Police Blotter: Thieves Must Have Used A Large Flat Bed Truck For Construction Materials Heist Off Hixson Pike; VW Employee Finds Missing Car - A Few Rows Away

  • Sunday, March 31, 2019

A resident of Hollyberry Lane said she left her vehicle parked at home overnight with her purse inside it with the doors unlocked. The vehicle stayed there through the night and the next morning she discovered that the purse was gone along with her make-up bag.

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A man said he was at the First Tennessee Bank on Shallowford Road and that was the last time he saw his wallet. He said that he had leaned into the back seat of his vehicle to strap his son's seat belt on. He then left and went to another bank (Regions), which is when he discovered about five minutes later that the wallet was gone. He immediately went back to First Tennessee and he could not locate the wallet anywhere. He said that it must have fallen out of his pocket while he was seat belting his son. 

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Police responded to Cummings Highway on a report of a suspicious person sitting in a field with his head between his legs. Police found the suspect, who was walking home from work. He said he had stopped for a break to rest for a minute before he continued his long walk home. 

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An employee of Collier Construction Company said overnight someone stole 20 sheets of sub flooring and 100 2x6x16 planks of lumber. He said this was from a construction site and the materials were on the ground outside of a house under construction. Collier Construction is building a new subdivision on Camber Hill, which runs off the 3200 block of Hixson Pike. A watch was created as no material should be going out. Police said it would have taken a large flat bed truck to haul this amount of lumber.

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While walking through a breezeway at the Baymont Inn on Shallowford Road, police observed a backpack lying on the ground. There were no people in the vicinity. Multiple cell phones and a tablet were found inside as well as miscellaneous items. Also found inside the backpack were a baggie of marijuana, a digital scale and syringes. A Tennessee license was found inside the bag belonging to a Raven Wilson. Raven was not located. 

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An officer checked out a shoplifting at 1812 Gunbarrel Road. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with loss prevention. He said someone just walked into Kohl's and stole two Fit Bit Versas. He said a white male wearing a gray jacket with blue jeans walked into the store and then walked around to the Fit Bits. He selected two of them and cut them off of the security lock. He then walked past all points of sale and proceeded to a white Chevy Impala. Police said the tag does come back to a white Impala that was registered to Barbie Kesler out of Georgia. 

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There was a theft at the Dollar General at 4850 Highway 58. Police were told that a white female entered the store. She went to the aisle where the makeup is located and began taking items from the display shelves and placing them inside of her large purse. She then passed the point of sale, exiting the building, without paying for the items. An employee left to run after her. He obtained a vehicle tag, which police dispatch ran. The tag did not match up with the vehicle. 

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A man advised an officer that his vehicle had been stolen from 1905 Gunbarrel Road. He went into the gas station with his vehicle running outside, and the car was gone when he came out. The vehicle was located by the owner at the McDonald's at 2016 Hamilton Place. It was parked and still running, with no damage. The suspect was a female, unknown race, wearing a white shirt. The officer searched through the area, but was unable to locate the suspected female. 

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Police responded to 8001 Volkswagen Dr. on a missing vehicle case. The complainant said his vehicle had been stolen. He said he left his car at the Volkswagen parking lot last night and when he came back to get it, it was gone. While police were speaking with NCIC to enter it as a stolen vehicle, the chagrined VW employee said he found his vehicle a few rows away. 

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