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2012 Archives
Man and woman ring leaders of theft ring in Coachella
Valley, CA ordered to stand trial. Tracy
Lynn Cross of Rancho Mirage and Joe Anthony Loera of
Cathedral City, both 39, are charged with 29 felonies,
including burglary, forgery, manufacturing and selling
government identification documents, and personating to
obtain credit. Cross and Loera allegedly stole mail from
hundreds of people across the state and used the
information to create fake checks, credit cards and
identification. Investigators told The Desert Sun in
January that more than 200 alleged victims from as far
as Sacramento were identified, and the fraud stretched
back to 2008. Sheriff's Deputy Sean Patrick testified at
today's hearing that investigators traced transactions
at retail stores around the Coachella Valley through
receipts they found at Cross' residence when serving a
search warrant. Cross and Loera used fictitious checks
to buy merchandise, or cashed them at stores including
Walmart, Rite Aid and Tuesday Morning. In at least one
instance, Cross used a fictitious check to buy items,
and Loera returned them at a different store.
(Source
mydesert.com)
Murrieta, CA ORC ring of three busted with thousands
of dollars worth of stolen merchandise and about 100
gift card receipts from Kohl's, Marshall's, Sports
Chalet, Ross stores, Staples, Walmart, Target, Lowe's
and The Home Depot. "In their car was
several thousand dollars of shoplifted merchandise from
their spree all taken from local stores over the last
two days," Froboese said. One suspect was allegedly found with
a book in which she handwrote details of what was stolen
on which days, Froboese said. Murrieta police have
contacted Loss Prevention from each of the stores, and
expect them to come to the Police Department in the next
several days to review receipts, recover their property
and try to match video from the day of the theft/return
receipt, Froboese said. (Source
patch.com)
Kittery Premium Outlet ORC trio busted with $8,500 in
merchandise and booster bags in Kittery, Maine.
The total of all recovered merchandise was
at least $8,500 with some merchandise unable to be
valued due to missing price tags. Also located during
the inventory search was a variety of empty shopping
bags of various stores typically used as "boost bags."
All three women were charged with Class C receiving
stolen property; a felony, due to the value of the
stolen merchandise. (Source
fosters.com) |
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