On the above date and time I conducted an area check of Ridge Road Center.
While conducting the area check, I was flagged down by a citizen who advised that the business he works for had been broken into. The employee, identified himself as Luis Ramos by name and date of birth. Ramos stated that he works for JPS Home Solutions which work out of the property located at 6538 Ridge Road. Ramos advised that he arrived at approximately 0720 hours to start work for the day and observed the back gate open along with two padlocks on the ground which were used to secure a trailer inside the property. Ramos advised that that last time he knew the business to be secured was when he locked it a day prior on 6/2/18. Ramos stated that he was not sure what was all missing but believed it to be a large amount of items. Ramos then called the owner to have him respond to the scene. Ramos completed a statement form. I took photographs of the scene which were later placed into Port Richey Police Department electronic drop-box for evidence. I then dusted for prints which yielded a partial …show more content…
Cox and I then conducted a check of a surrounding business for possible surveillance. The business Allot Commercial Land Management which was located directly south of JPS Home Solutions had two surveillance cameras that pointed in the direction of the scene. Sgt. Cox and I made contact with the owner, who identified himself as David Fry by name and date of birth. Fry was able to pull up the video surveillance of the two cameras in question. The video revealed a white 4 door sedan pull up to the back entrance of the property at approximately 2220 hours. The video then shows a suspect proceed to the back gate and tamper with the padlock before gaining access to the inside of the business. The video then shows the same figure walk to the back of a trailer and tamper with the two padlocks before gaining entrance to the trailer where the suspect proceeds to remove several items from the
While conducting the area check, I was flagged down by a citizen who advised that the business he works for had been broken into. The employee, identified himself as Luis Ramos by name and date of birth. Ramos stated that he works for JPS Home Solutions which work out of the property located at 6538 Ridge Road. Ramos advised that he arrived at approximately 0720 hours to start work for the day and observed the back gate open along with two padlocks on the ground which were used to secure a trailer inside the property. Ramos advised that that last time he knew the business to be secured was when he locked it a day prior on 6/2/18. Ramos stated that he was not sure what was all missing but believed it to be a large amount of items. Ramos then called the owner to have him respond to the scene. Ramos completed a statement form. I took photographs of the scene which were later placed into Port Richey Police Department electronic drop-box for evidence. I then dusted for prints which yielded a partial …show more content…
Cox and I then conducted a check of a surrounding business for possible surveillance. The business Allot Commercial Land Management which was located directly south of JPS Home Solutions had two surveillance cameras that pointed in the direction of the scene. Sgt. Cox and I made contact with the owner, who identified himself as David Fry by name and date of birth. Fry was able to pull up the video surveillance of the two cameras in question. The video revealed a white 4 door sedan pull up to the back entrance of the property at approximately 2220 hours. The video then shows a suspect proceed to the back gate and tamper with the padlock before gaining access to the inside of the business. The video then shows the same figure walk to the back of a trailer and tamper with the two padlocks before gaining entrance to the trailer where the suspect proceeds to remove several items from the