Orange police have questioned two juveniles concerning a series of thefts and criminal mischief damage in areas across town, Detective Captain Robert Enmon said. However, the youth have not been connected to all the reported thefts during the holiday weekend.
One of the victims was Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt, who had fishing gear stolen from his 20-foot Skeeter parked at his house in the Cypress Bayou neighborhood.
Enmon said investigators have not arrested the juveniles, one of whom had been reported as a runaway. At this time, they are suspects in taking scooters and other items from a garage in the 3900 block of Beverly Avenue in the Greenway Park neighborhood. The burglary was reported at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
On Friday evening about 6:30 p.m., residents in the 2300 block of Fifth Street in the Brownwood area reported that two known suspects had damaged the roof of a travel trailer. Captain Enmon said the two juveniles are also linked to that damage.
Sheriff Merritt called police Monday afternoon to report that the items had been stolen from his boat at his residence.
Another burglary was reported at 1:13 p.m. Friday at an apartment in Cypresswood Village, 1010 Highway 87 South.
On Monday evening at 8:22, a resident living in the 1000 block of Seventh Street, returned home to find that a concrete black from the yard had been thrown through the window in the front door. Police reported the door was still locked and it appeared no one got inside.
Orange police also investigated two different cases of forgeries at different banks Friday afternoon. A man was arrested at one bank after he left his ID behind at a teller’s window.
The first case was reported at Bridge City Bank, 57 Strickland Drive. The bank called police at 3:23 p.m. to report two people had come into the bank about 12:30 p.m. to cash checks from a business. A teller cashed one, but another teller noticed a discrepancy in the second check and the first one.
When the teller called a supervisor, both people left the bank. The bank later reached the business and learned both checks were forgeries.
About 4:30 p.m. Friday, First Financial Bank, 812 16th Street, called to report a man tried to cash a business check for 1,907.73. The teller checked the account and learned the check had been written to the state comptroller’s office, not an individual.
The teller went to a supervisor and the man walked out of the bank. However, the man left his ID at the teller’s window, police reported. Officers found him outside the bank and arrested him.
On Monday morning about 6, officers were called to a convenience store at 811 Strickland Drive where a man was supposed to have been hit in the head with a hammer. Detective Enmon said the man was not seriously injured. He refused medical treatment and refused to tell police what happened. He walked away from officers.
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