma and Jerry wanted $300.00 dollars for the whole trailer full of property. Craig stated he paid Emma and Jerry $200.00 dollars and $100.00 was a check he wrote to Emma. Craig stated Emma and Craig left in a silve Geo Tracker SUV. I

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at approximately 1000 hours, I assisted the patrol division in locating a burglary suspect that entered the residence of 1023 Barn Oak Court. The complainant/victim Nicole Smith stated to the Conyers Commutation that when she entered the front door of the residence, she heard an unidentified noise in the back bedroom. As she entered the rear bedroom the subject exited the residence through the rear window.

for possession of stolen vehicle and they would be arriving in the area to take

I arrived at approximately 1853 hours. I heard Ofc. Lyons calling a male, later identified as Kao T. Saetern, out of the vehicle. Once Kao was detained, I checked the VIN on the dash. The VIN on the dash 1HGCB7579PA020890 matched the stolen vehicle entry by KCSO. Dispatch confirmed the stolen vehicle and advised there was consent to search. Dispatched advised the registered owner was Alain Alcocer Sanchez.

On the above date and time, I, Cpl. Lessane, assisted Sgt. Thomas with a possible stolen motorcycle that was on the premises of 5009 Columbia Highway South, in the county of Hampton. Upon arrival, Officers’ observed a black in color motorcycle inside of an open shed in the back of the residence (5009 Columbia Highway South). Officers approached the shed and ran the license plate (ZD89537) which returned back stolen out of Beaufort, South Carolina; register to Jean Lavigne. Officers then ran the vin to the motorcycle, which returned

The DOL return for the Pontic showed the vehicle was registered to Marietta Larson with the listed address as 102 10TH ST NE. I arrived and saw a male driver outside of the Pontic on the driver’s side. Ofc. Hewin advised me this was the driver of the Pontic. I saw a blue Toyota Rav4 WA/AXG8329 stopped just north on the Pontic. I saw the Toyota had damage to the rear driver’s side bumper.

Officer Ogden reports patrolling the parking lot of Walmart, located at 18631 W Kellogg drive, and observing a male, the sole occupant of the vehicle, drive through the parking lot in a green Jeep Grand Cherokee. It appeared to Ogden that the driver may not have been wearing a seat belt, but Ogden was unable to positively determine if the driver had a seat belt on or not. Ogden followed the vehicle out of the parking lot using the southeast exit and traveled north on 183 rd. As Ogden followed the vehicle, he noticed that the vehicle did not signal to make a right turn onto US 54 until approximately 50 feet from the intersection, well north of Murphy 's gas station. Ogden then ran the license plate and saw it was registered to a female out of Wichita. Ogden followed the vehicle east on US 54 and waited for radio traffic to clear to call out the stop. Dispatch was notified that a traffic stop would be conducted, projecting the 16500 block of W US 54. Ogden activated his lights and followed the vehicle until the vehicle pulled into a private drive at 15901 W US 54 and stopped.

On 02/09/2016 at approximately 2130 hours I was assisting Officer Reed with a theft investigation (2016-0573). During the course of this investigation it was determined that Mercedes Jaco was the suspect in the aforementioned case. Jaco was placed under arrest for the theft and warrants. While speaking to Jaco it was determined she had information pertaining to an abandoned vehicle nearby. The vehicle was parked in front of the residence at 2522 Sherry Ln. The vehicle was a white 1992 Toyota Camry bearing Mo License (WG2L9D). The vehicle had a busted windshield, the steering column was busted, and the interior door frame of the driver's side door was missing.

On September 7, 2017, I (Probationary Police Officer James Harris III, DSN 0513) manning vehicle 1426 received a call for a “Burglary” at 2709 Martin Luther King Drive (RC Market). Upon my arrival, I was met by witness Sanad Motan (RC Market owner) who advised me of the following:

Upon our arrival I observed a white male later identified as Joseph Walls step out of a red truck bearing Texas License Plate FJL-3548. As Joseph step out of the vehicle he stood by the vehicle as if he was removing something out of his pocket and then approached my patrol vehicle.

Ms. Chandler Oglesby stated she parked her Pontiac G6 in front of Schwank USA, Inc. for work at approximately 08:00 hrs. Ms. Ogelsby stated she locked her doors to her vehicle. Ms. Ogelsby stated when she returned to her vehicle at approximately 17:00 hrs she noticed her driver's side rear window appeared to have been damaged by unknown person (s). Ms. Ogelsby advised me her purse was taken from her passenger rear seat. Ms. Ogelsby does not know who took her items.

I responded to US Hwy 29 South at the Conecuh Rvier Bridge in reference to a vehicle fire. Upon arrival, I didn’t observed any smoke or flames coming from the vehicle. I then spoke with the owner, Bobby Ray Mcghee. Mcghee stated that the truck broke down on 6-8-2017 and the last time he saw the truck was around 01:00 on 6-9-2017 to get his speakers out the trunk. Mcghee advised that he brought his car hauler back today to pick it up and discovered the damge at that time. I also observed the interior of the vehicle burned. Mcghee advised that the truck valued around $10,000 dollars. Sgt. Wingard approved of me contacting on call CID.

When writing about property in reports, such as stolen vehicles, it is very important to document the licenses plate number, make, model of the vehicle, year, color or any peculiarities that will make the vehicles more identifiable. However, sometimes the color of the vehicle can be deceptive depending on the lighting. For example, a ford truck that appears to be white could possibly be silver. Therefore, it is important to have a closer view of the vehicle if possible when documenting the description. In addition, it is very important to identify any peculiarities, such as a dent on the left side of the back window or other damages, bumper stickers, or any customized work that was done to the vehicle. This makes the identification process easier and climates the potential of pulling over cars that fits the description of the stolen vehicle. Secondly, it is very important to identify and describe any passenger that are in the vehicle. Lastly, if a person is unfamiliar with certain kinds of property it will be beneficial to consult a catalog or owner’s manual. This will assist the person in identifying sizes and shapes that extent fro, diamonds to casting rods. One should note that reports of stolen property should be documented, even if the property is retrieved. (11

On January 8, 2018, Police Officer Corey Stayton, DSN 11620 and I (Probationary Police Officer James Harris III, DSN 0513) manning vehicle 1422 received a call for “Larceny Prior” at 133 South 11th Street (Devereaux, Stokes, Fernandez & Leonard, P.C.). Upon our arrival, we were met by witness Gonzalo Fernandez who advised us of the following: