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| Police Beat 2 |
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| 2024-00007046 |
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2/9/24 9:45 PM |
Vandalism |
SIERRA COLLEGE BLVD |
Two unknown suspects kicked in the victim's door causing approximately $150 worth of damage. They fled the scene after kicking the door. There were several fake U.S. currency bills on the ground outside of the victim's door, believed to be left by the suspects. Based on the suspects kicking the door, immediately running away, and leaving fake money at the scene, it is believed the suspects were participating in a Tik Tok "Door Kick Challenge". This is where subjects film themselves kicking in doors before running away |
| 2024-00008529 |
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2/16/24 4:16 PM |
GRAND THEFT |
SANTA CLARA DR |
Victim was at bank and cashed a $2,000 check. Victim left the bank, walked to car, and set wallet down on the passenger seat. Then the victim saw a person they wanted to talk with so exited vehicle leaving the wallet in the car but did not lock the doors. Victim left the bank, drove home, and realized wallet was missing. |
| 2024-00007605 |
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2/12/24 11:00 AM |
FRAUD |
CHELSEA WAY |
Two unknown suspects stole over $950 from the victims by false pretenses. The victims got a hack alert on their computer and called the number on the alert under the assumption it was Microsoft. The suspects led the victims to believe they were transferred to a bank representative who told them to withdraw all their money, as their bank accounts were compromised. The suspects then told the victims to purchase gift cards and send the numbers to them which they did. The suspects were unknown and at large. |
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| 2024-00800078 |
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2/7/24 11:52 AM |
PETTY THEFT |
RIVERSIDE Avenue |
Victim stopped at gas station pump and left car unlocked with wallet inside on the seat while going inside of the store to pay by contact less payment (on phone). After leaving the gas station victim got a text message from bank about "suspicious activity " on debit card of a purchase at the location they had just left. After looking around and not finding wallet, they realized the wallet had been stolen. |
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| Police Beat 4 |
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| 2024-00007994 |
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2/14/24 12:16 PM |
FRAUD |
BRENTWOOD RD |
Victim received a message on TikTok for an opportunity to donate to a charity organization that was raising funds to build an orphanage in Israel and was told to provide access to online banking account needed to transfer donations. Through three separate transactions over $16,000 was deposited into this bank account via mobile deposit. Victim then received a message advising downloading Cashapp and to exchange the deposited funds for Bitcoin and deposit the Bitcoin into a provided Bitcoin wallet. Once completed, victim was also told to create a digital credit union account; however, bank denied the request and flagged account for fraudulent activity. Victim was in the process of having the fraudulent activity reimbursed but account was frozen because the deposited funds had bounced. Victim realized a total loss of $16,000. |
| 2024-00007323 |
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2/11/24 12:05 PM |
FRAUD |
CEDAR ST |
Victim conducted online searches to obtain a personal loan, applied for a loan at the “Loan Club,” and received a call stating loan was approved for an amount of $5,000. Victim was told they needed to provide a series of microloans prior to receiving the full loan due to low credit score. Suspect deposited $200 into account and victim put that money onto a Walmart Visa card and provided it back to suspect. Victim then observed their bank account was overdrawn by $248 and was locked due to suspicion of fraud. |
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| Police Beat 6 |
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| 2024-00008598 |
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2/17/24 11:09 AM |
FRAUD |
BLACK BEAR ST |
Victim received a phone call from an unknown suspect identifying them self from the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect then informed victim that they had missed jury duty and would have to turn them self in or pay a $1,000 fine. The suspect gave three choices; to pay 1,000 via Apple Cash for missing jury duty, to drive to the courthouse and turn them self in, or to hang up the phone and a sheriff’s deputy would come to victim's residence for an arrest. Victim agreed to pay the $1,000 fine. The suspect requested that the money be sent via Apple Cash. After victim sent the money and hung up the phone, they realized that it was a scam and called the bank to stop the transfer from going through which was completed. Victim did not lose any money. |
| 2024-00008279 |
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2/15/24 2:49 PM |
BURGLARY AUTO |
FOOTHILLS BLVD |
Victim and coworkers parked their vehicle at business, locked the doors, and rolled all windows up. Then they went inside the store. Victim advised they were in the store for approximately one and a half hours before leaving. Victim approached the vehicle and observed the passenger side window was smashed and backpack was stolen. |
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| Police Beat 7 |
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| 2024-00800076 |
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2/7/24 8:00 AM |
PETTY THEFT |
Provincetown Way |
Victim had a package that was claimed to be delivered that was stolen from front porch. Proof of delivery was received and a check with neighbors indicated it was not erroneously delivered to wrong address. |
| 2024-00007040 |
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2/12/24 9:02 AM |
FRAUD |
FRONTIER LN |
Victim received a phone call to home phone saying that their bank account had been compromised. Suspect identified as a Federal Agent and indicated accounts had been hacked. Suspect was credible as they had some account information already, like balances. Suspect gave instruction to write checks from investment accounts, then open bank account and deposit checks. Suspect opened online banking accounts and tied them to victim's accounts so they could access online which resulted in money transfers and withdrawals occurring. Victim was also given instructions to take out cash in sums of $10,000 from multiple different bank branches on four separate occasions and then instructed to package the money and mail through UPS and Fedex. A total of over $150,000 has been identified as missing to date. |
| 2024-00006369 |
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2/6/24 1:47 PM |
FRAUD |
WAGONMASTER CT |
Unknown Suspect posed as a bank representative over the phone and convinced the Victim to withdraw $12,000. The money was then used on iTunes gift cards and deposited into a bitcoin account. |
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