The Orange Police Department has found and seized three debit-credit card skimmers from gas pumps in the past two days. Another was found on a convenience store pump last week. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said all the skimmers have been inside the gas pumps and out of public view. He said earlier this week that some skimmers fit like an envelope over the exterior slip for the card. People who look closely can see that type of skimmer appears different. However, the skimmers inside a gas pump cannot be seen. Enmon advises people to check their bank and credit card accounts daily to … [Read more...] about More Skimmers Found

Orange County Sheriff's Office Calls October 31-November 7   Theft, 7:34 a.m. October 31, 19952 FM 1130 (Mauriceville Middle School), in Mauriceville. Assault occurred, 10:59 a.m. October 31, 7327 Highway 87 North (Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School). Man reported her 14-year-old daughter had been assaulted. Burglary of a motor vehicle, 1:49 p.m. October 31, 7277 FM 1006 in Orange. Bridge City Wrecker Yard. Criminal trespassing, 4:56 p.m. October 31, 8500 block Highway 87 North in Little Cypress. Animal bite, 4 p.m. October 31, 4600 block Nan Drive in … [Read more...] about OC Sheriff’s Calls Oct. 31-Nov. 7

Pinehurst police Tuesday night arrested a man for burglary of a building inside the U-Rent All on Strickland Drive. He had a pistol in a case on the side of his pants, police report. Officers also found a case in his pocket with methamphetamine and a glass pipe used to smoke the drug. Orange Police Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the man is a "person of interest" in connection with a weekend break-in at The Hut barbecue business on 16th Street. Cash was stolen. Numerous people called police about the suspect after a surveillance video of him was posted on kogt.com. 33-year-old … [Read more...] about Anderson Arrested For Burglary

An alarm helped foil a burglar at a store on Burton Avenue early Tuesday morning. Orange police said the alarm sounded about 2:30 a.m. at the Texas Food Store, 305 Burton. Officer T.P. Pruitt found that the metal bars had been unscrewed and removed from a back window. The glass to the window was also broken. A five-gallon plastic bucket was turned upside down by the window to offer a way to step up to the window, which was about six feet off the ground. The officer reported nothing appeared to be missing from the store.   A passenger car flipped over Monday after a collision with an SUV … [Read more...] about Orange Police Reports

A 73-year-old woman filed a complaint with Orange police about sending $700 to a man she met through Facebook. She said he needed the money for a construction project. The bank turned down her loan requests a $10,000 and then $3,000. She had planned to send the loan money to the man. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the woman willing sent the money. He advises people not to send money to people they don't know in person. The woman told police she had been communicating with the man through Facebook. He asked her for $10,000 to finish a construction project that would pay $350,000. … [Read more...] about Careful Who You Trust