Crime

Southaven man charged with statutory rape

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, June 17th, 2011, 10:46am

Southaven man charged with statutory rape

A Southaven man is accused of statutory rape after he and a woman allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl earlier this spring.

The Swifton, Ark., teen told police the woman drove her to Memphis after offering to take her shopping and to the zoo. However, instead they went to the Knights Inn on Airways.

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"Fight club" videos growing in popularity, police say

Submitted by Jamel Major on Thursday, June 9th, 6:51 pm

(WMC-TV) - Video posted earlier this week to YouTube shows a brutal fight between teens in what is allegedly a Horn Lake parking lot.

The video shows teens brutally punching each other until one of the teens falls on the ground. It was posted by a YouTube user who has uploaded other videos from Horn Lake.

Thursday, Action News 5 asked Lt. Scott Evans of the Horn Lake Police Department what he thought of the video.

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Convicted thief charged with string of bank robberies

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011, 10:45am

Convicted thief charged with string of bank robberies

A Chattanooga man is facing federal charges for a series of bank robberies, including the December holdup of a SunTrust bank in Horn Lake.

Investigators say Jasper Wagner walked into the SunTrust inside the Kroger store at 7251 Interstate Blvd. around 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 13. Witnesses say he handed a bank teller a note demanding cash and ultimately got away with an undisclosed amount of money.

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Protecting your identity while on vacation

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011, 1:01pm

Go ahead. Take your vacation.

But stay on the job of securing your privacy and protecting your identity.

"According to the FBI, crime rates rise about ten percent during summer months," said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (www.privacyrights.org).

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Drugs, threats get police called to school

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 4:23pm

DeSoto Central High School leaders called police after students overhead at least one of their classmates making threatening remarks Thursday morning. Officers scoured the campus for weapons, but ended up finding drug paraphernalia instead.

“I am proud of the fact our students feel comfortable talking to school authorities,” said Cory Uselton, the school’s principal. “The eyes and ears of our students are the best security system we have.”

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Police: Children taken from mother’s meth lab

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011, 10:49am

Police: Children taken from mother’s meth lab

Horn Lake firefighters decontaminated three children after they were exposed to dangerous chemicals from a meth lab run by their mom and an uncle, police said.

The children, a 9, 14 and 16-year-old, were taken from the home in the 3000 block of Greenway Monday and placed with other family members.

Officers say they were watching the home when they spotted Jennifer Hirsch, the children’s mother, and their uncle, Robert Hirsch, making methamphetamine on their back porch. Police say they found a previously used meth lab and chemicals used to make the drug inside the house.

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Hackers steal customers' private information

Submitted by Terresa Lewis, News Producer

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, 3:47pm

Hackers steal customers' private information

A number of financial and commercial institutions are informing customers that they have suffered a breach of customers’ privacy in what is believed to be one of the most widespread cases in history, according to Reuters News Agency.

Among those affected are clients of Citigroup and other large U.S. companies, including Walgreens, TiVo, Capital One, Hilton Hotel Group, Target, teleshopping company HSN, several of the nation's largest banks, as well as millions of college-bound students who accessed College Board, which administers SAT admissions exams.

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