Burglary
Sept. 26 (3:16 p.m.) A vehicle burglary was reported at Cline Elementary School, 1550 West Blvd. The staff member arrived for work at 5:57 a.m. When she was leaving at 2:27 p.m., her driver’s side window was down, the center console and glove box were open and damaged, and the interior portion of the driver’s side panel was damaged.
Sept. 27 (10:40 a.m.) A vehicle burglary was reported at Stevenson Park. The victim parked her vehicle at 9:06 a.m., walked her dog, and left the park at 9:41 a.m. When she got home, she realized that her wallet was stolen.
Sept. 30 (4:26 p.m.) A burglary of an unlocked vehicle was reported in the 16200 block of Bougainvilla Lane. A purse was stolen sometime between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Theft
Sept. 25 (3:33 p.m.) A terminated employee of Ultra Sabers, 308 W. Edgewood, is accused of stealing a credit card and using the card to make personal purchases. The suspect is also a family member and was using the victim’s vehicle, equipped with a tracking device. According to the victim, unauthorized transactions made with the stolen credit card matched locations of the vehicle tracking device.
Sept. 28 (8:24 a.m.) A resident in the 2800 block of Creek Bend Drive had contractors working in her home for the past month. She discovered several items of jewelry and important documents missing.
Sept. 28 (10:23 a.m.) A non-profit organization placed a large order for signs with Copy Doctor. The suspect did not want to pay with a credit card, instead presented a check. Soon thereafter, the suspect put a stop payment on the check. When called, the suspect said to charge the card on file and hung up the phone. The same suspect was involved in a fraud case involving Friendswood High School in 2011 where he wrote hot checks to several vendors at a basketball tournament. At that time, the suspect was associated with Xtreme Sports, now the suspect is associating himself with the Bay Area Cardinals.
Fraud
Sept. 25 (8:20 a.m.) A Friendswood woman’s personal identifying information was used to open a Frost Bank account.
Sept. 26 (2:36 p.m.) A Friendswood man was working on his computer when it crashed. He received a pop-up stating that he needed to contact Microsoft Support. He called the phone number and spoke to a representative who told him that he needed to remotely access his computer. The victim granted access to the representative. Now, the victim’s bank accounts are compromised with transfers to Bitcoin and transfers to China.
Sept. 26 (7:04 p.m.) A Friendswood woman reported two fraudulent transactions on her PayPal account. Both charges were for purchases on eBay.
Sept. 27 (9:39 p.m.) A Friendswood woman was attempting to set up multiple accounts on Zelle. She googled the phone number for Zelle, called it, and was connected with a person who she believed to be a representative of Zelle. As it turns out, it was not a Zelle representative but a scammer. He convinced the victim to download AnyDesk (an application that allows someone to remotely access your device) and Cash App under the ruse that Cash App and Zelle had merged and the Zelle app was currently down. Then, he had the victim connect her bank account and wire some money for a “test”. Then, the victim was talked into purchasing Bitcoin through Cash App.
Sept. 27 (12:09 p.m.) A Richmond woman’s vehicle was burglarized in Houston on September 12th. Then, on September 18th between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., a suspect used the victim’s driver’s license to withdraw money from her bank account at PNC Bank, 113 N. Friendswood Drive. The suspect not only had the victim’s driver’s license, but they also had her stolen credit card and used it as a second form of ID to make the withdrawal.
Sept. 29 (2:12 p.m.) A Friendswood woman’s Facebook account was hacked and used to advertise an estate sale at the victim’s home and was taking Zelle payments for high end items being sold. The woman has been unable to gain control of her Facebook account and is having problems contacting Facebook administrators.
Sept. 30 (1:55 p.m.) A Friendswood man received a notification from his credit card company regarding a charge at the Northside Lexus dealership. He contacted the dealership and sent them his driver’s license to verify his identity. He was told that an unknown person presented a driver’s license with the victim’s information but a different picture. The suspect was allowed to fraudulently purchase a new Lexus. The Lexus has been reported stolen to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Criminal Mischief
Sept. 27 (6:40 p.m.) A vehicle was vandalized while parked at Friendswood Junior High School, 1000 Manison Parkway. The rear window was broken but was still in place being held together with the window tint.
Sept. 30 (9:42 a.m.) A vehicle was vandalized at the Baymeadow apartments in the 17000 block of Blackhawk Blvd. The damage consisted of both rear taillights being broken, and the front end of the truck being pushed in resulting in minor damage to the front license plate, the front grille, the right front fender, the right front fender eyebrow, and the front fascia/hood gap.
Assault
Sept. 25 (7:32 a.m.) Officers responded to an assault at a home in the 5100 block of Bentwood Lane. The victim presented himself with injuries to his face and advised that his deceased wife’s son was the suspect. The suspect left the scene prior to the officer’s arrival.
Sept. 30 (1:58 p.m.) An on-court assault during a basketball tournament at Friendswood Junior High led to a citation for assault for a 16-year-old Houston teen and a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia for a 21-year-old family member.
Disorderly Conduct
Sept. 29 (3:00 p.m.) A 17-year-old Friendswood teen was issued a citation for Disorderly Conduct after spinning his tires, driving recklessly, using profane language, and using rude gestures in the parking lot of the Bridgestone Apartments located at 4949 FM 2351. A nearby business confirmed the apartment complex’s complaint, both had video proof of the disorderly conduct and provided the license plate of the Tahoe driven by the suspect. The officer was able to track down the teen to an address in the 16600 block of Forest Bend Avenue where he found the teen’s parents who were not surprised by the reported conduct and called their son to come home and meet with the officer. The teen was also issued a criminal trespass warning prohibiting him from returning to the apartment complex in the future.
