In the afternoon on December 23, on-duty patrol officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tried to pull over a man driving a truck.
The driver allegedly sped up instead of stopping, and the police called for backup while they tried to chase after him.
A Delaware man was arrested after he allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo and then put the money into the ATM directly outside the bank.
In the morning on December 11, a teller at a Wells Fargo in Wilmington reportedly had an encounter with a man assumed to be robbing money from the bank.
The woman reported that she was slipped a piece of paper from the suspect informing her that he was robbing the bank and wanted $150.
A man was arrested when the authorities learned he was allegedly using a stolen ID to try to buy an $84,000 truck at a local dealership.
25-year-old Javan Davenport resides in Columbus, Georgia.
It was reported that on December 2, Davenport was approximately 280 miles from his listed home address, and he was visiting a car dealership.
A man who allegedly openly posted online about selling counterfeit vaccination cards with the intention of becoming wealthy is facing charges after the authorities found out about the scheme.
23-year-old Amar Salim Shabazz lives in Owings Mills, Maryland. He was released from incarceration in the Spring after serving a sentence for possessing child pornography.
According to the authorities, Shabazz started to offer fake vaccination cards using his social media accounts to advertise. He also allegedly openly shared that he planned to become rich from the sales.
Over the course of 120 visits to the store, a woman allegedly stole $40,000 worth of items from a San Francisco Target.
Between October 2020 and November 2021, the San Francisco Target store located in the Stonestown Galleria reportedly had approximately $40,000 worth of products taken from their store.
The authorities opened an investigation, and they said they believed someone was utilizing the self-checkout stations to help them commit thievery.
According to reports, around 8:30 am on November 16, a man walked into the Airport Market in Stanton, Kentucky.
The owner of the store reported that the person came into his store and pulled out a gun. The man allegedly asked for cigarettes before ordering the owner to call the authorities. One gunshot was allegedly fired at the ceiling.
Two men were reportedly found smoking methamphetamine in a stolen car that allegedly had been spray painted to change its color.
Erin Zerfass, 28, and Stacy Wray, 20, are from Lincoln, Nebraska.
On the evening of November 12, Zerfass and Wray were hanging out on the premises at the Lincoln Airport location of the Sunset Inn and Suites.
A Michigan man was turned in by his mother after he allegedly spent a day visiting local restaurants and taking off with their tip jars.
According to reports, early in the afternoon on October 30, Aaron’s Rent-to-Own store in Pontiac, Michigan was visited by someone in a ski mask. The person reportedly grabbed a 50-inch Samsung television and tried to flee out the door, but they were stopped by one of the workers.
The authorities were notified about the alleged attempted theft, and the license plate of the gold Ford Focus the suspect reportedly left in was given as an identifier.
A woman in Connecticut allegedly defrauded her husband out of more than half a million dollars by reportedly convincing him he had Alzheimer’s so he wouldn’t try to work with the finances.
63-year-old Donna Marino has been married to her husband since 2009.
In March 2020, Marino’s husband got in touch with the East Haven police to report that he believed his wife used $600,000 beginning in 1999.
Three men are facing charges after allegedly taking money from elderly people in Rhode Island in what is referred to as a “Grandparent Scam.”
21-year-old Bryan Valdez-Espinosa and 22-year-old Diego A. Alarcon reside in Union City, N.J. They were reportedly working together with Jason Hatcher, 39, from New York City in a scheme to defraud several people who have grandchildren.
It was reported that between June 9 and June 11, the trio reached out to at least 11 people in different areas of Rhode Island. The men allegedly asked them to provide money to help their grandchildren with legal troubles.
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