Fraud Gang of Eight Busted in Middle, TN
This past Monday evening (July 25, 2016) the La Vergne Police Department was contacted by the Murfreesboro Police Department to assist with a complex credit card fraud case that began in Murfreesboro. The case was evidently tied to the Quality Inn located at 110 Enterprise Blvd. in La Vergne.

When La Vergne Detectives responded to Quality Inn they conducted 3 search warrants on 3 hotel rooms. During the operation it was determined that the 8 suspects were involved in a large scale scheme to steal victims credit card numbers and re-encode those numbers onto other debit/credit cards or gift cards to purchase expensive items to fund their criminal operation.

La Vergne Police seized a large amount of cash, a large amount of brand new cell phones, laptops, tablets, and a printer during the investigation.

8 suspects were arrested and charged with Criminal Simulation and Identity Theft. The Investigation is ongoing and more charges may follow.

Names of those arrested: 1.Alexis Salguerio Rodriguez, 24. 2.Emilio Rafael Gomez, 29. 3.Yuseff Antonio Elias, 30. 4.Daniel Mason Martinez, 36. 5.Alain Rodriuez Rivero, 35. 6.Luis E. Pedroso Vasquez, 29. 7.Yoany Abella Diaz, 32. 8.Aime Guevara, 22. wgnsradio.com

San Antonio, TX: Produce Thieves Busted For Stealing Nearly $200,000 Worth of Produce from H-E-B
When you hear "theft ring" your first thought probably doesn't involve a prolonged supermarket heist and almost $200K of lifted produce, yet here we are after authorities broke a recent distribution center crime ring. According to mySA.com, the illicit produce operation took place in an H-E-B distribution center located in San Antonio, TX. Following a tip-off by the retailer's corporate security detail, San Antonio police arrested three suspects for the expensive heist.Police estimate that the suspects, who were employed as a drivers, receivers, and truck loaders in the warehouse, stole approximately $190,000 worth of produce freight before being apprehended. andnowuknow.com

Six wanted for major credit card fraud ring in Queens
Six individuals are wanted in connection with a citywide grand larceny pattern, stealing more than $30,000 from unsuspecting victims over the last month, police said. According to officers, between May 25 and July 18, 58 victims were informed by their respective bank representatives that their credit card numbers were compromised. The illegal purchases were made throughout the 100th, 101st, 104th and 105th precincts, police said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. timesnewsweekly.com

Albuquerque, NM: APD nabs Target thief in undercover operation
A woman caught on video ripping off a Target was in for a big surprise when she went to sell the stolen goods. Sgt. William Dorian with Albuquerque Police Department's Organized Crime Unit says officers have been investigating 29-year-old Deserae Molina and a few other people for the last two months now.

An organized crime ring that's been going into a lot of our local retailers and stealing high end products and then fencing them," Dorian said. But the jig was up for Molina two weeks ago when she was busted at the Target on Coors. Molina was caught red-handed stealing several high priced items, which she promised to sell to an undercover detective at half price.

The complaint also says Molina stole from Walgreens and showed the undercover detective what she made off with. Later that day is when the Target heist occurred. krqe.com

Los Angeles, CA: Suspects steal $8K worth of cellphones from South LA store
Two armed suspects were caught on camera stealing thousands of dollars worth of cellphones from a South Los Angeles cellphone store. Owner Armando Matias said he, two other employees and a customer were in the store at the time. In surveillance video, a suspect cleans out a cellphone case, stealing $8,000 worth of phones as the gunman orders employees to empty the register. Matias said several stores in the area have been targeted by thieves, but many of the victims have been too afraid to report the crimes. The Los Angeles Police Department is now investigating if the two suspects at the cellphone store may be to blame for the other robberies. abc7.com