Police calls: Mom fears strange text, call Saturday

1200 block of Lexington Avenue — Video surveillance shows two males entering Matt’s Mini Mart on three separate occasions and each stealing a carton of cigarettes while the other distracts the clerk. 

400 block of Johns Avenue — A 37-year-old mother called police concerned for her son’s safety Saturday morning after she received a text message from an unknown number saying “Hunger Games 2, Hunger Games 3, Lil T needs a beard.”  She later received a phone call from a different number.  The caller said “We see your mom and your sisters all together,” before hanging up.  The woman said her son was recently released from jail and feared he owed people money. 

300 block of Sturges Avenue — Police are searching for a 15-year-old boy who left his house Friday without permission and took a cellphone that did not belong to him.  He had not returned as of Saturday. 

The News Journal does not identify people charged with misdemeanor offenses in the Emergency Calls.  This is a fairness issue related to the large number of incidents that we cannot report in the wide geographic area being covered.  Offenders are identified through subsequent court listings.