Crime

Craigslist scammers targeting renters

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, November 1st, 2010, 11:32am

The Olive Branch Police Department is warning people about some scammers who are targeting people on Craigslist.

Here’s the information from the OBPD’s Facebook page:

Beware! Be careful if you go to rent a house! We are hearing that a couple of people in OB have been scammed. Victims answer an ad on Craigs List and meet someone at a vacant home to rent it. The person the victim meets has keys to the house. The victim pays $1700 cash for rent and deposit and moves in, but then finds ...out the next day that the person they met does not own the home. Then the victim has to move out.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Tracy O.

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Police chase ends in crash

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010, 5:38pm

By Jamel Major - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A police chase that started in DeSoto County met a fiery end late Wednesday morning near Riverdale and Shelby Drive in Memphis.

Just after 9:30 a.m., officials said, Southaven police were notified by the Memphis Police Department about a truck stolen from Alabama that had been located by GPS near Goodman Road and Getwell in Southaven.

When police attempted to pull over the truck, its driver sped away, nearly running over an officer.

Officers chased the truck, eventually into Memphis, then back into Olive Branch, before it crashed at Riverdale and Shelby Drive in Memphis.

During the chase, stop sticks were deployed more than once as officers attempted to stop the vehicle. When the truck eventually crashed into a tractor trailer, all four tired had been flattened.

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Men accused of locker room thefts

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010, 5:18pm

Olive Branch police say they’ve got a pair of suspects in a rash of recent locker break-ins at the city’s YMCA.

In a post on the department’s Facebook page, Maj. Tim Presley said two men are being held in the Shelby County Jail for a series of thefts from gyms in Memphis and they’re also believed to be responsible for at least one theft from the Olive Branch YMCA.

Officers say 45-year-old Christopher jones and 22-year-old Aaron Hodges are suspected of sneaking into the men’s YMCA dressing room in May and using a bolt cutter to break into a locker.

Presley says the victim’s “Bulova watch, $400 in cash, and his bank debit card were taken in the theft. Suspects had already charged approximately $800 in merchandise on the victim's card before it could be cancelled.”

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White Pickup wanted for catalytic converter theft

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, August 20th, 2010, 4:09pm

Olive Branch police want you to keep your eyes peeled for a white truck that may be connected to the theft of a catalytic converter on Wednesday.

Police say one guy acts as a lookout while his partner wiggled under a car parked in the Target parking lot. Police say surveillance video caught the white pickup truck leaving the scene. Officers say they think the truck is a GMC Sonoma.

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Olive Branch police bust shoplifters

Submitted by Jason Plank, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010, 10:48am

Olive Branch police were busy busting shoplifters Saturday, a day when some products were available tax-free in the state of Tennessee.

In a report posted to the department's Facebook page, police list three instances of shoplifting, including two at the Wal-Mart on Craft-Goodman Road.

You can read Saturday's police reports here.

With over 7,100 fans, the Olive Branch Police Department boasts one of the most popular police-related pages on Facebook.

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Olive Branch Police Department unveils new high-tech equipment

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Friday, July 23rd, 2010, 5:43pm

OLIVE BRANCH, MS (WMC-TV) - The Olive Branch Police Department is going high-tech to try and catch law breakers in their city.

The department recently purchased a license plate reader, or LPR, that can read license plates while vehicles move in real time.

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Olive Branch man chases down would-be car thief

Submitted by Jason Plank, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, 5:18pm

A would-be car thief in Olive Branch got more than he bargained for when he attempted to steal a Cadillac from a home Tuesday afternoon.

According to police, Olive Branch resident Demario Marr was inside his home on State Line Road Tuesday when he heard a car door shut outside.

Looking out a window, Marr saw a man in the driver's seat of his father's Cadillac, which was sitting in the driveway.

"I said. 'Man, what are you doing?' He jumps out of the car and started running. I had flip-flops on so I couldn't run as fast. By the time he got to the bottom of the driveway, I caught him," Marr said.

Marr, who played football at Ole Miss, bolted out the door - wearing flip flops - and chased down the suspect.

Olive Branch police arrived at the scene a short time later and took the suspect, 18-year-old Cody Cole of Olive Branch, into custody.

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