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Police Report: November 4

4700 block of 31st Place: At about 7:15 p.m. officers took a report of a vandalism to auto. The victim/owner told the officers that when he came out to use his car he discovered that someone had damaged the driver’s side door lock. No additional damage was done and nothing was missing from inside. A check of the area for evidence/witnesses was negative.

4600 block of 30th Street: At about 8:45 p.m. officers investigated a residential burglary. The victim told the officers that he left home at about 11 a.m. locking both the top and bottom locks to the apartment’s entry door. When he returned home he noted that both locks were still locked, but when he went into his apartment he discovered several items including a quantity of U.S. currency missing from his bedroom. Nothing else was taken and or tampered with; and there was no evidence of forced entry into the apartment.

3200 block of Perry Street: At about 9 p.m. officers took a report of identity theft. The victim told the officers that while checking her bank account on line she discovered that someone had used her name and bank account information to order two laptop computers valued at over $1,000. She had already notified her bank they have initiated a fraud investigation.

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