•  Two women pulled off a two-part heist at Toys ’R Us on July 1, according to police reports. One distracted the store manager while the other pried open a display case and took five PlayStation Vita handheld gaming systems, according to police reports. The investigation in the $1,500 theft is ongoing.

•  Cary Police Department found the tools of crime as they investigated the odor of marijuana at a local Motel Six: Inside a rented room were counterfeit checks, stolen checks and a typewriter, according to police reports. After calling in the Secret Service, Cary officers charged four Georgia residents and one Alabama resident with possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit a felony, forgery and simple possession of marijuana.

Charged on the night of July 3 were Avon Waters, 22, and Rodriguez Fillmore, 22, both of Atlanta, Ga.; Meshondra Davis, 27, of Fairburn, Ga.; Cory Jones, 23, no address listed; and Lonnie Daugherty, 27, of Montgomery, Ala.

•  Police cleared an earlier burglary in the 200 block of Tate Street by arresting Mohammed Nassar Jilani, 20, of 409 Normandy Street in Cary on July 3.

•  A watchful neighbor stopped a burglary in progress, according to police reports. After arriving home on the night of July 7, the man spotted people in the backyard of a neighbor’s house in the 100 block of Pleasants Ave. When police arrived, several suspects scattered on foot while one pulled away in a 2007 Ford Focus. With police in pursuit, the driver pulled over and fled on foot across Kildaire Farm Road. Police later used a K-9 unit to locate one subject, and were searching for more as of Monday.

The suspects nearly escaped with a big haul: Police found a security safe, an iPod, jewelry, a 42-inch television and a semiautomatic pistol inside the Focus.

•  Kyle Barlow, 21, is accused of driving 110 mph on a motorcycle on Kildaire Farm Road on the night of July 7. The suspect’s listed address is 203 Hassellwood Dr. in Cary.

•  Cary Police Department received reports of unforced-entry burglaries at the following locations between July 2 and July 9: the 100 block of Meadow Drive; the 400 block of Devonhall Lane; the 100 block of Overview Lane; the 400 block of Greyfriars Lane; the 100 block of Bogue Court; and the 100 block of Lochwood West Drive.

• Cary Police Department received reports of forced-entry burglaries at the following locations between July 2 and July 9: the 100 block of Brannigan Place; the 100 block of Bonnell Court; the 8900 block of Chapel Hill Road; the 1000 block of Nottingham Court; the 800 block of Tranquil Sound Drive; the 100 block of Overview Lane; and the 100 block of Pleasants Avenue.

Compiled by staff writer Andrew Kenney