{"id":106757,"date":"2020-10-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106757"},"modified":"2020-10-30T21:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T01:19:41","slug":"stupid-criminals-of-the-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106757","title":{"rendered":"Stupid criminals of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n<h3>New York county legislator allegedly tried to trade pills for sex, report says<\/h3>\n<p>KoB sends in this feller;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Long Island pol, who is also a renowned physician, was arrested Tuesday in a sting operation after allegedly trying to swap pills for sexual favors, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. William Spencer, a legislator for Suffolk County\u2019s 18th District, was nabbed in a parking lot behind a Goodwill store where he believed he was meeting a woman, sources told NBC New York.<\/p>\n<p>But he was set up by a task force led by the Suffolk County district attorney\u2019s office, along with Suffolk and Nassau County police, the sheriff\u2019s office and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a legislator and a well-regarded doctor, Spencer is also an ordained minister. He now faces drug-related charges, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer couldn\u2019t be reached for comment by The Post on Tuesday night. The DA\u2019s office didn\u2019t return calls or emails on Tuesday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-york-county-legislator-allegedly-tried-to-trade-pills-for-sex-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Woman accused of impersonating prosecutor, dropping criminal charges against herself<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give this woman points for balls and style.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Littleton [New Hampshire] woman allegedly impersonated a Hillsborough County prosecutor when she filed bogus documents with court officials declaring that the drug possession and stalking case against her had been dropped, according to recently released indictments.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Landon, 33, of Railroad Street, Littleton, faces one charge of false personation and six charges of falsifying physical evidence, according to Hillsborough County grand jury indictments handed up earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The indictments allege that Landon submitted the fake documents in three different court cases last November and December. In several instances, she used the New Hampshire court system\u2019s electronic system to file documents.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Hillsborough County prosecutors became suspicious when they heard from a state forensic examiner, who had been scheduled to perform a competency evaluation on Landon.<\/p>\n<p>The examiner saw a notice in Landon\u2019s court file that prosecutors had dropped charges; the examiner wanted to know if the examination should go forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe file purported to contain a nolle prosequi (drop the charges) filed by Assistant County Attorney Patrice Casian, but it quickly became evident to the State that the document, as well as other documents in the file, had been filed fraudulently,\u201d wrote Superior Court Judge David Anderson in a ruling regarding the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indictments allege Landon also filed an order falsifying a decision of retired Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson to waive filing fees in a lawsuit she brought against Hillsborough County. And she allegedly filed an order on behalf of a relative to halt guardianship proceedings involving Landon\u2019s child.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Landon\u2019s history includes criminal charges in Manchester related to stalking and possession of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>The grand jury also returned indictments of burglary and theft against Landon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/news\/courts\/woman-accused-of-impersonating-prosecutor-dropping-criminal-charges-against-herself\/article_1fdb1551-147d-53dd-ad45-6680bfc556fa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Union Leader<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Search of home leads to stolen guns, 15 pounds of pot, felon\u2019s arrest<\/h3>\n<p>KoB helped me out with this one;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police went to a northwest Atlanta home searching for a wanted suspect. Instead, they found more than a dozen pounds of marijuana, thousands of dollars in cash and stolen guns.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested 24-year-old Tyrone Scott, a felon, on a slew of drug trafficking charges in connection with the search.<\/p>\n<p>Officers made the discovery while looking for a suspect Wednesday at a home in the 500 block of Cedar Avenue, the police department said in a statement. No details were released about the initial investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect police were looking for wasn\u2019t at the home, officials said. However, investigators at the scene saw a \u201clarge amount of marijuana\u201d inside the house, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>While executing a search warrant on the home, police found 15 pounds of marijuana and 19 pounds of THC-infused edibles, officials said. Officers also found 91 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of MDMA, 11 Dankwoods pre-rolled marijuana blunts and $6,763 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>The search also yielded seven guns, three of which had been reported stolen, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who was inside the home, was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana, trafficking cocaine, possession of MDMA with the intent to distribute, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail, where he remains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/search-of-home-leads-to-stolen-guns-15-pounds-of-pot-felons-arrest\/MHKVTFPU3VFDXB4K4VOO7DHNCM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Authorities search for other victims of accused mortuary thief<\/h3>\n<p>Another from the KoB;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Authorities put out a call Tuesday for any additional alleged victims of a mortuary services worker accused of looting a recently deceased Spring Valley man\u2019s home, carrying away valuables with a gurney and a body bag.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Willie Gates, 49, allegedly ransacked the 60-year-old man\u2019s house late on the night of Aug. 31, about 11 hours after deputies conducting a welfare check found the resident dead of natural causes, according to sheriff\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 2, one of the victim\u2019s relatives reported discovering items, including a firearm and safe, missing from the residence, Sgt. Karen Bloch said. Two days later, the family reported that reviews of surveillance camera footage had revealed that the home of the victim, whose name has not been released, had been burglarized.<\/p>\n<p>The video clips showed a man \u2014 later identified by investigators as Gates, owner of independently operated Mortuary Transportation Services \u2014 arriving at the man\u2019s house in a white utility van, the sergeant said.<\/p>\n<p>Gates allegedly entered the home and exited shortly thereafter with two bags filled with stolen property, then returned with a gurney and an empty body bag that he used to haul away more property.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 9, detectives from the Rancho San Diego Sheriff\u2019s Station served a search warrant at Gates\u2019 El Cajon-area home, where the deceased man\u2019s safe and gun allegedly were recovered, along with 16 additional firearms, many believed to be war relics dating back to the early 1900s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo additional safes, multiple personal identifying documents, jewelry, watches, war medals, comic books and several thousand dollars in collectable coins were also recovered from Gates\u2019 residence,\u201d the sergeant alleged. \u201cA gurney and body bags matching (those seen in) the surveillance video (from) the victim\u2019s residence were recovered from Gates\u2019 white utility van.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates was jailed on suspicion of residential burglary and being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Since Gates\u2019 arrest, detectives have identified five additional victims of similar crimes allegedly committed by the suspect, Bloch alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case is asked to call San Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477 or contact the agency online at sdcrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/news\/local-news\/deputies-funeral-service-worker-hauls-off-dead-mans-valuables-in-body-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 5 San Diego<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Man breaks into sheriff\u2019s deputy\u2019s home, gets \u2018greeted\u2019 by two K9s<\/h3>\n<p>This might be the stupidest criminal of the year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A man from Point Pleasant [West Virginia] is facing burglary charges following an alleged break-in of a Mascon County Sheriff\u2019s deputy\u2019s home \u2013 but those burglary charges are not all this suspect walked away with.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect happened to have broken into the home that held an active police K9 and a retired one, and was bitten by the two German Shepherds.<\/p>\n<p>Mason County Deputy Jeremy Ferrell was inside of his home on October 22nd when he found an uninvited individual inside of his basement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came downstairs, looked to the left [and] saw some person I never seen before in my life, in my basement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Point Pleasant Police, the man who\u2019d broken into the deputy\u2019s home was James Will III, and while Deputy Ferrell had \u201cnever seen\u201d the suspect before \u2013 local police say they\u2019re quite familiar with Will.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Ferrell and the suspect were said to have gotten into a physical altercation inside of the deputy\u2019s home, which then Deputy Ferrell\u2019s current MCSO K9 and another retired one joined in on the fracas and bit the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to have completely baffled Deputy Ferrell as to why someone would break into a home that so clearly displayed that there were both large dogs inside the home and that a law enforcement professional resided there:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[There\u2019s] a \u2018no trespassing\u2019 sign directly on the gate that he had to open and there\u2019s also a \u2018dog on premise\u2019 sign on the same gate right beside of the \u2018no trespassing\u2019 sign\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy cruiser is out beside the house, I have dog signs everywhere, I have two German shepherd statues in front of the house, so it\u2019s obvious there\u2019s big dogs that live here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from wondering why someone would strike up the nerve to break into a sheriff\u2019s deputy\u2019s home that was obviously guarded by dogs, having worked in law enforcement for so long Deputy Ferrell had never considered that one day he\u2019d be the victim of a crime:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for 15 years and for somebody to actually be in my residence that\u2019s my property, that\u2019s a different ball game. I\u2019m out here to help other people and for me to actually become a victim, that\u2019s highly unlikely but obviously it does happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Will is currently facing burglary charges for the alleged incident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawenforcementtoday.com\/man-breaks-into-sheriffs-deputys-home-gets-greeted-by-two-k9s\/?fbclid=IwAR14oKizQLa0MCKqxsX1EDhFcHDjxHARfQt_E4tyuTj7V4xgbAREitZW05w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Law Enforcement Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween! 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