BEDFORD – A Bedford teen was detained after he allegedly stole a woman’s cell phone and sent money to another individual using her CashApp.
Bedford Police Department Officer Stewart Ratcliff took the report after the woman came to the Bedford Police Department just after 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17th, to report her old cell phone had been stolen and someone used her Cash App to send $50 to another person.
The female victim told police she was in Indianapolis on May 17th when she received a notification on her new cell phone someone had used her CashApp. When she returned home, she noticed her old Samsung Galaxy cell phone was missing from her bedside table in her bedroom.
On May 18, she received notifications of pictures and videos on her new cell phone, and the male teen was in the photos. The woman is related to the 16-year-old male teen. Her two phones were synced through her Google account, which is how she received the pictures and videos. In the photos and videos, the male is seen with a large amount of money, holding various firearms, and smoking an electronic vape pen and a baggie of what police believed was marijuana.
The female told police she wished to file criminal charges against the teen.
On May 19th, the woman called the police to request they respond to her home in the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue. The teen was at his home.
When police arrived, the teen was in the bathroom. He was asked to come out and speak to officers. When asked where the phone was, he said he had left it in the bathroom. They found the phone hidden under the washing machine.
The teen was detained and transported to the Bedford Police Department on theft and fraud charges. The probation department was called, and the teen was released to his parents with a promise to appear in juvenile court on May 29th at 9:00 a.m.
