OFFENSES
REPORTED
These offense reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:
HILLSBORO
Forgery
Kolton W. Harms, 22, rural Peabody, reported that forged checks for $200 and $150 were cashed Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 at the Hillsboro branch of Great Plains Federal Credit Union.
The case remains under investigation.
Criminal use of financial card
Between Nov. 14 and Dec. 7, a bank card belonging to Ivory H. Wilson, 19, of Hillsboro was fraudulently used to make 17 transfers totaling $1,025 from her account to a service called Cash App, which allows person-to-person money transfers via a website or mobile phone.
The service, formerly known as Square Cash, is operated by Block Inc. of San Francisco, which also operates the Square payment platform that many smaller businesses use to accept credit and debit card purchases.
Wilson’s card was issued by MasterCard of Purchase, New York.
Amounts of each transaction varied.
The case remains under investigation.
MARION
Criminal damage
A $500 window was broken by a blunt object between noon Dec. 3 and 3:45 p.m. Dec. 5 at Marion Auto Supply, 115 E. Main St.
Trespassing, theft
A $75 blow-up Christmas decoration and a $25 extension cord were stolen between 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 11:15 a.m. Dec. 10 from the yard of Theodore J. Turk in the 200 block of N. Roosevelt St.
Last modified Dec. 14, 2022