Male suspected of theft at local smoke shop, Van Wert OH
TheftOfficers contacted a male on a bicycle near the overpass by a local smoke shop. Store footage showed the man took an item from a package but left the box empty. The man declined consent to search. Officers are considering filing a trespass report if he returns and acts suspiciously.
Audio|Source: Van Wert County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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7456-0 March 2
00:07
Got a bike right here
00:13
Matches
00:17
Affirmative
00:23
745 now want to show us out with a male on a bicycle on the overpass
00:32
620. The advisor's footage of this man picking out of them.
00:38
I don't think we have anything on the footage.
00:41
Let me go back in and double check.
00:45
But we have an empty piece.
00:47
At the very least, they want to mourn for trespassing.
00:50
If he'll do a consent to search the person.
00:55
He declined.
01:00
See if we can find anything on the footage real fast.
01:04
That's good.
01:08
I'm going to advise, Nelson.
01:13
Here's number five.
01:19
620.
01:21
Go ahead.
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Jeff got out.
01:27
alarmed how that Van Wert Smoke Shop.
01:33
That's clear.
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I'll be around in just a minute here.
01:38
That's clear.
01:39
before he's back, checkup.
01:42
Not traffic.
01:45
That's clear.
01:51
9-620 revise.
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I have spoken with him again, I've watched some of the footage.
02:01
He goes into the aisle with this package and then comes out with no product in his hands, and the box that he has is empty.
02:19
At the very least, can I take a report?
02:22
based upon our conversation,
02:24
I think we'll send it up and go from there.
02:30
Right now, they're tossing up as to whether they want him back on the property or not.
02:37
Clear.
02:42
6.20.7.80.
02:46
Good.
02:51
As of right now,
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he said that they're not going to go with a trespass warning, Rick.
03:00
Good.
03:02
They said that if he does come back on the property and is acting in a suspicious manner, again, that they will want to have him one for trespassing.
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Okay.
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620.
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Go ahead and assign me a report number and I'll be code to an outside alarm.
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Location mentioned:
S Washington St, Van Wert, OH 45891
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