Comments on: Purses Snatched From Elderly Escambia Women; One Suspect Named

By: neighbor

neighbor — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:23:05 +0000

I’d like to slap that smile off of his sweet little face and turn his backside into a paddle ground. That’s what he needs !
I find it interesting that he would be in the frame of mind to smile during a trip to jail, he should be crying, unless he has accomplished something he’s proud of. Maybe a gang related something.

By: Knowledge Is Power

Knowledge Is Power — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:36:22 +0000

I work in fraud investigations and know of several elderly females that have been victimized over the last month. Please advise every older person in your family to be on the lookout for thieves! There are several scams going around this month – one is that thieves will follow an elderly lady home from a store and then rob her when she exits her vehicle / another is a pair working together where one will ask an elderly lady for advise on an item such as a gift for a wife & while she is distracted, another person will steal her purse from the shopping cart / another scam is that an elderly person will get a phone call from a distraught grandchild requesting money to be wired immediately because they are in some sort of trouble & can’t ask their parents for the money so the grandparent wires the funds only to find out later that they were scammed. Thieves use social websites to find out everything they need to know before making the call to grandma!!! It’s sad to think that this is what our world has come to!

By: idunno

idunno — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:28:43 +0000

Hope this dear lady is ok. I wish she’d shot him. World is better off without this useless piece of crap!

By: Amy M

Amy M — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:44:37 +0000

Is this the picture of the guy with the hat on?

By: Theft Vic

Theft Vic — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:32:12 +0000

My wallet was stollen years ago while I was in training at the Law Enforcement Academy. The thieves maxed my Sears card out buying stereo equipment and made purchases on a Visa card. During the investigation, I saw the signature on the receipt from Sears. It looked like a 5 year old signed it. I have a very distinct AND legible signature. The clerk never even looked at the back of the card. Both companies credited the fraudulent charges.

It’s ashame cashiers and clerks will not ask for IDs when accepting plastic. There are a few stores I frequent that always ask for ID. I tend to patronize them more than others. Since my plastic accounts are all now flagged, any unusual purchases (type and amount) have to be approved by me with a code. It’s a hassle sometimes, but at least I know it works.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:48:09 +0000

The thief looks so happy in the photo. To bad the daughter didn’t get there as it happen and run over this bad boy. But on the other hand his family would have sued and the daughter would have had to pay for him. Sort of like the young fellow in Brownsville who was run over by a LEO while trying to flee. To hear some member of the community tell it he lived at the foot of the cross. The reason for his being in a construction area late at night was to be sure there had been no dangerous tools or equipment been left out. Let a thief get hurt and the ambulance chasers come out of the wood work. They never say no on a case where there is a fee for them. They know that insurance companies cut their cost and pay a settlement—it’s cheaper for them than taking a chance with some of the juries. Don’t we have a wonderful legal system?

By: sniper

sniper — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:25:09 +0000

The other part of this scam is leaving the tags on their hats after they puchase and wear them. Be aware of people wearing their hats like this. It is classic criminal behavior.

By: mercyme

mercyme — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:26:45 +0000

I laughed when I read that Char prefers dogs to people most of the time. How true! Critters are usually honest in their dealings. ~~BEWARE of the slick trick of a sales person handing your credit or debit card back underneath the sales receipt. I received mine and stuck it in my pocket without looking at it. When I took it out later, I had someone else’s card. When I returned it to the store and tried to get mine, neither my card nor the sales person were to be found. I immediately cancelled my card and found out later 4 attempts were made to make purchases with my card. LOOK at what you are handed back from a cashier!!!

By: pm

pm — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:54:31 +0000

@ Char –Amen

By: Darlene Lodge

Darlene Lodge — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:57:03 +0000

I agree that these thugs belong in jail, but with the state of our jails and Judicial system, they will probably just get a slap on the wrist and be back on the streets within an hour or two of their arrest…that is if they are ever caughit.