POLICE REPORT

The Gaffney Police Department reported the theft of a speaker box from the porch of an East Montgomery Street home.

The box with 12-inch subwoofer speakers was taken from a porch in the 400 block between 8 p.m. Oct. 28 and 3 p.m. Oct. 29. The box was valued at $150.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent theft of a vehicle that subsequently ended up on a used car lot.

A Mountain View Drive, Blacksburg, woman told police her 1999 Chrysler LHS went missing Oct. 8 and she initially presumed the vehicle had been repossessed.

However, a Georgia-based lender subsequently confirmed for the woman it had taken no actions against her vehicle. The woman told police the vehicle was later found on a used car lot and that the car lot had purchased the vehicle from a scrap yard.

The Gaffney Police Department reported that someone tampered with mail in the 900 block of North Logan Street.

According to a police report, a woman told police that someone had opened several pieces of her mail, including a priority letter that was taken out of the envelope, between 4 p.m. Oct. 29 and 3 p.m. Oct. 30.

The Gaffney Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run accident that caused about $8,000 in damage to a parked car and wiped out several mail boxes.

The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. Nov. 2 on Annette Street, according to a police report. A resident of the street heard a noise and saw a silver or white flatbed truck with running lights on top of the cab in a front yard before the truck fled the scene.

Police said the truck apparently was headed east on Annette Street when it ran of the right side of the roadway, struck a mailbox before heading through the front lawn of another home, where it struck another mail box and a trash can.

Police said the vehicle then went through another yard, where it struck a parked 1995 Chevrolet, turning the vehicle sideways.

The pickup then ran through another lawn, running over a cable box before coming to rest and the driver leaving the scene.

More than $2,000 in items were reported stolen from an Anthony Street home in a recent burglary.

According to the Gaffney Police Department, someone broke into the home in the 800 block between 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 and 11 a.m. Nov. 1 and took a Dell laptop computer, a JVC stereo system, a Sony Playstation 3 video game system and games, a 32-inch Hitachi television and jewelry.

A piggy bank was among the items reported stolen from a Lincoln Drive home during an Oct. 31 burglary.

According to police, someone broke into the home in the 100 block through a window. The burglar(s) stole a child's bracelet, rings, a gold herringbone necklace, a handheld Playstation game, and a piggy bank containing about $70 to $80. Police said the vinyl siding on the home was damaged when the burglar(s) crawled into the house. Theft losses are estimated at $1,130.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office reported a burglar or burglars targeted two homes on Pleasant School Road on Nov. 3.

Someone broke into a home in the 1200 block between 7:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. by forcing open the front door, police reported. The thief or thieves stole an estimated $870 in electronics as well as $100 in cash. Damage was estimated at $100.

According to a separate police report, someone tried to gain entry to a home in the 600 block by breaking a storm window between 9:20 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. No entry apparently was made but window damage was estimated at $150.