More than $155,000 worth of tires were in a trailer reported stolen from a Gainesville business this week. The theft occurred in a business/industrial park south of Chicopee.
Among the other incidents investigated by Gainesville Police this week:
*Another business-related theft that was reported this week occurred at a business on West Ridge Road. That loss amounted to $3,904 and an employee is being blamed. Also, in that part of town, a storage unit on Athens Highway was broken into. The victim said miscellaneous items worth $2,621 were taken.
*The drug overdose death occurred on the west side of town. The victim was a 24-year-old man. (No other information was immediately available.)
*A 31-year-old man reports losing $1,205 after someone illegally used one of his credit cards. But a reported attempt by someone to steal $12,500 from a 72-year-old man by withdrawing man from a bank failed. But a 31-year-old man reports that a $1,596 check was stolen from his car on Park Hill Drive.