Alleged Public Drunkenness and Recent Thefts in Upper Dublin

Theft … On Monday, April 29 at about 7:30 p.m., a victim in the 700 block of Signal Hill Road reported that someone had stolen $8,000 from the victim’s bank account on April 25, police said. According to police, the victim said that someone had deposited a large amount of money into the victim’s account and also withdrew $8,000 at the same time. The signature on the check was the victim’s name, but the victim did not sign the check, police said.

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Identity theft attempt … On April 24, someone tried to access credit card accounts and attempted to “cash out” an unknown amount of money from a credit card account belonging to a resident in the 200 block of Navajo Path in Ambler, police said.  The victim received calls from a retail store and a credit card company regarding the suspicious activity, police said.

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Theft and access device fraud … On April 26, sometime before 8:13 p.m., someone went through a locker at the Manufacturer’s Golf Club in the 500 block of Dreshertown Road and stole four credit cards from a wallet belonging to a Menlo Park, Calif. resident, police said. The victim cancelled the cards but someone had already made a fraudulent purchase at a Target store in Warrington and used the debit card at an unknown bank, police said. The victim doesn’t know how much money was stolen. 

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Melissa Margaret Connor, 19, of the 1000 block of Hunters Lane, Oreland, received non-traffic citations for public drunkenness and underage drinking on April 27 at about 2 a.m. following a report of a woman screaming in the road in the area of Twining Road and Wischman Avenue, police said. According to police, Connor smelled of alcohol and she admitted to drinking alcohol.