• Chat room scam is used to get credit card information
GARFIELD HTS. COMPUTER FRAUD, EAST 93RD STREET:A woman met a man in a chat room who offered to pay off her credit card debt in the amount of $10,400 on Dec. 7.

• Police arrest man, 23, for threatening woman with gun
MAPLE HTS. ROBBERY, STANLEY AVENUE:Jamin A. Gresham, 23, of Henry Street, was arrested in connection with allegedly putting a gun to a woman's head at about 9:20 p.m. Dec. 23.

• Drunk man helps himself to an extra shot behind bar
GARFIELD HTS. PUBLIC INTOXICATION, TURNEY ROAD:On Dec. 19, a highly intoxicated man walked into Bonkers, went behind the bar and poured himself some vodka without paying for it.

• Man reports being robbed at gunpoint on Homewood Ave.
MAPLE HTS. ROBBERY, HOMEWOOD AVENUE:A 19-year-old man said he was robbed at gunpoint at 1:52 a.m. Dec. 19. The victim told the story to a police officer waiting for a car to be towed at Homewood and Libby streets.

• Man is assaulted outside Dairy Mart on Turney
GARFIELD HTS. ASSAULT, TURNEY ROAD:Dairy Mart is no longer a safe place apparently. There were two incidents, one on Dec. 12 and another Dec. 13.

• Police charge 18-year-old man with attempted murder
MAPLE HTS. ATTEMPTED MURDER, CATHERINE STREET:Delbert Philpot, 18, 1599 Friend Ave., was charged Dec. 10 with attempted murder of a 16-year-old boy in the 5100 block of Catherine Street.

• Police arrest teen, 15, for incident at Broadway business
MAPLE HTS. ARREST, HIGH SCHOOL:Police on Nov. 25 went to the high school and arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a Nov. 25 incident at Food Mart Plus, 15477 Broadway. The incident initially was reported as a robbery.

• Thief goes into Wolf house while woman is shoveling
GARFIELD HTS. BURGLARY, WOLF AVENUE: While shoveling the driveway, an 87-year-old woman left her side door unlocked. When she went back into the house, she heard a noise from the bathroom and called out. A black man in a brown coat ran out of the bathroom past the woman carrying a black strongbox.