Sunday, March 30, 2008

Shoplifting arrest leads to major drug bust www.privateofficer.com

Benton Ark. March 30 2008

Billy Crews, 49, of Saline County was arrested on numerous drug-related charges after Benton police learned that the shoplifting suspects were taking items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.Benton police investigated a reported shoplifting incident at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on March 7 and gained information on the suspects’ vechicle.
Later that day, when police stopped the vehicle, they noticed items inside the vehicle consistent with the manufacture of meth, according to a police report.
Police reported that the suspects in the vehicle identified Crews as the alleged "meth cook."
Police said they used the information to launch a two-week investigation into a residence at 952 Crews Road.
Last Friday, police and narcotics officers raided the residence and reported finding a meth lab. Authorities said they also found about 2.6 ounces of a crystal white substance believed to be meth, which has a street value of about $7,500.
Police said numerous chemicals were found in the kitchen, including pool cleaner, ether, Coleman fuel, empty blister packs of cold medicine and a bottle containing iodine crystals.Crews was arrested later that day. He is charged with manufacturing meth, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture meth, possession of meth with intent to deliver, maintaining a drug premise, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).The shoplifting suspects are Scott Bennett, 30, of Benton and Christopher Brumley, 35, and Laura Roberts, 20, both of Haskell.Bennett is charged with shoplifting. Brumley is charged with possession of psuedoephedrine with intent to manufacture, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture, possession of marijuana and possession of a weapon. Roberts is charged with possession of psuedoephedrine with intent to manufacture and possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture.Benton police Sgt. Kevin Russell said much of the meth trade is coming from Mexico."Home-grown meth labs have declined," Russell said, "but ... you still see them occasionally.

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Rogersville TN. March 30 2008

By: Rick McCannNtl Assoc. Private Officers


Rogersville police were called to what was suppose to be a shoplifting call at a local dollar store.But what they found was an intoxicated male sprawled out and passed out on the floor of the store with items he allegedly intended to steal stuffed down his pants and scattered on the floor around him.

Authorities say that they received a call from the Dollar General store and dispatched Officer Ronald Skelton was dispatched to the Park View Plaza on Park Boulevard Thursday night shortly after 8 p.m. in reference to a man lying unconscious on the floor.Skelton stated in his report that he found the man slumped over between two aisles with merchandise scattered around him.

Police say that they tried to awaken him but that he was severly incompasitated and almost non-responsive.The merchandise that was alledgedly shoplifted was mainly household items, Skelton stated in his report.

Between the items on the floor and those stuffed down his pants, the overall value was approximately $45.Hugh Dustin Wolfe, 29, 730 Stroupe Court, Apt. 212, Church Hill, was arrested and is scheduled for arraignment April 9 in Hawkins County Sessions Court on charges including theft under $500 and possession of Schedule II narcotics

.Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott Alley assisted Skelton at the scene, and the two officers were able to revive Wolfe.A search of Wolfe revealed him to be in possession of several pills in an unmarked pill container and in a cigarette pack, police said. The pills were later determined to be Soma and Xanax.Due to his high level of intoxication, Wolfe was initially taken to Hawkins County Memorial Hospital for observation before being booked into jail.

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SACRAMENTO CA. March 30 2008 -- Steve Reed has seen his share of shoplifters in his job in mall security, but the apparent brazen nature of a Northern California mother’s crime even shocked him.The incident began to unfold Monday at Sacramento’s Arden Fair Mall on Monday."It initially started out with a complaint about a dog in a car with its windows rolled up," Reed said. "It was a large dog and appeared to be over-heating."The dog was released from the car by animal control officials, but the real crime drama then began to unfold. Soon a mother and three children approached the car as mall security officials watched."When we watched the people come out to the car, we noticed that loss prevention was following closely behind," Reed said.The mother, 41-year-old Christine Brown, was walking to the car with her daughters 5, 9 and 10 years old in tow.They had been shopping at a Sears store inside the mall when they got the attention of undercover security guards."She had allegedly taken numerous items and that she had actually placed some of the items on the children," Reed said.When police arrived on the scene, the extent of Brown’s alleged crime became apparent."She took about $375 worth of merchandise," said Sacramento police Sgt. Lai Bui. "She put the clothing on the children hoping they would be able to walk out of the store with the clothing on."Brown remained in custody on Wednesday and her three children in protective custody."It is disappointing to see parents treating their children this way -- putting their children in danger just for an article of clothing." Bui said.Reed called the alleged crime "heartbreaking.""It’s heartbreaking because if is not sending the right message to children," Reed said.Brown -- who has been arrested on theft charged before -- was being held on potential theft and child endangerment charges.

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Security officer captures bank robber

Jackson MS. March 330 2008
By: Bryan Hill /Security News Magazine
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A Jackson teenager is under arrest for bank robbery today after being chased down on foot by a private security officer police said."Witnesses said a (man) entered the BankPlus location on Dalton Street just before 10 a.m.and handed the teller a note demanding a specific amount of money," JPD spokesman Sgt. Jeffery Scott said. "He asked for $5,000."Scott would not say how much money the teller gave him.Police identified the alleged robber as 19-year-old Allen Michael Hill, who was captured by the female security officer after a short chase in the 800 block of Rose Street.Hill faces a charge of bank robbery. Police credit the alert security officer and her willingness to put her own life in jepordy with the fast apprehension and arrest of the bank robber.Police did not say if either the security officer or Hill were armed.Investigators have not determined whether to turn Hill’s case over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Police officer charged with theft

Sarcoxie Mo. March 30 2008
By: Rick McCann
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Police say that they were notified by an area resident that they had accidentially left their cellphone and wallet at a local conveneince store.Investigating officers were able to locate the items and the person responsible for taking them but they are surprised at who the culprit turned out to be.Authorities say that the store clerk working behind the cash register, Charissa Garber was their suspect, but she’s also a law enforcement officer.Garber is employed as a police officer with the Jasper Missouri Police Department and a former jailer with the Jasper County Detention Center.Authorities say she had been working as a clerk at a Sarcoxie convenience store, and say she stole a wallet and cell phone that a customer had left on the counter.Garber is charged with felony theft and has been suspended from the Jasper Police Department.Authorities did not say how long Garber has been employed by Jasper police or what led them to her being a suspect in the theft.

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Security officer arrested in robbery scheme

Albany GA. March 30 2008
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— Police responded to a robbery at a local business and wound up arresting the arresting the security guard who was suppose to be protecting the business.Police say that the northwest Albany shoe store security guard who they believe falsely reported that someone dropped from the ceiling of the store Monday night and bashed him in the head with a shotgun before robbing the store, police said Wednesday.Freddie Green, 26, was arrested just after midnight Tuesday on charges of armed robbery and making false statements and concealing facts in connection with the robbery that took place at the Dawson Road Shoe Station, according to jail records. He was still being held in the jail as of Wednesday evening, a jailer said.Green initially told police officers on Monday night that a man was waiting and dropped from the ceiling in the men’s restroom and bashed him in the head with a shotgun before forcing him to the manager’s office, which was locked from the inside because manager Ta’Tanisha Turner was inside counting money.Turner told police she opened the door after hearing a crash and Green yelling and found another man pointing a shotgun at her. The shotgun-wielding robber then tied the two up in the manager’s office, Turner told police.Police noted during their initial investigation that where Green had crashed through the ceiling tiles from climbing through the ceiling to get out of the manager’s office, but there were no disturbed tiles in the store’s restrooms. Police also noted that there was no visible forced entry from the store’s roof.There may be additional arrests in the case, Albany Police Department spokesperson Phyllis Banks-Whitley said.The robbers made off with cash, according to a police report.Any one with information pertaining to the case can call (229) 436-TIPS.Lee County and Albany police officials say there hasn’t been an unusual trend developing in "internal" thefts or robberies.In late February, a Chili’s employee told police he was robbed and beaten by six men in the parking lot of the store, but later confessed to police he made the story up and that a former Chili’s employee snatched about $60 from him as payment on a football wager."I mean, it happens. Employee theft, false reports are something that do happen from time to time, but this is the first one we’ve had in a while," said Lee County Chief Deputy Dennis Parker. "It’s not a trend or a rash of them, but it is something that happens from time to time."Banks-Whitley said the APD had also not seen a particular increase in internal thefts or robberies.Parker pointed out that employee theft typically makes up about 70 percent of a store’s losses.
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