On November 5th,
2013, two VicPD officers attended to a local liquor retailer in the
area of Fort Street and Foul Bay Road for a theft complaint.
Once they arrived they learned
that a second theft had occurred between the first complaint and their
subsequent arrival.
The retailer had an excellent
digital imaging system and the officers watched both thefts and made notes of
the suspects descriptions.
The second of the two thefts
involved a male who had his right pant leg partially rolled up. In policing we
call that a clue and the officers formed the opinion that he was likely a cyclist. He
selected two rather expensive bottles of Vodka and left the store.
Less than an hour later those
same members were in the area of Cook and Haultain streets searching for a male
who had been seen trying the door handles of parked cars as he walked along. It
was dark by this time and the officers were checking to see if any vehicles had
been entered when their attention was drawn to a cyclist riding without lights
or helmet.
Both officers immediately
recognized the male as the Vodka thief from earlier.
The suspect was stopped and
arrested. Both 1.75 L bottles of Vodka were gone but, in exchange, he had a
quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.
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