Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies received a report May 10 from a 68-year-old Alamosa Ave resident who said he was scammed out of $4,500 from a Facebook contact.

The victim said he was contacted by a suspect who identified himself as a relative. The individual told the victim that he would receive a $150,000 federal grant after he wired $1,500 to a “woman in Alabama.”

He later was told to send another $3,000 to the same party. He realized that it might be a hoax when he received a third request for an additional $4,000 for “airline tax.”

The victim said he responded to the Facebook offer because he thought the money would have relieved a financial strain on his family.

*On May 4, deputies investigated a May 4 burglary at the GNC store, 16605 E. Palisades Blvd. where $8,712 in merchandise was taken.

Unknown suspects entered the rear door to the store, according to a police report. Once inside, an attempt to pry open the safe failed.

*A 29-year-old man was cited May 7 for discharging a firearm in the town limits. The individual told deputies that he was attempting to clean the handgun in an E. Segundo residence when the Glock .40 caliber gun accidentally fired. The projectile passed through a glass patio door and his rocks below.

*A resident on N. Cabrillo Drive reported that sometime May 1, two BBs were shot into their front windows. The loss was estimated to be $450.

A similar incident to a second N. Cabrillo home occurred between May 8 and 10, according to a police report.

*On May 4, deputies received a report that an unknown person had taken the electrical busbar from an AT&T cellphone tower on North Technology Drive.

*On April 24, an unknown male shoplifted a vacuum cleaner valued at $600 from the Target store on Shea Boulevard.

*Deputies received a report May 7 of the theft of a coin purse while a female shopper was looking at jewelry in Goodwill in the Safeway Plaza. Less than $100 and a bank debit card were in the purse.

*A female motorist was cited May 10 for failure to control her speed to avoid a collision at Shea Blvd. and Eagle Mountain Parkway. No injuries were reported. The woman told deputies that she collided with the rear end of the vehicle in front of her and it stopped.

*Safeway store personnel reported May 8 that an unknown male suspect shoplifted a bag of groceries and liquor.

*On May 5, a hit and run accident occurred on La Montana Drive. A male victim told deputies that his vehicle was parked in the street when he heard a loud noise and saw a female driver back into it and drive away.