Sept. 9

THEFT NOT IN PROGRESS

An officer responded to the 1500 block of Wagner Avenue in reference to a theft that had occurred. An officer spoke to an employee who stated a Black male subject entered the store and grabbed a carton of Newport cigarettes and fled the store in a vehicle. Officers viewed camera footage of a black male wearing a black shirt with what appeared to be a flannel over the shirt, dark pants as well as sunglasses and a hat later, identified as Joshua Condon. Employees observed Condon walk into the store and ask for cigarettes. The employee placed them on the counter. Condon allegedly pulled out his wallet like he was going to pull the cash out of his wallet, when he suddenly grabbed the carton of cigarettes and left the store without paying. Employees ran out of the store after him where they observed Condon get into a vehicle and were able to get the license plate number. Officers had dispatch checked the license plate through LEADS/NCIC which returned to Teresa Condon with an address in Versailles. A detective in the area stopped at the listed address in Versailles to make contact the owner of the vehicle. It was determined that Condon was the one driving the vehicle. The carton of cigarettes was retrieved. The Greenville Police Officer arrived the address to serve a citation for theft. Upon speaking with the suspect, the officer said he asked why he took the carton of cigarettes if he had the money to pay. Condon stated, “It was free until you guys caught me.” The carton of cigarettes had been opened and one pack was missing. The officer asked Condon if he had the other pack that was missing, where he asked if the officer really needed it. The officer said yes and he was able to retrieve the missing pack.

Sept. 12

ANIMAL PROBLEM

An officer was dispatched to the 1200 block of Russ Road at 6:05 p.m. in reference to an animal problem. Upon arrival, the officer observed a vehicle not running with a small dog with black and white long shaggy fur sitting in the passenger seat. The rear windows of the vehicle were slightly rolled down, approximately one inch, restricting the vehicle of any air flow. The dog appeared to be in distress, panting heavily and whining. The officer had dispatch call the owner to step outside of the restaurant. Contact was made with Michael Wooden, who stated he was owner of the dog. An officer asked Wooden how long he had been inside the business and Wooden stated, “40 minutes.” Wooden gave officers consent to enter the vehicle to check on the dog. The dog was very warm to the touch around the head and neck area. The weather was 85 degrees, sunny with no cloud coverage. The vehicle was sitting on a black asphalt parking lot without any shade covering the vehicle. When checking the dog’s welfare, the officer could feel the temperature in the vehicle to be much higher than what the weather was outside of the vehicle. The dog was in the vehicle without water and the vehicle not running with no air conditioning for approximately 44 minutes according to video surveillance. Wooden was issued his copy of the citation and informed of his mandatory court date and time.

Sept. 16

BURGLARY NOT IN PROGESS

An officer was dispatched to a business in the 1200 block of Russ Road at 10:19 a.m. regarding an instance of attempted breaking and entering. The officer spoke with employees who stated when they arrived at work and observed damage to an exterior door where someone had attempted to break into the business. The officer observed a door with the glass broken out of its window and the deadbolt of the door had been tampered with. There was broken glass located on the ground both inside and outside of the building. The business owner arrived and allowed the officer to view the video surveillance footage facing the damaged door. While watching the footage the officer observed what appeared to be a short/medium height male with a small/average build. He was wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, light colored pants, black shoes, hat, mask, glasses, gloves, and was carrying a large backpack. The suspect can be seen entering the enclosed fenced in patio where the damaged door is located at 5:33 a.m. After entering the suspect can be seen going directly to the damaged door. The suspect can be observed walking crouched down throughout the patio

and repeatedly returning to the damaged door. At approximately 6 a.m. the suspect can be seen grabbing a large outdoor umbrella from where it was stored and placed it near the damaged door in an attempt to conceal himself better from the camera. A short time later the suspect can be seen using an unknown tool to cut through the deadbolt with sparks coming from where he is located. The suspect can be seen continuing to move throughout the patio and returning to the damaged door repeatedly. On several occasions, sparks can be seen coming from his location by the door. After his failed attempts to gain access to the building through the damaged door the suspect can be seen leaving through the same gate he entered through at approximately 6:14 a.m.

Reports compiled by Editor Ryan Berry, [email protected].

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.