Wednesday, Sept. 24
• Officers responded to a request for assistance from campus safety at a college on Mission Blvd. A subject had threatened via email to commit a shooting at the school. Campus safety evacuated the school and identified the subject to FPD. Officers drafted a warrant for the subject’s arrest, then responded to the subject’s residence. The subject was taken into custody without incident and placed under arrest.
Thursday, Sept. 25
• A victim reported being scammed out of approximately 2.4 million dollars over the last 18 months. A scammer called claiming that the victim was the subject of a criminal investigation, then connected the victim with two other scammers who claimed to be FBI and IRS agents, respectively. The scammers told the victim his assets were being confiscated and convinced him to move his assets into an external wallet, in the form of cryptocurrency. The scammers assured the victim that the funds were being kept in a safe custody account owned by the FBI. After the victim had depleted his account, he found that there was no investigation, and the phone numbers the scammers had been using were disconnected. This case remains under investigation.
• A hospital on Paseo Padre Pkwy reported that more than $116,000 worth of medical equipment was stolen from its campus. This case remains under investigation.
Sunday, Sept. 28
• Officers responded to a commercial burglary at a smoke shop on Gable Dr. Multiple subjects are believed to have entered the business by damaging the front window with a crowbar. The subjects fled before officers arrived. A preliminary investigation revealed that the loss was worth approximately $30,000. This case remains under investigation.
