Crime

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

Submitted by Andrew Douglas on Thursday, September 1st, 10:37 am

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.

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Tip 411 a new way to send it tips to the Collierville Police Department

Submitted by Andrew Douglas on Friday, August 26th, 9:23 am

The Collierville Police Department is excited to announce an upgrade on the communication capabilities to its residents.

CPD has chosen to partner with tip411.

Tip411 gives us upgraded functionality in terms of how we target our community alerts. It also enables us to save time by having information automatically made available on our social media sites, Facebook, Twitter and our department’s website.

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The Mid-South's most common senior scams

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Monday, August 15th, 2011, 3:59pm

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:

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Mystery shopping scam costs Memphis woman $1,000

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011, 1:19pm

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.

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City workers fired for stealing government gas

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, July 29th, 2011, 4:41pm

City workers fired for stealing government gas

Three Collierville city workers were fired after they were allegedly caught stealing gas from a government vehicle.

Investigators say Derrick Stokes, Tim Collins and Carlos Blaylock took the gas from a tanker vehicle used to dispense gas. Collierville officials say they became aware of the thefts when fuel logs showed discrepancies.

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