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Politics, Truckload of merchandise, and Organized Retail Crime come
together in Melbourne, FL A Brevard County Commission candidate and her husband
said a criminal investigation against them is politically motivated. We first
told you Thursday that the Brevard County Sheriff's office searched the Ice
Cream Depot in West Melbourne, co-owned by county commission hopeful Lisa
McDermott. We were there when BCSO investigators handed over a search warrant.
James McDermott and his wife Lisa have run the Ice Cream Depot for years. It’s a
place McDermott has used as home base for his eBay selling business. The pair
are under investigation for alleged money laundering and dealing in stolen
merchandise. Investigators said James McDermott was the ring leader. McDermott
said a well-dressed man came in the business last year and asked if he bought
merchandise. Soon after, he bought a truckload of products from the man, enough
to fill two rooms inside the business -- a one-time deal. "He brought it in
garbage bags. I didn't know any of this was stolen," said McDermott. Later
McDermott said the man stole things from his store, so McDermott kicked him out
and told him to never come back. And that man, who he said is now in jail, has a
vendetta against him. (Source
mynews13.com)
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warrants issued against men accused of ripping off Lowe’s in North Carolina
Henderson County Sheriff's Office investigators said the men stole merchandise
or charged it on unauthorized credit cards from the store. After the thefts or
unauthorized purchases, the suspects would return the merchandise for a refund
and obtain a Lowes gift or merchandise card, investigators said.
(Source
wyff4.com)
Three accused of Organized Retail Theft from Bartonsville Giant Foods; 8 times,
over $15,000 Three New York men face charges of running an organized
retail theft ring that hit several municipalities in eastern Pennsylvania,
including the Giant Food Store in Bartonsville on eight different occasions,
according to PA state police at Swiftwater. Dwayne M. Evans, 28, of Briarwood,
New York, Michael Clarence Morrison, 26, of the Bronx, and Majida Abdullah
Muhammad-Earnell, 38, of Jamaica, New York, are accused of stealing health and
beauty items from the Giant from Jan. 4 through April 22 of this year. The eight
thefts at the Giant totaled about $5,130. According to police, the three men
would enter the stores, stealing the products by placing them down their pants.
The total amount of loss from all the thefts was more than $15,000.
(Source
poconorecord.com)
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Spring Twp, PA Police seek two in Best Buy retail theft Silver Spring
Township Police are looking for two people whom they say stole hundreds of
dollars worth of merchandise from an electronics store on Friday. Police said a
male and female entered the Best Buy at 6416 Carlisle Pike, removed numerous
items from their packaging, and snuck out of the store without paying for the
concealed merchandise. (Source
pennlive.com)
Hood Dynasty's Champ Tha Don Dada surrenders in credit card fraud
scheme
Durham police investigate shooting at strip mall
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