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Houston student accused of Briarcrest theft

Houston student accused of Briarcrest theft

A Houston High School student and two accomplices have been charged for raiding a rival school’s locker room and stealing nearly $2,000 worth of cell phones and cash.

Officials at Briarcrest High School said that three young men were caught on surveillance cameras running into the boy’s locker room and then leaving the campus. When the locker room was searched, school officials reported that six cell phones, wallets, cash and a debit card were missing.

A rummage sale Saturday in Collierville to benefit 2 Memphis Police Officers

A rummage sale Saturday in Collierville to benefit 2 Memphis Police Officers

 

Memphis Pink is sponsoring a rummage sale this Saturday in Collierville to benefit two Memphis Police Officers.  Officer Anthony Rahming died earlier this month from a heart attack after working a fatal crash scene in the sweltering heat.  Officer Jared Lucius has been diagnosed with a rare brain disease and has recently undergone corrective surgery.  All proceeds will be split evenly between the families of Officer Rahming and Officer Lucius.

 

The rummage sale will take place on Saturday, September 3 from 8am-2pm at the Landmark Community Bank in Collierville, TN.  In addition to the rummage sale, we will also have face painting, refreshments, and paracord bracelets.

 

 

 

The Mid-South's most common senior scams

The Mid-South's most common senior scams

Identity theft is still considered the most prevalent white-collar crime in America. It also reigns as the leading scam in the Mid-South.

As baby-boomers get older, identity theft will only flex its muscles even more on the elderly. It leads my list of the most common scams targeting seniors in the Mid-South:

* ID THEFT.  These are the methods thieves are most commonly using to either steal seniors' financial identities or get into their accounts:

Mystery shopping scam costs Memphis woman $1,000

Who wouldn't want to get paid to go shopping or have a nice meal at a restaurant? You’ve seen the ads for "mystery shoppers" and "secret shoppers" that promise easy money, free meals and merchandise. One Memphis woman has learned the hard way that some offers that sound too good to be true often are just that.

Shefora Ollis-White was looking for mystery shopping opportunities online. It sounded like something she would enjoy – getting paid to shop and dine out and evaluate the service you received. So when she got a letter in the mail from EGroup Surveys in Pleasanton, CA, she thought she had found the perfect opportunity.

The letter said that she was being offered “an opportunity to participate in a survey by being a service evaluator.” In short, she would get paid to dine and shop. Along with the letter was a check for $1,300. The instructions in the letter told her to call to validate the funds before depositing them in her bank account.

Heavily armed man arrested for burglaries

Heavily armed man arrested for burglaries

A Memphis man carrying four guns and wanted for a string of burglaries was arrested after a brief manhunt Tuesday.

It all began after a homeowner reported that a man had smashed a glass door with a brick and tried to enter the residence in the 1900 block of Riverdale. While responding to the scene, officers say they spotted a Toyota Camry leaving the area. Investigators were able to trace the car’s license plate to a home in the 4100 block of Navajo where they spotted the car again.

Memphis Burglary Arrests Drop in One Week

Memphis Burglary Arrests Drop in One Week

Memphis police have some good news to report when it comes to burglaries.

In just one week, burglaries of homes in the Raleigh Station precinct DROPPED 45% this week (July 11th) compared to last week (July 4th).

In that same week, business burglaries dropped 75%.

Officers also made nine arrests to solve eleven cases.

Tax scammers targeting church congregations

Tax scammers targeting church congregations

The IRS says scammers are targeting church congregations in the south. They’re promising big tax returns, but the con artists are the ones making off with all the money.

The crooks promise that if you pay them, they can get you a big check from the IRS. They say you'll get that money without providing any documents and it doesn't matter how little money you make.

But of course it doesn't work out as advertised.