eBay Purchase Leaves Man With Empty Feeling

Selling – and in one instance, buying – random items did not work out for a handful of local people last week.

A man reported he ordered something on eBay and paid for it, but when the item was shipped to his home in the 4700 block of South 123rd Street, all he received was an empty box April 24.

Meanwhile, a woman who put an ad on Craigslist to try to sell a pair of pants reportedly received inappropriate phone messages April 25 from a man who asked if she’d sell him her underwear instead.

That same day, a man tried selling his sister’s iPhone at Game Stop, 7420 W. Holmes Ave., but ran into trouble when the employee noticed the phone had a message that read, “Give me my phone back.”

The man told police the family is broke and he was just trying to make money. The sister did not want to press charges.

Those and the following were recorded in the Greenfield Police Department incident log for the week of April 22-28:

• A man was taken into custody for violation of a restraining order and possession of marijuana after police were requested to remove him from an apartment in the 3100 block of West Howard Avenue on April 22.
• A woman was arrested for domestic violence – disorderly conduct and criminal damage after her ex-boyfriend told police she had keyed his 2010 Maxima in the 4200 block of South 27th Street on April 22.
• A woman reported a man was tailgating her on Highway 100 near Beloit Road and pointed a gun out the window of his vehicle at her April 22. The man was located at his residence in West Allis and taken into custody.
• Plumbing, a range, boiler and construction items were reported stolen from a vacant residence in the 4900 block of South Brookdale Drive on April 22.
• Employees at Target chose not to attempt to stop a man who stole baby formula at 4:40 p.m. April 22, because it appeared the suspect had pepper spray with him. The man fled northbound on 27th Street in a green Buick Century.
• A lawn mower and GPS were reported taken from a garage in the 3300 block of South 46th Street at 5 p.m. April 22.
• A man reported 100 30-milligram Oxycodone pills and a car stereo were taken from his car after it was broken into while in the parking lot of Classic Lanes, 5404 W. Layton Ave., at 10 p.m. April 22.
• Jewelry and electronics were reported taken after a suspect broke into the back window of a home in the 4300 block of South 114th Street sometime before 7:30 p.m. April 23.
• A woman reported her gas grill was stolen from the 4500 block of West Midland Drive sometime before 9 a.m. April 24.
• A man was arrested for his fifth operating while intoxicated violation near the intersection of South 27th Street and West College Avenue at 2:25 a.m. April 25.