Vehicle Theft
On October 10th, 2024, police was dispatched to 122 West Main Street, Greenville Police Department in reference to stolen trailer. PO met with Kevin Flory who stated that his trailer was stolen from his business, Flory Motors at 1315 Sweitzer Street. Kevin stated that he last saw the trailer on September 16th 2024 and noticed it missing on October 1st, 2024. When he noticed the trailer missing, he noticed the cable that attached the cord to a light pole was snapped and laying on the ground still. Kevin stated he did not report this sooner thinking he could find it online or at an auction. The trailer make is Cox and model is HD620-ST, a custom 20-foot-long skid steer trailer with custom 6-foot-long ramps in the back. The side of the trailer has “COX” in red lettering. A small black toolbox was attached to the front. There was no license plate on the trailer when it was taken. The trailer is registered to Manix construction; however Kevin provided a copy of the title where it was signed over to Flory Motors. The trailer has been entered into LEADS/NCIC as stolen. There are no leads at this time, pictures of the trailer, witness statement, victims’ rights form, and a copy of the title will be added to this report.
Wanted Person/Fugitive from Justice
On October 29th, 2024 at approximately 4:32 PM a known wanted subject was apprehended at 515 Wayne Avenue. Upon arrival at the listed address, officers made contact with Joshua Edwards who was known to have a warrant out of Darke County Probation. Dispatch confirmed that Joshua had an active warrant for probation violation, with no bond. PO placed Joshua in handcuffs which and Joshua was searched incident to arrest and no contraband as found. Joshua was transported to Darke County Jail where he was incarcerated.
Counterfeiting/Forgery
On October 30, 2024 at approximately 2:55 PM police was dispatched to Aldi, 415 Wagner Avenue, Greenville, Ohio, in reference to an unknown black male subject was attempting to utter a counterfeit US one hundred dollar bill. Upon arriving on the scene, PO spoke to Karen Stockslager, Aldi manager, who stated the black male subject had left Aldi prior to PO’s arrival. Utilizing Aldi surveillance video, along with written witness statements from Stockslager and Aleihs Jones, cashier, the following was found. On October 30, 2024 at 2:27 PM, a black four door sedan, possibly a Hyundai Elantra, enters the Aldi parking lot which is a probable suspect vehicle. At 2:29 PM, a black male subject wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt, gray pants, brown sandals, socks and white ear buds enters Aldi and proceeds to walk directly to the clearance aisle. Upon arriving at the clearance aisle, the male subject immediately retrieves a coffee maker and then proceeds to the cash register. At the cash register, the male subject utilizes a possible counterfeit US one hundred bill to complete the purchase. The male subject receives the change from the cashier and begins to walk towards the exit door. While the male subject was in the process of completing the transaction, Chris Marker, customer, approached and advised Stockslager, the male subject may have attempted to utter a counterfeit US one hundred dollar at Walmart prior to coming to Aldi. With this information, Stockslager immediately confronted the male subject. Although Jones had previously used a verification marker to verify the one hundred dollar bill was authentic, Stockslager indicated the bill was obviously counterfeit and informed the male subject, Aldi would not accept the bill. Stockslager returned the one hundred dollar bill to the male subject and in return, the male subject returned the US Currency which he received as change from the cashier, along with the coffee maker, to Aldi. The male subject left Aldi at 2:34 PM. Aldi did not suffer a monetary loss as a result of the male subject’s actions. Stockslager provided an USB storage device containing surveillance video depicting the incident. PO submitted the USB storage device to the Greenville Police Department’s property room as evidence.
Traffic Stop
On November 2nd 2024, at approximately 11:23 PM while on patrol in the city of Greenville, PO observed the above listed silver 2015 Chevy Silverado bearing Ohio registration HWJ8511 travelling northbound on Wagner Avenue. PO observed the vehicle to have no illumination on the rear license plate, therefore PO conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle in front of Wendy’s. PO conducted the traffic stop and learned the driver of the vehicle to be Dalton Walls. PO informed Dalton his license plate light was not illuminated and PO needed to see his license, registration, and insurance. While Dalton was gathering his information PO observed an open can of Mike’s Hard Lemonade (an alcoholic beverage containing 23.5 fl. oz. and an alcoholic percentage of 8%) on the backseat floorboard of the vehicle in plain view sight. PO went back to his cruiser and verified Dalton’s information with dispatch. After verifying Dalton’s information PO advised Dalton of his discovery in his backseat and asked him to exit the vehicle while PO conduct a search. A Sgt. Marion arrived on scene and waited with Dalton while PO conducted the search. The Sgt. advised PO at a later time he did not observe any signs of impairment while speaking with Dalton. During the search PO observed a partially drank bottle of Busch Light (another alcoholic beverage containing 12 fl. oz and an alcoholic percentage of 4.1%) next to the seatbelt buckle in the driver’s seat. PO picked up the bottle and it was still cold. PO continued the search and found a total of seven open containers of alcoholic beverages only one of which was cold. PO asked Dalton about the bottle of Bud Light and he said he was drinking it on the way to Taco Bell. PO dumped the rest of the beer out before placing it back into the vehicle and advised Dalton to throw everything away. While speaking with Dalton PO did not observe any signs of impairment. Dalton advised PO he only had one beer before leaving his residence and was drinking the one PO had found. He also stated he felt safe to drive for the rest of the night. PO had no reason to believe Dalton was impaired. After conducting the search PO cited Dalton for consuming alcohol while operating a motor vehicle. Dalton was issued his copy of the citation and was notified of his court date and time.
Obstructing Official Business
On November 3rd, 2024 at approximately 9:28 PM while on patrol in the city of Greenville PO observed three subjects in the 1100 block of Sweitzer Street riding bicycles across the street without any illuminating devices on the front and rear of the bicycles. PO conducted a traffic stop with the subjects and approached them on foot because they refused to stop initially. After they realized PO was speaking with them PO informed them the reason he was stopping them was because they did not have lights on their bicycles. The female, later identified as Sarah Fleming, was irritated and hostile throughout the duration of the stop. PO asked Sarah and the other two subjects for their names and date of births however Sarah refused to identify herself and continuously was advising the other two subjects that they did not need to identify themselves. One of the subjects, Joseph Maple, advised PO of his name and date of birth after PO asked him several times. Sarah was still advising the other subject, later identified as her son to not identify himself. PO advised the three of them they are required by law to identify themselves when a law enforcement officer has a lawful reason to ask for it. PO advised the subjects they were getting a warning for failure to illuminate the bicycles and that is when they started refusing to identify themselves. Sarah stated, “you know me” during this incident as well however PO was unsure of who Sarah was. A Sgt. Raffel arrived on scene and was able to positively identify Sarah. He advised Sarah of the same information PO continued to advise Sarah when a law enforcement officer has a lawful reason to ask a subject for their identity the subject must obey the law enforcement officer’s orders. PO advised Sarah she would be receiving a citation for obstructing official business by continuing to tell her son not to identify himself which prevented PO from getting his name so PO could give him a warning reference riding his bicycle on the roadway with no lights. Sarah stated, “go ahead” several times during this incident. PO informed Sarah he would be contacting her on November 4th, 2024 to issue her a copy of her citation. On November 4th, 2024 PO tried to make contact with Sarah at her residence but was unable to do so. PO then was able to make contact with Sarah over the phone. During this phone call PO advised Sarah she was being charged with obstruction. Sarah became argumentative saying PO had no reason to ask for her identity. PO tried to explain to Sarah the reason he in fact did and she still was refusing to listen. Sarah stated she was not going to be accepting the charges against her and hung up the phone. On November 7th, 2024 PO made contact with Sarah and issued her a copy of her citation and advised Sarah of her mandatory court date and time.