On Feb. 1, a victim met with the Reporting Officer (R/O) at the Winthrop University Police Department. The victim informed the officer that she had been swindled by a person she had met from an online website.
The victim explained that she had been chatting with a male subject online who told her he would pay her if she messaged him. The victim agreed, and the subject then sent her $2,800. The subject then requested that she use the money to purchase Bitcoin, but the victim declined.
After declining, the victim attempted to return the money through CashApp. The subject informed her that the CashApp transaction was not going through and told her instead to transfer $2,500 from her bank account. After making the transaction, she was informed by her bank that they had flagged her account for suspicious activity. After talking with her bank, she contacted WUPD regarding this incident.
On Feb. 11 the R/O responded to the area of Memorial Circle in reference to a pickup truck shooting BB/Airsoft pellets at pedestrians. The officer circulated the area and the rest of the main campus of Winthrop University looking for a black Dodge Ram. The R/O was unable to locate the suspect vehicle. The officer returned to Good building to follow up with the victim via phone call to ascertain more information.
The R/O observed camera footage of Winthrop Park Avenue of the suspect vehicle
entering campus from Cherry Rd. turning right into Winthrop towards the victim in front of Byrnes Auditorium. The victim stated that she was struck several times in the back of
the leg but was not injured. The victim does not want to press charges.
