Bicycle Stolen from Garage; Chase Farms Street Signs Reported Missing

A woman reported that a $2,200 road bicycle was stolen from her garage on Brablewood Drive sometime between 3 p.m. on July 14 and 3 p.m. on July 15, according to a police report. The woman said the bicycle had been in the garage on the 14th, and the garage door had been left open during the day and part of the evening, the report said. She did not notice whether the bike was missing when she closed the door later that evening, the report said. Police could not locate the bicycle in the neighborhood and have listed it as stolen.

4 Chase Farms Street Signs Reported Missing

The Homeowners Association president of Chase Farms subdivision reported that four street signs worth $400 went missing sometime between July 10 and 12, according to a police report. The president said that the road signs for Piccadilly Circle and Hempshire Street, Oxford, and Chase were missing, the report said.

The president asked a middle school-aged boy in the area if he knew who took the signs, and the boy said that some kids knocked them down a couple of days ago, but said he did not know who the kids were or when that occurred, the report said. The president said she found a cordless phone near one of the missing signs, and it was placed into evidence, the report said. She said Chase Farms will replace the signs. The case is closed pending new developments.

Mailboxes Damaged in Three Incidents

A man living on Wintergreen Circle reported that his mailbox, which shares a post with his neighbor, was damaged sometime between June 16 and 17 and again between July 12 and 13, according to a police report. The man said the first time, he found the post had been pushed away from the sidewalk and found his mailbox lying in the street, the report said. The second time, the post was damaged the same way, and the man found his neighbor’s mailbox lying on the ground, the report said. According to the police report, there were no witnesses, and the man just wanted to document the incidents.

A woman found her mailbox damaged on July 13, as well, according to police report. The woman left her home on Roma Ridge Drive at 10:30 a.m. and arrived home at 8:30 p.m. to find that her mailbox was missing, the report said. The woman found the mailbox 50 feet east of the post, which was still intact, the report said. According to the police report, the front lid of the mailbox was knocked off, and it appeared that the screws that connect the mailbox to the post were broken, but the mailbox was otherwise undamaged. The woman was able to reattach her mailbox, and the case has been closed.

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