- April 25, 2024
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Dec. 25, 600 block of Dillard Street: At approximately 10:15 a.m., an officer responded to a supermarket in reference to reports of a shoplifting. The officer was informed the suspect had entered with an empty shopping cart but selected six cases of Corona Extra beer, one case of Corona Extra, a 20-ounce bottle of Dr. Pepper totaling $162, and then left the store without paying for any of it. Once a store employee was made aware of the shoplifting, the employee chased the male suspect outside of the store on foot and detained him in front of 60 E. Cypress Street until police arrived. Upon arriving on the scene, police arrested the suspect. The suspect was charged with petit theft and resisting a merchant.
Dec. 27, 13500 block of West Colonial Drive: At around midnight, an officer responded to the intersection of West Colonial Drive near Daniels Road in reference to a car on fire. According to a witness of a crash that had taken place earlier, a black vehicle struck the rear of another car that had been stopped at a red light. The driver of the black vehicle allegedly sped toward the stopped car and become engulfed mere moments after the collision, but no one was injured. The female driver of the black vehicle told a law-enforcement officer that she was driving and dropped something in her car and went down to retrieve it, taking her eyes off the road. But when she looked up again she had no time to react and rear-ended the stopped car. The female driver, who the officer suspected of being under the influence, refused to submit to a field sobriety test and did not provide a breath sample to gauge her breath alcohol level. The driver of the black vehicle was charged with a DUI with property damage.
Dec. 31, 200 block of North Clarke Road: At approximately 8:00 p.m., a police officer on patrol was dispatched to a spa in reference to a call where a female victim was attacked with a chemical agent. Upon arriving at the spa, the female victim told the officer a man had entered the establishment and began to ask about the prices for a massage. The man then requested “to see the girls” before he agreed to a massage. However, as the female victim did not speak English fluently, she grew confused and simply repeated the prices of the massages. The man stated he would be back and left, but he returned later and attacked the spa employee with a can of chemical spray he had hidden in his pocket. The spa employee screamed and ran out of the store to a Hungry Howie’s nearby to request help, but no one was there. The employee returned to the spa to wash the chemical spray off when she heard the front door chime. She was attacked once more by the same man, who attempted to choke her with a rope, but she escaped and ran out of the store. The man was later arrested by the Winter Garden Police Department after a BOLO was sent out. The man has been charged with aggravated assault.
