May 12, 2021 / 03:05 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Con artists are spoofing local phone numbers to trick people into sending money, the U.S. Marshals Office warned Wednesday.
The scams involve trying to collect a fine in lieu of arrest for failing to go to jury duty, to pay taxes, or to address other potential offenses. People called in the scam are told to buy prepaid debit or gift cards, then read the card numbers over the phone to pay the fines.
Victims of the scam should call their local FBI offices. The Indianapolis FBI office is at 317-595-4000.
Victims also were asked to file a consumer complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at reportfraud.ftc.gov. The FTC collects fraud patterns and shares that data with law enforcement.
BILLINGS - Brian Dean Prettyweasel, a man who was at the center of a manhunt in Billings in 2020, is back in custody at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility after allegedly committing another crime.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder says Prettyweasel was involved in a pursuit that started out as a call for suspicious activity just before 9 a.m. on Thursday. Linder says when a deputy responded to the are of Huntington Hills area near Highway 87 East, two vehicles on a property fled and the pursuit began. Linder says one vehicle got away, but the deputy was able to follow the second vehicle as it fled towards Pryor. During the pursuit, the vehicle crashed into another car in a yard at a residence in Pryor and the suspect fled on foot.Â
By WJTV
May 5, 2021 10:29 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Marshals Office is working to find a murder suspect in Mississippi.
According to Crime Stoppers, Christopher Johnson is considered armed and dangerous. He is described as five feet, nine inches tall and weighs 187 pounds.
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Credit Forest County Sheriff s Office
The Forest County Sheriff’s Office found more than two pounds of crack and powder cocaine on a man at hotel in Crandon.
Officers say, in addition to the cocaine, they found a gun, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia on him.
McGhee will be facing federal charges. The Forest County Drug Task Force testified before a Grand Jury in United States Federal Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
McGhee was indicted in Federal Court for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and felon in possession of a firearm.