Crime & Safety
PD: Suspicious Package Prompts Call to Police
A roundup of recent activity from the police blotter also includes a resident who was scammed on eBay, and a stolen purse — that was later returned, with items missing.
Sometimes it's nice to get surprises, but not when those incidents are accompanied with an eerie ounce of suspicision.
A 26-year-old Port Washington resident of the 1100 block of West Portview Drive called police at 1:19 p.m. Thursday. According to police reports, the resident said an unmarked package had been dropped off at his residence.
Eventually someone contacted the resident while he was at work, the report said. From that call he learned that the box belonged to a former tenant of this residence.
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The package was delivered to its rightful owner, who wasn't creeped out by it at all — police reports said the former tenant claimed the package.
More from the reports:
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- Gone phishing: A 65-year-old Port Washington resident is out $176 while he awaits an eBay investigation of a recent scam. The resident called police to report the internet scam, police reports said. A subject apparently misrepresented themselves on eBay; the website is looking into the issue.
- I'll take this ... and that: An employee at Cousins Subs in Port Washington called police to report their purse being stolen at 4:14 p.m. Thursday. According to police reports, the purse was recovered, but the wallet and iPhone inside were still missing.
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