The Bartlett Police Department (BPD) handled the following incidents during the period of March 21-April 3.
This listing includes the most notable incidents for the reporting period and does not necessarily reflect all police activity.
Editor’s note: All suspects are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and values are estimated for stolen/damaged items. These are brief summaries of detailed BPD reports.
March 22
Ellendale Road (unauthorized use of a motor vehicle)
A grandmother reported on March 22 that her granddaughter had borrowed her car and had not yet returned it. She said she doesn’t want to prosecute; she just wants her car back.
The responding officer checked with Lakeside Behavioral Health System, Memphis Mental Health Institute and the Shelby County Jail, but none of the facilities had custody of the suspect.
Bartlett Boulevard (vandalism)
A Donald Trump supporter found his political yard sign and vehicles vandalized on March 22. The responding officer observed a burned Trump sign lying on the front yard.
The officer also noted that two vehicles (a red Ford F250 and a white Ford F250) had numerous egg hits on both vehicles, and there were broken eggs on the driveway.
March 23
U.S. 64 (theft)
A man moving his business (Snappy Tomato Pizza) out of a leased space found the back door ajar on March 23, and his open sign and part of his surveillance equipment had been stolen. The location was 7601 U.S. 64.
He had been moving his equipment out of the building for several weeks and had not been to the location in about a week, he said.
Stage Road (burglary)
A pet owner returned from work on March 23 to find his front window broken and his dogs missing.
The dogs taken were one brown-and-black female rottweiler and a white-and-black female cocker spaniel. The man said he worked from noon until 9 p.m.
An unknown person had been calling and texting him, threatening to steal his dogs. Responding officers observed the messages, dated March 19, on the victim’s phone.
March 24
Bartlett View Drive (theft from vehicle)
Someone stole a handgun from a locked car on the 6100 block of Bartlett View Drive, the owner reported on March 24.
The man’s Springfield Armory XD 9mm handgun was in its case in the trunk of his 2005 Toyota Camry.
The gun was not loaded and there was only one nine-round magazine with the firearm. He said the theft happened between 7 p.m. March 18 and 5:30 a.m. March 19.
March 26
Laurel Valley Drive (theft from yard)
Someone took a man’s 2006 Lowe’s trailer without his permission, the victim reported on March 26. He said the theft happened between 8 p.m. March 24 and 8 p.m. March 25. The trailer is a black 5×10 model valued at $1,000.
March 28
Brookhill Lane (vandalism)
A mother reported her son on March 28 for shooting her cat with a pellet rifle four days earlier. She said the cat was an inside animal and was only around her son during the time of the injury. A veterinary X-ray showed the animal had been shot once in the elbow and once in the chest. She confronted her son, telling him to leave and not come back.
March 30
Sandywood Lane (robbery)
A couple of bold men worked together to steal cash from a victim’s house while he was in the other room, the victim reported on March 30.
The victim said he was sitting in his garage around 12:30 p.m. on March 30 when the suspects, two white males, approached. One man noticed some fishing rods and asked to buy a couple of them. The owner agreed and took the suspect’s $100 bill inside to go make change.
When he emerged from his bedroom, the man was standing in the kitchen, uninvited. He said he had changed his mind about buying the fishing rods.
While the homeowner and suspect were talking, the other suspect apparently slipped into the victim’s bedroom and stole a green metal cashbox ($25) that contained about $2,000 in miscellaneous currency, mostly $20 bills, the victim said. He was unaware of the sneaky maneuver at the time.
The suspects left in a gray-colored Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck (unknown year or tag information). They left headed westbound on Sandywood.
March 31
Flaherty Place (theft of a license plate)
Someone took a Tennessee license plate from a compact SUV parked at the Bartlett Rec Center (7700 Flaherty Place). The owner reported the incident on March 31 and said he parked his 2014 Nissan Rogue in the BRC’s lot between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. the previous day.
April 2
Frances Wood (residential burglary)
A burglar damaged or stole almost $4,000 of a man’s property sometime between March 29 and April 2. The victim said there were no signs of forced entry, and he believed the culprit entered while he was absent.
The intruder destroyed his locked home safe ($600) and took about 200 silver coins ($2,000), 125 gold dollar coins ($125) and three bottles of prescription medicine ($510). The intruder also took a Glock 17 9mm pistol ($710) from the victim’s unlocked nightstand. The pistol’s information was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
The man’s total estimated loss was $3,945.
April 3
Royal Valley Drive (auto burglary)
A burglar found a pistol in an unlocked vehicle on Royal Valley Drive, the victim reported on April 3.
He said sometime since the previous evening a suspect entered his GMC Sierra and took his black Sig Sauer P220R .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol ($1,000) and a leather holster ($150).
