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50-year-old Woman Chases, Corners, Lectures Robber

By Dawn in Chicago, Crime, MSI Detective Services, robbery at January 31st, 2012 | No comments

 

 

 

 

Occasionally a robber chooses the wrong victim and ends up becoming the target. This was the case with a robbery in downtown Chicago.

A 50-year-old woman gave a robber a religious lecture last Friday after chasing him for almost a mile and cornering him in an alley, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight when the woman was riding a Chicago Transit Authority bus in the Loop. Jenar Sanders, 18, grabbed her wallet from her purse, jumped off the bus at Huron and State streets and made a run for it.

The woman began chasing Sanders and alerting others as she ran down the street. A hotel staff member at the Omni Hotel and the CTA bus driver notified police, officers said.

The chase ended with Sanders cornered in an alley off Superior Street between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street. He was surrounded by the victim and others who had joined the chase.

“She kept telling him God didn’t want him to steal her wallet,” a police source told the Tribune. Read the full article »

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Would-Be Robber Uses Threat of Infection as His Weapon

By Dawn in Crime, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, robbery, Terrorism, Theft Investigations at January 20th, 2012 | No comments

 

Staph Infection Bug

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, someone surprises you. This incident sounds like an episode that could be written for one of my favorite dark comedy TV programs.

“Give me the money or I’ll touch you” was essentially the threat.

Police say Fred Parker, 41, tried to rob a western Pennsylvania gambling parlor by threatening to spread a staph infection. Police said he walked into Lucky’s Internet Cafe in Sharon, PA on Monday night and began touching the walls and gambling machines, claiming he has MRSA – a serious staph infection that resists antibiotics.

Parker then made his way to the cashier and told him he had a deadly and highly contagious disease and offered to walk away if the cashier gave him money. Sharon police Chief Mike Menster says Parker threatened to infect the cashier if he didn’t give Parker money. The chief tells The Herald newspaper of Sharon, “It’s our first case of robbery by threat of an infectious disease.”

Parker also gave the cashier a note identifying himself as an “officer with the U.S. gambling commission,” Menster said.

The cashier apparently didn’t find Parker’s threat of infection to be scary enough and refused to give the would-be robber the money. Parker turned around and left. I wonder what would have happened if Parker had made a move to touch the cashier. You can just see it now – the cashier running around the cafe being chased by a man threatening to touch him.  

A description was given to the police and Parker was arrested a short time later. Ironically, he was captured in a Rite Aid store. Maybe he was getting medicine for those nasty symptoms.

He remains in jail after being unable to post bond.

The police weren’t messing around. They not only charged Parker with robbery, but they also charged him with making terrorist threats.

Sources: Security Today, Huffington Post, Effingham Daily News

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7 Teens Charged in Beating Posted on YouTube

By Dawn in Chicago, Crime, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, robbery, Stolen Property, Violence at January 19th, 2012 | No comments

Seven teenagers were charged yesterday morning for an attack and robbery of another teenager on Chicago’s south side. The attack was caught on video and went viral on YouTube. 

The attack took place around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday in an alley behind an elementary school. Six boys and a 15-year-old girl are accused of participating in the beating and robbery of a 17-year-old male.

Only one of the attacker’s names is being released because he is the only one in the group who can be charged as an adult. He is 17 year-old Raymond Palomino, a student at Kelly High School. He is being charged with robbery and aggravated battery.

The other six attackers – two 16-year-old boys, three 15-year-old boys and the 15-year-old girl — were charged as juveniles, also with one count of robbery and one count of aggravated battery. Their names were not released due to their ages.

The video posted online shows five males kicking and punching the victim while taunting him with racial slurs. The victim was eventually able to run away. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released.

Items stolen from the victim were a pair of gym shoes, a wallet and cash.

Although the victim is of Asian descent according to The Associated Press, police say the crime does not appear to have been racially motivated. Read the full article »

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Stolen Taxicabs and Robbery Suspect Located With GPS Tracking Device

By Dawn in Crime, gps, gps tracker, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, robbery, Stolen Property, Technology, Theft Investigations at January 5th, 2012 | No comments

 

 

 

 

 

Two stolen taxicabs were located and one robbery suspect was captured because GPS tracking devices were installed on the taxicabs.

Stolen Taxicab Tracked in Denver

In the first incident, a man was arrested in Denver, CO this past Wednesday after law enforcement officials said he stole a taxi, robbed a convenience store and then led police officers on a chase that ended when he crashed the cab into a tree in a park.

The suspect stole an orange Union Taxi mini-van and then drove it to the Diamond Shamrock convenience store at around 1 a.m., according to a local police report.

The man robbed the convenience store and then took off in the stolen cab. The taxi was equipped with a GPS tracking device, allowing police to track the precise location of the vehicle. The suspect led officers on a chase. The chase ended with the cab going off the street and onto a sidewalk, where he then smashed into a tree near downtown Denver.

The police took the man into custody and the suspect was taken to a hospital to have his injuries checked out.

Stolen Taxicab Found in San Antonio

In a similar incident, a cab driver had his taxi stolen from him at gunpoint in San Antonio, TX.

Cesar Alvarez told police he picked up a fare at a motel around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. After driving the man to his destination, he found himself staring into the barrel of a gun. Read the full article »

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