1 Fraud was reported at 12:32 p.m. Oct. 6 in the 5200 block of North Pontatoc Road. The homeowner's son told deputies the following: A man his mother met through an elderly singles group sold her several gold coins for $10,000 but she never received them. He discovered the fraud when he came to Tucson from Florida after she was hospitalized. The man took one of his mother's personal checks and made it out for $10,000 for the coins. She signed it the day she was admitted to the hospital. The check was cashed the same day. He gave deputies the man's address. The incident is under investigation.
2 Theft was reported at 7:34 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. A woman told deputies the following: She checked out around noon on Oct. 3 and accidentally left jewelry valued at $3,250 on top of the desk in the room. She thought her boyfriend packed up the jewelry and he thought she packed it up. She called the hotel but was informed that the jewelry had not been turned in.
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3 Fraud was reported at 12:33 p.m. Oct. 5 in the 4100 block of North Rio Cancion Drive. A resident told deputies the following: She was hired by a company called the Margin Group after she posted her résumé online. The company wired $8,300 into her bank account with instructions to wire $2,590 and $2,500 to two people in the Ukraine. Her bank informed her that the money wired into her account was fake. No one answered the two phones numbers she had for the company.
4 Burglary was reported at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 5 at Canyon Nails & Skin Care Salon, 4955 N. Sabino Canyon Road. Several employees noticed the rear metal door had been forced open. The owner told deputies someone took a plasma television set valued at $799. According to the report, nothing else was taken from the store.
Compiled weekly from Pima County sheriff's reports.
