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Razor Blades in Doughnuts: Utah Couple Try to Pull Off Product Liability Scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:05:00 GMT

Source: jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com --- Friday, May 24, 2013
Michael Condor and his girlfriend Carol Leazer-Hardman worked at a Dollar Tree store in a shopping plaza in Draper, Utah, a town of 40,000 midway between Salt Lake City and Provo. On March 6, 3013, Condor called the Draper Police Department to report that he and his 39-year-old girlfriend had discovered fingernail-sized pieces of razor blade in doughnuts they had eaten. One of their fellow Dollar Tree employees, while chewing on one of the doughnuts the couple had brought to the store, cut her mouth on a razor blade shard. Because the fellow-worker didn't swallow the blade fragment, she escaped serious injury. Hospital X-rays revealed that Leazer-Hardman and her 35-year-old boyfriend had each swallowed a piece of razor blade. (I can't find any information regarding their medical status, or if the razor blade pieces they had swallowed have been surgically removed.) Condor and Leazer-Hardman informed the police they had purchased the deadly doughnuts at Smith's Food & Drug Store located in the same shopping plaza as the Dollar Tree store. Once notified of the razor blade scraps, Smith's Food & Drug pulled the tamper-proof-packaged doughnuts off their shelves. Detectives faced the challenge of determining how the razor blade fragments found their way into the doughnuts. These foreign objects had either gotten into the product at the out-of-town bakery prior to packaging, or had been inserted afterward by someone a ...

Footy lovers hit in Wembley playoff card snatch scam (The Register)

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:47:42 GMT

Source: isc.sans.edu --- Friday, May 24, 2013
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China’s state-run rags brand Mars One mission a scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:27:07 GMT

Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Beijing doesn't like the idea of its citizens visiting RED planet Chinese state-run media has branded the Mars One mission designed to land successful applicants on the Red Planet in 2023 a “hoax” and probable “scam”, in what appears to be a co-ordinated attempt to undermine the non-profit behind the project.… ...

Woman sentenced for immigration scam in Tongan community

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:00 GMT

Source: www.scoop.co.nz --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
A woman, who took advantage of vulnerable people in an immigration scam, has been sentenced to community detention, community work and ordered to repay her victims. ...

CBI files charge sheet in Paazee scam case

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:08:35 GMT

Source: www.thehindu.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, filed its first charge sheet in the multi-crore Paazee forex scam case. It charged three police o... ...

Salvation Army Warns of Scam Involving Tornado Disaster Relief Efforts

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:37:00 GMT

Source: www.wics.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Salvation Army's National Advisory Board is warning people about a scam involving a fundraising effort for victims of a deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. One of the Salvation Army's National Advisory Board members received a robo-call from an organization that was mounting an emergency appeal for funds for tornado disaster relief in Oklahoma. ... ...

Oklahoma victim fund scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:50 GMT

Source: illinoishomepage.net --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
ILLINOIS -- People have been trying to help people in Oklahoma as much as they can, but there's one foundation you should stay away from. ...

NEW HERITAGE INFOGRAPHIC: The Gang of Eight's Amnesty Scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:00 GMT

Source: directorblue.blogspot.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
While the country focuses on an endless series of scandals emanating from the Executive Branch, the Senate is quietly preparing to vote on the Gang of Eight's Amnesty bill . ...It will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess. Heritage has pointed out the problems with this “comprehensive” approach — including the staggering costs of amnesty and a failure to secure the border . This bill would be an unmitigated economic disaster. As the brilliant Milton Friedman said long ago, " open borders are incompatible with a welfare state ." ...

Be cautious of a malware scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:20:47 GMT

Source: centralny.ynn.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
This week, Computing Columnist Nancy Roberts tells us about an interesting phone call she received that was a scam in the works. ...

Salvation Army Warns of Fundraising Scam

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:07:46 GMT

Source: centralillinoisproud.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
PEORIA- The Salvation Army warned Thursday of possible fundraising scams. ...

Phony Tea Party Scam?

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:42 GMT

Source: rosscalloway.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Don’t know about you, but I get calls almost on a daily basis to contribute to a conservative organization, or one claiming to be conservative. Some of which I’ve never heard of. Being skeptical of phone scams, and knowing that democrats have no boundaries to what they will try to do, I’m making it a ... Continue reading ‘Phony Tea Party scam?’ » Related Posts (automagically generated): RPOF, On Notice Democrats Run Faux Tea Party Candidate Palin, Conservatism’s New World Order Election Is Over, You’re All On Probation Finland Elects First Conservative President In Five Decades ...

Police in Cumberland County warn of charity scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:43:19 GMT

Source: www.wgal.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Middlesex Township and North Middletown Township police are warning residents about a scam. ...

Houston pastor indicted in real estate scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:54:49 GMT

Source: www.click2houston.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013: A Houston pastor was indicted Thursday in real estate scam. Phil Archer reports. ...

Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:47:25 GMT

Source: www.thenewstribune.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents. ...

LIQUOR SCAM: Which National Restaurant Did A Bait & Switch With Your Drinks?

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:59 GMT

Source: us995.cbslocal.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Crazy story from New Jersey … nearly 15 TGIFriday’s restaurants were recently cited for filling premium-brand liquor bottles with lower-quality booze, and selling it to folks who thought they were paying for the good stuff!!! One restaurant was even found to be mixing food dye with rubbing alcohol, and selling it as scotch! Would you be outraged? Just a bizarre story all around (full details HERE )… ...

Man tried to run rent check scam on Julio Jones

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:58 GMT

Source: www.yardbarker.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Julio Jones and Chris Owens are in the news. They didn't do anything on or off the field that warrants any negative attention. A 29 year-old Norcross, GA man named Corey Dajohn Moody is a different case altogether. Please click here to read this story The post Man tried to run rent check scam on Julio Jones appeared first on Players View. ...

Ohio AG, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Warn Of Mystery Shopper Scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:49 GMT

Source: www.10tv.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Scammers are using counterfeit checks that appear to be from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Get details. ...

Thank God It’s Frauday! TGI Fridays Main Culprit in State-wide Liquor Scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:38 GMT

Source: www.newjerseynewsroom.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
BY PAM LOBLEY WWW.NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Authorities in New Jersey have charged 29 restaurants and bars in New Jersey, including 13 TGI Fridays, with fooling their customers by putting cheap liquor into premium bottles. Wait ... you’re not supposed to do that? I’d like to officially apologize to all the guests in my home for the last ten years. ...

$42,000 fine for online car scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:04 GMT

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
The director of an online car dealing company which placed thousands of bids on its own auctions didn't know the behaviour was illegal, his lawyer says.The Auto Co was yesterday fined $42,000 for 13 charges laid by the Commerce... ...

COHASSET POLICE: 89-year-old victim of 'grandparents scam'

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:53 GMT

Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
An 89-year-old Cohasset grandmother is the latest local victim of the infamous “grandparents’ scam,” police said. A man claiming to be her grandson, who explained he had been in a drunken-driving car crash in Florida and need bail money, contacted the woman on Friday. He pleaded with her to keep the incident a secret and explained that an attorney would be calling her to explain the details. The person claiming to be the attorney told her she needed to wire $1476 for bail to a number in the Dominican Republic that had a cheaper bail rate. The woman’s daughter drove her to Shaw’s where she sent a money gram to the number. The woman also paid a transaction fee. ...