Pamlico Chamber of Commerce Pres. Arrested for Embezzlement

Published: February 18, 2009
Deputies in Pamlico County say the president of the county Chamber of Commerce was engaging in some risky business.
They arrested 36-year-old David Kitchen Tuesday on embezzlement charges.
Investigators say Kitchen used more than $6,000 of the chamber’s cash and checks to pay his own bills.
They say it all came to light after the chamber’s treasurer got suspicious and conducted an internal audit.
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February 14, 2009 | , , , , ,
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Driver arrested for hit and run accident in Paso Robles, victim …

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A Paso Robles man is in custody Wednesday night after police say he ran over a teenager and then drove away.
The incident happened on Commerce Way just North of Santa Bella at about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday. The 19-year-old victim, Marco Ledesma from Los Angeles, was sent to the hospital with major internal injuries.
A short time after the accident, police caught up with the suspect and impounded his car. 40 year-old Richard Read the rest of this entry »

December 6, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Suspect in Chamber of Commerce Credit Fraud Arrested

VISTA - A jobless woman was jailed Wednesday on suspicion of charging more than $8,000 worth of computer equipment and other office supplies to the Vista Chamber of Commerce while posing as a member of the agency.
Financial-crimes detectives arrested 51-year-old Juanita Williams of Vista at her Sycamore Avenue apartment about 7 a.m., sheriff's Sgt. Mark Varnau said.
The case came to light about three weeks ago, when chamber officials reported Read the rest of this entry »

September 25, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Wash. girl, father arrested in possible baby death

PORT ANGELES, Wash. —
A 16-year-old girl and her father have been arrested by police in Port Angeles in connection with the possible death of the girl's newborn baby.
A body has not been found.
The teenage girl was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder. Her 41-year-old father was arrested for investigation of concealing a birth by disposing of the body of the newborn in a city garbage container behind their home in Port Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

September 9, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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Nadel, Missing Hedge Fund Adviser, Arrested by FBI

Nadel, Missing Hedge Fund Adviser, Arrested by FBI (Update4)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) --
, the Florida hedge-fund
adviser who disappeared 13 days ago, was arrested and charged
with defrauding investors of tens of millions of dollars.
Nadel, 76, surrendered to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation today in Tampa, Florida, said Monica McLean, an
agency spokeswoman. U.S. regulators last week accused Nadel, who
lives in Sarasota, Florida, of defrauding Read the rest of this entry »

May 21, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Bellevue gallery bookkeeper arrested in theft of paintings and money

A bookkeeper has been arrested in connection with the theft of nearly $100,000 worth of paintings and money from an art gallery over the past several years.
The thefts took place at the Kenneth Behm Galleries, which had operated at the Bellevue Square shopping center for 26 years, but was sold about 18 months ago.
The galleries then reopened in a commercial building in the 3000 block of Northup Way, said the gallery owner, Kenneth Behm.
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May 19, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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Six arrested in San Jose waste-hauling scheme

For almost a decade, police say, James Lucero turned tons of construction trash headed for San Jose's Kirby Canyon landfill into his own private treasure.
The Carmel waste broker stands accused of bribing almost the entire staff of the South San Jose landfill. Instead of paying Waste Management millions of dollars in dumping fees, authorities say, Lucero pocketed much of his clients' money and paid out the rest in bribes.
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May 18, 2008 | , , , ,
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9 people arrested Saturday at MystiQal event in downtown Dallas

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March 23, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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Six arrested in alleged San Jose waste-hauling scheme

Santa Clara County prosecutors have charged a Carmel commercial waste broker and five employees of a San Jose landfill with conspiracy and bribery in an alleged scheme to defraud garbage giant Waste Management out of $13 million over the last two years.
The felony complaint accuses James Philip Lucero, 52, who runs a Carmel waste brokerage called Resource Development Service, of bribing employees at the Kirby Canyon Landfill into waiving dump truck Read the rest of this entry »

January 10, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Rwanda: Man Arrested Over Counterfeit Money

Gatsata police in Kigali City, are holding a man suspected of minting counterfeit money estimated at Rwf 500 000, which he circulated in bars.
Venna Hakorimana, 28, was arrested after a tip off to Police by owners of a Guest House in Gatsata-Nyabugogo.
Police Spokesperson Marcel Higiro yesterday told journalists that the Guest House owners smelt a rat after noticing that Hakorimana was only spending the Rwf 2000 note on all his payments. He added Read the rest of this entry »

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