The Vancouver Police Department is asking the public to keep an eye out for suspects in several thefts in the past weeks.
On July 18, officers responded to a commercial burglary in the 2300 block of East Second Street. Surveillance video captured an image of a bald, white man who entered a fenced-in property there and stole items from company vehicles parked in the lot.
The department encouraged anyone who can help identify the suspect to contact Officer Justin Bates at justin.bates@cityofvancouver.us.
Vancouver officers received a call July 5 about fraudulent activity on a victim’s bank account.
An investigation yielded surveillance images of a bearded man with a distinctive, ribbon-like tattoo on his right hand using the victim’s bank card at an ATM.
Officers took a report of a wallet stolen from vehicles on June 30, then another report on July 5. Both times, multiple unauthorized charges showed up on the victims’ cards shortly after.
Surveillance cameras recorded suspects using the cards at various stores. In one image, a man is seen with a woman, who is also suspected in the thefts and appears in both videos. Both images appear to have been taken at a Target store.
The department encouraged anyone who can help identify the suspects in the latter two crimes to contact Vancouver Police Service Technician Simone McPoland at simone.mcpoland@cityofvancouver.us.
The Vancouver police keep a running list of people it wants to contact regarding open crimes, with images captured from surveillance video, online at www.cityofvancouver.us/police/page/can-you-id-me.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office keeps a similar list at its website, as does the Portland Police Bureau. The sites all provide links to other local law enforcement agencies’ wanted people pages.
The Vancouver police said tipsters may report anonymously, and it discouraged people from trying to apprehend any of the suspects themselves.
