Crime Report: Police Arrest Woman on Charges of Stealing Pet Clothes

Police received a retail fraud complaint from a pet supply store on the 100 block of South Leroy Street around 4 p.m. Aug. 26 that a woman was concealing pet clothing in her purse.

Fenton Police Chief Rick Aro said officers waited outside the building for the woman, who had her 2-year-old son with her, and requested to look in the woman’s purse, where they found merchandise totaling $136.

He said police arrested the woman and brought her back to the police station, where she admitted to stealing the items.

The 32-year-old Holly resident was charged and given a notice to appear in court.

Double retail fraud

Police are searching for two people believed to have committed retail fraud at on two different occasions.

On Aug. 26 Walmart security personnel contacted and reported that two people had placed a Presario Laptop computer and a Playstation 3 in a cart and exited the store without paying for the items, Aro said.

He said Walmart security personnel told police the same people and entered the store on Aug. 28 and took the same items in a similar matter.

Police are working with Walmart employees in the investigation of the incident.

Larceny of ATV parts

A man told police on Aug. 26 he ordered ATV parts from Polaris and they never arrived, Aro said.

Aro said the police department contacted Fenton Post Office workers, who said the package had been placed at the door on the 2000 block of Kellogg Drive on Aug. 22. The man said he was out of town and that someone must have taken the items between Aug. 22 and Aug. 26, according to Aro.

Police have no suspects.

Vehicle title taken, returned

A 22-year-old Fenton woman called Fenton Police Aug. 29 to place a complaint about a stolen vehicle title.

Aro said she told police her ex-boyfriend had visited her home on the 1000 block of East Street to work on her car while she left the residence. She told police he did not have permission to enter the home, but reported when she returned the vehicle title was missing.

Aro said officers contacted the ex-boyfriend and he admitted to taking the title. Police asked him to come in for an interview, which he failed to show up for, Aro said. However, the ex-boyfriend’s mother came into the police department the next day and turned in the title, Aro said.

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