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CRIME & SAFETY
Store clerk alerts senior to scam, saves her $19,500
A local retail clerk stepped up and stopped a phone scammer who was attempting to get an elderly woman to send them nearly $20,000 in gift cards. Members of the Montague County Sheriff’s office recognized the clerk with a “Slam the Scam” award and presented it to Christy Hansen of CVS in Bowie on Thursday. Sheriff Marshall Thomas said Hansen went above and beyond what she had to do that day.
40 Arrested in $600K Houston Fraud Scheme Involving Dark Web Data (Video)
Authorities in Mount Bellevue, Texas, have made significant progress in a complex fraud investigation that has led to the arrest of 40 suspects. The scheme, which involved stolen financial data acquired from the dark web, targeted unsuspecting residents in the Houston area, resulting in substantial financial losses for the victims.
Four people die, 10 injured in one-vehicle crash
Four people died and 10 were hospitalized after a horrific wreck on U.S. Highway 287 near Farm-to-Market Road 1655 at Alvord. The traffic incident happened just after 8 a.m. on Aug. 28 after emergency responders converged on the single-vehicle wreck of a Chevrolet 3500 passenger van. According to the Department of Public Safety preliminary report, the van, which was traveling northbound when the driver veered off the left side of the highway. The driver overcorrected, lost control and rolled over.
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