Police Blotter: Cheating the Catholic Charities, Rogue Rifle, Hoop Dreams

Sunday, March 13

Rogue Rifle

Police said they pulled over Rosanna Salazar Wyatt, 23, of the 14800 block of Keystone Avenue in Midlothian, for not wearing her seat belt. A check by the officer showed Wyatt's license was suspended, and during an inventory of the car, police said they found a box of .38 caliber ammunition in the center console and a high velocity Gammo pellet rifle in the trunk of the vehicle. After admitting she didn't have a firearm owner's ID for either, police said Wyatt was cited with driving without a seat belt and possession of a firearm without a FOID. 

Saturday, March 12

Keyed Car

Police said someone took a sharp object and made a long, continuous mark from the left front to the left rear of a car parked in the 6200 block of Victoria Drive.

Not So Neighborly

Police said a man claiming to be a neighbor lured an elderly woman from her home in the 16400 block of Blair into her backyard under the pretense of showing her some updates to piping he was planning. The man was on the phone as he spoke to the woman, and occasionally spoke in Spanish, according to reports. After he left, the woman discovered that her bedroom had been ransacked and $2,000 was stolen from that room, in addition to another $200 to $300 stolen from beside the microwave. Police said the man is believed to be in his 40s, 5-foot, 5-inches tall, with dark hair and dark eyes.

Cheating the Catholic Charities

Police said someone broke the window of a man's car and stole the laptop issued to him by his employer, Catholic Charities. His car was parked in the back lot of a business in the 5100 block of 159th Street at the time of the theft.

Cell Phone Held for Ransom

A man told police he believed two women who rented a U-Haul truck from his business had stolen his cell phone. His phone was on the counter before they arrived and gone after they left, according to reports. The man told police he contacted the woman who rented the truck, and she said she’d only return the phone if he took $100 off the rental cost. The man later told police the woman sent other people to return the phone in exchange for $100.

Who Steals a Hoop?

A woman in the 16900 block of Laramie Avenue reported the theft of a portable basketball system worth $300 from the edge of her driveway.

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