By Keith McCoy
City Police 1
Mountain Brook Police Department reported two narcotics-related incidents in this week’s community update.
On March 4, officers went to the 50 block of Church Street in response to a call and reportedly found two individuals in possession of multiple narcotics. No arrests were reported in the community update.
On March 9, two individuals were arrested after officers found narcotics and paraphernalia while impounding a vehicle, according to the report. The incident occurred in the 2700 block of U.S. 280.
Police arrested another individual on March 6 and found they were in possession of marijuana, according to the report. The subject was stopped for a traffic violation on U.S. 280 at Cherokee Road and had an outstanding felony warrant. The marijuana was found after the subject was arrested, according to police.
There were also four instances of property theft and four instances of identity theft reported in the community update.
Four Dell Chromebooks were reported stolen from the 200 block of Overbrook Road. The theft reportedly occurred between Nov. 12 and Feb. 16.
Another property theft occurred between March 4 and March 7 in the 2300 block of Montevallo Road. Two copper down spouts were reported stolen.
On March 3, cash was reported stolen from the wallet of a guest in a hotel in the 2700 block of U.S. 280.
Two suspects shoplifted several beef tenderloins from the 3100 block of Cahaba Village Plaza on March 8, according to police.
Two instances of identity theft were reported after debit cards were used in states other than Alabama. One victim reported someone made an unauthorized purchase in Elkton, Maryland using their debit card. Another victim reported their debit card was fraudulently used in Pennsylvania between March 5 and March 6.
Another instance of identity theft was reported after a victim from the 3300 block of S. Brookwood Road reported someone filed income taxes using his identity.
An executor of an estate reported that between Dec. 6 and March 7, someone opened credit card accounts in the name of the individual who had died.
Police also reported two instances of forgery, where forged checks were cashed. The reports were from a business in the 10 block of Office Park Circle and the 100 block of Euclid Avenue.
A woman reported she was robbed on March 4 on Cahaba Road at 21st Ave. S. Two black males in a black sports car reportedly pulled alongside her and demanded she give them all her money or be shot. The suspects then fled down 21st Ave. S., according to police.
One instance of obstructing justice was reported on March 9. An offender reportedly gave a false name to a police officer “in order to avoid arrest on an outstanding assault warrant.”
Photo courtesy of Mountain Brook Police Department
Irwin Francisco-Bartolo
Irwin Francisco-Bartolo, 21, of Fultondale
Police also included a report from a head-on collision on U.S. 280. The wreck occurred March 8 near Rocky Ridge Road. A car driven by a reportedly intoxicated person crossed the median and struck another vehicle, driven by a woman who was 33 weeks pregnant. The crash injured the driver, and the unborn child died.
Police obtained warrants on the driver of the first vehicle for manslaughter and first degree assault. The driver was identified as Irwin Francisco-Bartolo, 21, of Fultondale.
