You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. Typically when checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for any charges to your room). You go to your room and settle in. All is good. The hotel receives a call and the caller asks for (as an example) room 620 – which happens to be your room. The phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other end says the following: ‘This is the front desk. When checking in, we came across a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card.’ Not thinking anything wrong, since the call seems to come from the front desk you oblige. But actually, it is a scam by someone calling from outside the hotel. They have asked for a random room number, then ask you for your credit card and address information. They sound so professional, that you think you are talking to the front desk. If you ever encounter this scenario on your travels, tell the caller that you will be down to the front desk to clear up any problems. Then, go to the front desk or call directly and ask if there was a problem. If there was none, inform the manager of the hotel that someone tried to scam you of your credit card information, acting like a front desk employee. This was sent by someone who has been duped……..and is still cleaning up the mess

A former Taylor County, Kentucky deputy sheriff pleaded guilty today before Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. to charges of distributing anabolic steroids, a Schedule III controlled substance, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

William Allen Rice, age 38, of Campbellsville, pleaded guilty to all charges in a three-count federal indictment. According to the plea agreement, Rice sold Schedule III controlled substances on three separate occasions between May 17, 2013 and August 10, 2013. On May 17, 2013, the defendant sold a bottle of boldenone undecylenate, a Schedule III non-narcotic, to another individual for $150. On August 8, 2013, the defendant sold a bottle of nandrolone decanoate, a Schedule III non-narcotic, to another individual for $150. On August 22, 2013, the defendant sold ten bottles of testosterone enanthate from Lightning Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an anabolic steroid and a Schedule III non-narcotic, to another individual for $950.

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Rice was observed driving his assigned Taylor County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to prearranged meeting locations and wore his Taylor County Sheriff’s Office uniform and a pistol on his hip during one transaction with a confidential human source.

Rice was charged in a criminal complaint on October 1, 2013, and subsequently charged by federal grand jury indictment on October 16, 2013. The charges exposed Rice to a combined maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, a combined maximum fine of $1,500,000, and a two-year term of supervised release.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Amanda E. Gregory and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Kentucky State Police.

Officials in Jessamine County have issued a Golden Alert for a missing man.

Dispatchers say Roy C. Gray, 86, left his home on Vince Road at around 7 a.m. Wednesday and hasn’t been seen since. Officials say he has the beginning stages of dementia.

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Gray was driving a blue 2003 Chevy Silverado with a grey top, Ky. license plate 2792CF.

Gray stands 6’1″ and weighs 180 pounds. He has grey hair.

If you see Gray, call Jessamine County dispatch at 859-887-5447.

An inmate has escaped from the Grant County jail.

An official with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the jail contacted them Thursday morning reporting an escape.

Kentucky State Police say Steven Wayne Price, 25, was last seen at the detention center around 12:50 a.m. Thursday.

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Price was serving a 10-year sentence for burglary charges out of Harrison County. He was last seen wearing an orange shirt with a white long sleeve thermal shirt and brown pants.

Officials did not release any information on how Price got out of the jail.

The FBI is asking the public for help in identifying the child predator known only as John Doe 28.

Child Predator
Help Us Identify John Doe 28

04/02/14

The FBI is seeking the public’s help to stop a child predator.

The unidentified individual we are seeking is known only as John Doe 28. In November 2012, online video of the man engaging in sexually explicit activities with a young boy was reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), an organization that works closely with the Bureau to stop child predators.

The video contains a brief image of the alleged predator, which investigators hope will lead to his identification—and the recovery of the exploited child. “Subjects who show their faces in child pornography are not typical,” said Special Agent Karen Jurden. “It is our hope that someone will recognize this individual and come forward. We were able to recover a very clear image of John Doe 28.”

Working with NCMEC, investigators in our Violent Crimes Against Children program have enhanced other details from the video that could be clues to help identify the suspect. For example, the video shows the individual and the victim inside a residence with what appears to be a blue chair and a picture hanging on a wall in the background. Someone familiar with the house might easily recognize the chair. Also, John Doe 28 is wearing wire-framed glasses and a burgundy T-shirt with a fish logo on it.

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There are no details linking the suspect to a particular area, but Jurden said investigators believe he may be a U.S. citizen because he speaks one word during the video—“careful”—which is in English.

“Sometimes we will get some type of identifier that narrows down the geographic region,” said Jurden, who has been investigating crimes against children for the last four years, “but that didn’t happen in this case. That’s why we are asking for the public’s help nationwide.”

The video is just over two minutes long and was recovered during the arrest of a San Francisco man on child pornography charges. “The video was part of his collection,” Jurden added, explaining that sexually explicit videos and images of children are often traded anonymously through online forums.

The efforts to identify and apprehend John Doe 28 are part of the FBI’s Operation Rescue Me and Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP) initiatives and represent a longstanding partnership with NCMEC. Operation Rescue Me identifies child victims of sexual exploitation by using sophisticated image analysis to obtain evidence. ECAP seeks public and media assistance to help identify the John and Jane Does who display their faces—and other distinguishing characteristics such as tattoos—in pornographic images and videos of children.

Since the inception of ECAP in 2004, 28 John/Jane Does have been investigated; 20 of these cases have been successfully resolved so far. These investigations have led to the identification of nearly 70 child victims.

We need your help. John Doe 28 appears to be a Caucasian male in his 30s or 40s who has a receding hairline and wears wire-framed glasses. Anyone with information should submit a tip online or call the FBI’s toll-free tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

“We need to identify John Doe 28,” Jurden said, “so we can make sure no harm comes to that little boy.”

Name: Marianne Young; Age: 36; Sex: F; Race: White; Height: 5’4; Weight: 130

Additional info and individuals can be found at http://www.kentucky.com/2014/04/02/3175473/lexingtons-most-wanted-april-1.html

A Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic employee got more than $23,000 in fraudulent health insurance reimbursements when she falsified claims for doctor visits and services that never occurred.

Carol Burns, 40, submitted 18 fraudulent reimbursements on behalf of her and her family dating back to March 2012, court documents said.

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She turned herself in to the Leon County Jail Friday and now faces 56 charges including counterfeit, fraud, forgery and grand theft.

The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud was tipped off when investigators with Burns’ insurance company, AFLAC, discovered 16 fraudulent claims for services received from Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic as well as two more for two hospitalizations at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.

Burns told investigators she downloaded reimbursement forms from AFLAC’s website and falsely filled them out using medical information she accessed through her work computer. She was able to use doctors’ stamped signatures on the medical claim forms, court documents said.

AFLAC would then cut reimbursement checks made out to Burns.

Burns told DFS Det. Krista Gaston she started making the fraudulent claims because she needed money but continued since it was so “simple,” Gaston told the Democrat Monday. She was able to learn the claims AFLAC paid the most reimbursement on, including doctor visits, fractures, sprains, X-rays, MRIs, medical supplies and emergency room visits, court documents said.

“She kind of learned how to manipulate the system,” Gaston said. “Most of them are for broken bones or for some sort of major medical issue.”

Burns’ access to Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic information gave her an advantage in which she was able to better legitimize her claims, Gaston said. Burns changed, altered and created new patient files despite the fact her job duties did not require her to view patients’ medical records, court documents said.

She also falsified claims for two TMH visits by changing the names and dates on an old TMH bill. Gaston said Burns’ plan paid her for each day of a hospital stay.

Burns is currently in the Leon County Jail.

A Carrol County woman has been arrested and charged in connection to the murder of her two-year-old son.

Amanda Foster, 28, of Ghent was arrested at her home Tuesday on charges of criminal abuse first degree and transfer of a controlled substance to a minor in connection to her son’s death in February.

Foster’s boyfriend and the child’s father, Douglas Allen, has already been arrested and charged with murder in the death of the boy, who investigators say, had high levels of Oxycodone in his system at the time of his death.

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Foster called 911 at 6:43 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 19 telling dispatchers the child had been discovered dead in his bed. A toxicology report showed high levels of Oxycodone in his system.

After talking to Allen, detectives believe he gave his son a Schedule II narcotic on the night of Feb. 18, which led to the child’s death.

Allen was arrested at the Kentucky State Police post in Campbellsburg that same day. He was later charged with murder.

Both Allen and Foster are being held at the Carroll County Detention Center.

Vernon police are urging residents to check their credit reports after a Highland Lakes man was arrested for six counts of identity theft and six counts of forgery, police said.

Louis Rom, 47, was arrested on Friday, March 28, following several months of investigation by the Vernon Detective Bureau.

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Rom was also found to have two outstanding warrants from Dover Township and Pequannock Township. He was transported to the Sussex County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail for the forgery and identity theft charges and $690 for the two warrants.

Vernon police said there has been a surge in identity theft cases and that the public, especially the elderly, should be on the lookout.