BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji High School boys basketball team erupted for 39 first-half points and went on to hand Thief River Falls its second loss of the season, a 68-50 decision on Friday night at the BHS Gymnasium.
Bustin and others CBC News has spoken to blame people they allege use drugs and visit the island at night just as the ferry service shuts down until morning, when it's even more difficult for RCMP from the St. George detachment to respond.
A Palmyra woman was sentenced to probation and four months in jail Monday and ordered to pay back the rest of the more than $100,000 she stole from a Belleville senior center she directed for seven years.
According to his own debonair confession to a Paris court for financial crimes, he simply applied a liquid chemical to one of the museum windows that let him easily remove the glass, then broke one padlock to enter undetected during the night as, to his surprise, a faulty security system rendered alarms silent.Commissioned by his 61-year-old accomplice, Jean-Michel Corvez, - an antiquarian who had hired Tomic for previous robberies - his aim was to take Still Life With Candlestick, a 1922 painting by Fernand Léger.
The first time a senior or a care-provider for a senior may become aware that the senior is a victim of identity theft is upon the receipt of phone calls from collection agencies seeking to collect on debts the identity thief has created in the name of the senior. Also, the first warning sign of identity theft may be when the senior initiates new insurance coverage or a change of residence to an assisted living or nursing facility requiring a credit check.
It is an unfortunate reality that seniors, children of seniors and other care providers of seniors must take steps to protect the senior from identity theft. The two best ways to protect seniors are to monitor credit reports by obtaining a free credit report at www.AnnualCreditReport.com at least once a year and to place a credit freeze on credit files if you reside in a state where that is permissible.
It is no secret that thieves target these devices for the valuable precious metals that they contain, principally palladium, rhodium, and platinum. They drive around at night looking for easy targets. Once they spot one, they usually use a battery-powered reciprocating saw to cut out the catalytic converter. Experienced thieves can finish the job in just two to three minutes. They can then sell one anywhere from $150 to $1,500 on the black market.
Arrested were Dan Armstrong 86, the alleged ringleader, Henry Chen 88, Roberto Webb 90, and David Vargas 92. The four met at a senior community which asked us not to publish their location. According to the director, they all played chess and this is how they first met. The gang was originally charged with grand theft but charges have since been dropped.
Armstrong: First of all, with our social security checks, we could barely make it through the month. Add prescription drug costs and forget about going out for dinner. All four of us would always talk about what kind of business we could get into to supplement our incomes. I think it was David who brought up the subject of catalytic converter theft one night.
After more than two years of work on the project, Gracewin Living Cooperatives has made the difficult decision to suspend development of its senior housing cooperative planned for construction along Vanrooy Drive near Highway 32 South in Thief River Falls.
The three, along with some juniors and seniors who stayed behind, waited for the police to arrive. After about 45 minutes of waiting, another student called the police for the third time that night. The police arrived around 11:05 and helped the seniors document and record everything.
Prospective victims are contacted directly by criminals who use lies and deception to persuade victims to part with their money. Sadly, credulous senior citizens who lack technological sophistication are the primary targets of identity theft.
The Senior Programs objectives are to reduce senior victimization, enhance a sense of security, and improve seniors overall quality of life. The senior program goals are to identify senior issues, investigate those issues thoroughly and sensitively, select a course of action, and create a network with social services. In order to accomplish these goals and objectives, the Orange County Sheriff's Office must educate, train and involve senior citizens, law enforcement and the community. For more information on Senior Programs, please contact Community Relations Specialist, Elvie Armand at
(407) 254-7375 or [email protected]
Orange County Sheriff's Office offers presentations on senior abuse. These presentations include what to report and how to report senior abuse. Education is essential when 80% of senior abuse is from a family member. Senior abuse can take several different forms; physical, sexual, psychological, exploitation (material or financial), neglect or self-neglect. Only 1 in 5 senior abuses are reported. Under Florida Statute 415, everyone is a mandatory reporter, whether they see or assume abuse. To report senior abuse, call
1-800-962-2873 (96ABUSE).
The Orange County Sheriff's Office has recognized that the best defense to prevent crime is through education. Senior Crime Prevention offers the following classes; senior safety, senior frauds and scams, senior identity theft, senior overview, and senior medical identity theft. To make this easy for the senior community the Senior Crime Prevention advocate comes to your location to present these valuable free classes around your schedule.
We respect your time. Please let us know your preferred method of communication and we appreciate you returning the favor and allowing us to verify your information. As senior care professionals for more than 15 years, we very much understand you need quality information and we are happy to provide it in high-tech fashion.
Senior Home Care Agencies provide hourly care or live-in care. Hourly careusually requires a minimum of at least 3 to 4 hours of care services pervisit. Live-in care provides for a caregiver around-the-clock who preparesmeals and eats with the senior and sleeps in the home. If a senior is unableto sleep at night and needs a caregiver who is awake around-the-clock,hourly care would be required, with different caregivers working day andnight shifts.
Drugs are everywhere. Opioids are killing people every day in the United States. Some towns and communities have been devastated. No one is immune from the effects of drugs, not even licensed healthcare professionals. Diversion is a terrible problem in senior care facilities and we must remain diligent about diminishing or ending it altogether.
Johnson began her discussion by announcing some important statistics regarding identity theft. According to the Federal Trade Commission, 48% of scams are committed by someone known to the victim. Johnson added that seniors may let their guard down with someone they feel comfortable around.
I spent more than two years of my professional life trailing the investigative team from courtroom to courtroom and to several counties in Pennsylvania following the legal proceedings. I was out at nights when the bodies of the Johnstons' murder victims were unearthed. My most memorable days as a reporter were during the reporting of these murder cases.
A pair of agents from the Lafourche Drug Task Force were patrolling the Waverly Plantation apartment complex on Winder Road Wednesday night, in response to complaints from residents about drug-dealing.
The passenger door of the Camaro, which police later discovered had been stolen from a Franklin car dealership that night, was slightly damaged and not completely closed. Inside the car, the OnStar antenna had been removed and blood was smeared on the interior, leading police to believe Burdis cut his hand while taking out the antenna.
Burdis initially told police the Camaro belonged to a friend, 22-year-old Kelly Gray, 2478 La. 308, Labadieville. But after agents called him, Gray denied owning the car and hung up, Hill-Peters said. Burdis, who was detained for questioning, later admitted stealing the car and named Gray as his accomplice. The car had been stolen after the dealership, Courtesy Chevrolet, 2017 Main St., Franklin, closed for the night. The Camaro was returned to the dealership.
She is among scores of older Americans who have been targeted in a scam that uses DNA tests to defraud Medicare or steal personal information. Fraudsters find their victims across the country through cold calls, door knocking, email, Facebook ads and Craigslist. They also troll low-income housing complexes, senior centers, health fairs and antique shops. Sometimes they offer ice cream, pizza or $100 gift cards. Some callers claim to work for Medicare, according to a fraud alert issued Friday by the Federal Trade Commission.
The inspector general issued a fraud alert in June, urging seniors to refuse unsolicited requests for their Medicare numbers and take DNA tests only with the approval of a doctor they know and trust. By Medicare rules, DNA tests must be medically necessary and approved by a physician who is treating the patient.
Some solicitors try to scare seniors into cooperating, said Shimon Richmond, an assistant inspector general for investigations. They warn seniors that they could be vulnerable to heart attacks, stroke, cancer or even suicide if they do not take the DNA tests.
In New Jersey, three people were sent to federal prison in May for a scheme that used a purported nonprofit called Good Samaritans of America to persuade hundreds of seniors to take DNA tests. The co-conspirators raked in $100,000 in commissions from labs that ran the tests, according to the government.
In Paducah, Ky., Donald McNeill, a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, was persuaded at an event at his senior center in December to submit a cheek swab for a DNA cancer screening. The company never sent results, he said. But it billed $32,212.86 to his Medicare supplement insurance plan. He's worried his personal information will be misused.
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