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Friday, May 25, 2012

Card Machines

Police try to identify users of stolen card (03/15/12)
The public is being asked to help identify two women accused of using a stolen credit card at three Shelbyville businesses Sunday. "The victim left the card in a tube at Walgreens," Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said. "Then she got information the card was being used."...
Police seek ID of credit card suspect (01/26/12)
Shelbyville police are seeking the public's help in identifying a woman accused of using a stolen credit card. A photo of the alleged suspect, as store personnel said she was leaving Shelbyville's Walmart, has been released by police. The victim said she thought she lost her credit card at a Shelbyville restaurant on Jan. 17, Detective Sgt. Brian Crews said. Her bank statement showed five transactions made after the card was stolen, including one at Walmart on Jan. 18...
Lott's appeal denied by court (01/12/12)
A woman serving an 18-year sentence for theft and credit card fraud has lost her appeal. Sheila Marie Lott had claimed she had received ineffective assistance of counsel and that her plea was not voluntarily made when she made an open plea in 2008 to a variety of charges...
'Secret room' found in store (11/29/11)
A "secret room" containing video poker/slot machines was discovered at a Shelbyville store during a burglary investigation Saturday, police said. Officers investigating a burglary alarm at West Lane Market, West Lane Street, at 12:29 a.m. Saturday made the find, officer Tracey Nelson's report said...
Merchants' gambling allegation cases delayed until January (11/25/11)
Ongoing chancery court issues and similar charges in a neighboring county have resulted in another delay for a number of local merchants facing gambling allegations. Naim Abulaban, 21, of Murfreesboro, Dipakbhai Bhagat, 50, Sejal Chaudhari, 26, Brad Jones, 36, Dharmendra Patel, 40, Rameshbhain Patel, 48, and Narendra Patel, 52, all of Shelbyville, were in General Sessions Court Tuesday, but had their cases continued until Jan. 17...
Card machines confiscated (04/29/11)
Shelbyville police removed 48 card machines District Attorney Chuck Crawford says are illegal from 10 Shelbyville convenience stores Thursday. The distributor and manufacturer of the machines went to court today asking that they be declared legal. "We've gone around getting payoffs from them," Shelbyville Police Chief Austin Swing said. "Today we went around and confiscated these machines."...
Thief takes money from vending machines (03/22/11)
Money was stolen from a soft drink vending machine at Dollar General Market, North Main Street, a delivery driver told police Friday. A door was pried, police said. Also reported to Shelbyville police: The owner said screws were removed with a screwdriver or by being pried. Each sheet was worth $50...
School system report card will be delayed to January (12/17/10)
State education officials said Wednesday that the adequate yearly progress, or AYP, and school system report cards will be delayed until January. Officials had hoped to release the reports next week, but some school systems asked that they not be released while schools were out of session and school personnel might not be available to respond to the public queries...
County schools earn Cs and Ds (11/04/09)
Tennessee Department of Education released the annual report cards Tuesday for schools, school systems and the state as a whole, although state officials say a recalibration of the guidelines makes it impossible to compare this year's letter grades with previous years. The letter grades apply to schools with students in fourth through eighth grades and are meant to describe the success of a school or school system in providing value added....