Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The following information was provided by the Westlake Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Fake license plates were just the beginning of the misdeeds uncovered following a traffic stop by Westlake Police on New Year's Eve. Daniel Rivera, 36, of Elyria, was pulled over around 3:34 p.m. He was driving a 1996 Pontiac with his girlfriend's license plates, from a 1995 Volvo, on it. Police then discovered that his driver's license was suspended and that he had an active warrant from Perkins Township police. But wait ... there's more! Police found another Elyria man's credit card in Rivera's pocket. After a few attempts to explain it -- including "finding" the card at his home, and then sayig that it was his brother's (but couldn't remember his so-called brother's name) -- Rivera admitted he had stolen the other man's identity from …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Westlake Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Westlake man discovered someone's been using his identity for a while, and it almost cost him no small chunk of change and a major ding on his credit report. The man, who lives on Center Ridge Road, was contacted by a collection agency over a MasterCard account he had not opened. The account, which was opened in 2005, was turned over to the collection agency with an overdue balance of -- gulp! -- $7,600. He reported the matter to Westlake Police and it is being followed up by the collection agency.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Westlake Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Westwood Road woman has some headaches courtesy of an identity thief. The woman called Westlake police after a bill collection agency contacted her about a $695 payday loan taken out online in July of 2011. Police found out that the same account number was used for suspected frauds in Eastlake. The investigation is continuing. A home on Waterfall Way was broken into on April 26. Westlake police said the rear sliding door was forced open sometime between 9:30 a.m and 4:30 p.m. An estimated $1,600 in cash, watches and jewelry were stolen. Police have no suspects yet.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The following arrest information was provided by the Westlake Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police Arrest Men Asking For Gas Money A 27-year-old Parma man admitted to Westlake police that he and a friend were asking gas station patrons for money at about noon Jan. 24. Plainclothes police officers saw the man bothering people at two different Westlake gas stations. When they started asking questions, the man said that he and a 28-year-old Parma man were asking for gas money. Police said the men actually intended to buy heroin with the money they collected due to the younger suspect's track marks and the older suspect's drug trafficking record. Officers found $160 total on the two men. Police arrested both men for soliciting without a permit. The arresting officer pointed out that donations go to a better use when given to a …
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Bogus messages say tax payments have been rejected.
The Internal Revenue Service in Ohio is warning taxpayers about an email scam about electronic federal tax payments. The bogus email says tax payments made by the email recipients through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) have been rejected and directs them to a bogus link that downloads malicious software that infects the victim’s computer. The scammer then uses this personal and financial information to commit identity theft. “The IRS doesn’t send unsolicited emails to taxpayers about their tax accounts and doesn’t communicate payment information through email,” said IRS spokeswoman Jennifer Jenkins. Jenkins said some scammers are using real or made-up employee names, addresses and similar information to make their …
