A door-to-door salesman stole a check from a mailbox Tuesday, according to a police report.

A man called 911 from the 2300 block of Palmer Street about 6:55 p.m. He said someone rang his doorbell and he could see a man on his doorstep. He believed the man was a salesman so he did not open the door, and the man finally left.

The man remembered he had placed an envelope containing a check in his mailbox earlier and he went to see if the envelope was still there. It wasn’t.

An arriving officer spotted the salesman walking down the street. He asked what he was doing in the neighborhood.

The man said he was a magazine salesman. He did not have a permit to operate door-to-door in Denton, according to the report.

The officer found the victim’s envelope in the salesman’s pocket. It had been opened and the check was crumpled up inside, according to the police report.

“Now how did that get there?” the salesman asked.

The officer arrested the salesman.

Other reports

8200 block of Settlement Road — A man reported Tues­day that he was swindled in a stock sale.

The victim said a man offered to sell him shares of stock at 71 cents a share. He said he bought $5,000 worth and received a stock certificate. Recently, he learned the man is not affiliated with the company in any way and the stocks were fraudulent, according to the police report.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday:

• Denton police handled 234 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including three re­ports of criminal mischief, eight thefts, one case of solicitation without a permit, three burglaries, one case of possession of drug paraphernalia, two frauds, one violation of a protective order, one assault, one aggravated sexual assault of a child, one assault and one vehicle burglary.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 243 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. Thir­ty-three people were booked into county jail. Depu­ties took re­ports of two missing persons, one burglary, one sexual assault, one recovered stolen vehicle and one deceased person.

Denton firefighters responded to three grassfires, 21 medical calls, six traffic accidents, one gas leak, one false call and two alarms.

Pilot Point firefighters res­ponded to two medical calls and two requests to assist a citizen.

Oak Point firefighters res­ponded to one request to un­lock a vehicle.

Krum firefighters responded to two medical calls.

Corinth firefighters responded to one electrical malfunction.

Sanger firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen.

Argyle firefighters responded to one request for mutual aid.

Aubrey firefighters responded to one smoke investigation and one illegal burn.

Corinth firefighters responded to one medical call.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477).