Law enforcement report

A prank phone call led to about $15,000 in damage to the lobby and offices at the Comfort Inn on Shea Boulevard in Fountain Hills.

According to the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office someone called the hotel Sunday afternoon and claimed to be a representative of its alarm company.

The told the desk clerk they needed to reset the fire alarm system and asked them to pull the alarm lever, which they did.

The caller then told the clerk that to prevent all the fire sprinklers from going off they needed to activate one of the sprinkler heads by breaking it. The clerk did as they were asked, causing the flood.

Fountain Hills Fire Department was called to shut down the system and repair the sprinkler head. Firefighters also helped in removing water from the building.

*On Tuesday, Jan. 14, a Laveen woman was found in her car along the Beeline Highway north of Fountain Hills two days after she went off the road and into a wash. The woman reportedly left Mesa to return home in the West Valley on Sunday but got lost. Residents in nearby Goldfield Ranch heard a horn honking and found the woman in her vehicle. She was taken to the hospital for treatment as she had not taken medication in two days.

*On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a resident of the 3000 block of north 150th Street reported a pattern of harassment from his neighbor. A dispute between the two dates back 10 years and the man reported the neighbor was seen on his property Jan. 15.

*On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a Fountain Hills woman reported a financial consultant had fraudulently taken money from her account totaling more than $17,000.

*On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a resident of the 17000 block of San Marcus Drive reported someone entered his fenced back yard and removed lawn furniture.

*On Thursday, Jan. 16, deputies investigated a vehicle accident at Saguaro Boulevard and Indian Wells Drive. A vehicle traveling north on Saguaro collided with a second vehicle that was turning onto Saguaro from Indian Wells.

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