Crime

Police question suspected apron-wearing bank robber

Friday, July 9th, 2010, 4:51pm

By Nick Kenney - bio | email

CORDOVA, TN (WMC-TV) - After spending days under the radar, an apron-wearing woman wanted for robbing a Cordova bank was in police custody Friday.

The woman was wanted for taking over $12,000 from a Regions Bank on Germantown Parkway early Tuesday morning. Surveillance cameras at the bank captured clear pictures of the woman as she robbed the bank while wearing an apron.

Moments later, Lynette Hill tried to walk into the same bank - wearing an apron.

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Police search for suspect in Cordova bank robbery

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010, 9:09pm

By Jason Miles - bio | email

CORDOVA, TN (WMC-TV) - A suspect remains at large in the Tuesday morning robbery of the Regions Bank at 1045 North Germantown Parkway.

According to authorities, a lone woman entered the bank just before 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.

"We had a lone female enter the bank, produced a weapon, and demanded money from the teller," said Lt. Preston Morton.

After receiving an undetermined amount of cash, the woman fled in what was described as a late model silver or blue Pontiac.

Witnesses said a dye pack exploded in the getaway car and red smoke was seen coming from the car.

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Thieves smash into Cordova stereo shop...again

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Thursday, June 24th, 2010, 4:00pm

By Anna Marie Hartman - bio | email

CORDOVA, TN (WMC-TV) - The Stereo One store in Cordova isn't supposed to have a drive through, and the crooks who smashed through the side of the building Thursday morning didn't pay their tab.

"If you look at the shelves, wherever there's a gap on the shelves, that was video equipment," Manager Henry Eldridge said.

Eldridge said the alarm at his Cordova store, located on Germantown Parkway, went off just before 4:00 a.m.

"That's a call you don't enjoy getting first thing in the morning," he quipped.

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Fox and Hound re-opens after judge scolds management

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Monday, June 21st, 2010, 10:12pm

By Lori Brown - bio | email

CORDOVA, TN (WMC-TV) - The Fox and Hound's Cordova location re-opened Monday after a company executive appeared in a Memphis courtroom.

Company vice president John Cameron appeared in front of Judge Larry Potter to address the restaurant's closure for selling illegal drugs.

Cameron, in visiting Memphis from the company's headquarters in Kansas, would not comment to the media, but promised inside the courtroom that things would change at the restaurant.

In court, Potter gave the pub the okay to reopen.

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Arkansas man arrested in Fox and Hound investigation

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Saturday, June 19th, 2010, 7:40am

By Anna Marie Hartman - bio | email

CORDOVA, TN (WMC-TV) - An Arkansas man was booked early Friday morning for selling drugs at a popular Cordova bar.

Heath Baldwin, 35, didn't work at the Fox and Hound in Cordova, but according arrest records, he's part of what led to Thursday's raid and shut down of the establishment.

"The undercover officers came to this location as patrons, and in that capacity observed drug sales as well as agreements to sell drugs in the future," District Attorney Bill Gibbons said.

Baldwin was charged with possession with intent to manufacture/deliver/sell steroids, one of many illegal substances sold to undercover agents inside and outside the establishment.

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Shelby County Sheriff's Department issues weekly Smart Park report

Submitted by Jason Plank, WMCTV.com

Monday, May 24th, 2010, 3:21pm

Below is the Shelby County Sheriff's Department's "Smart Park" report for the Week of May 17-May 23.

Each week, the department releases a report about motor vehicle break-ins and thefts:

6 Thefts from Motor Vehicles

13 Thefts of Vehicle Parts/Accessories

Neighborhoods Where Crimes Occurred

Incident totals and Location

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'Stripped in Seconds' tour shows how chop shops work

Submitted by Tracey Rogers, News Director

Monday, May 17th, 2010, 5:43pm

A matter of moments...that's all it took for a three-man team to strip a Toyota Scion down to it's shell and a pile of parts during a demonstration. Under normal circumstances, those parts could easily end up on the black market.

"Your car can be more valuable to car thieves in parts," said Allison Hatcher, a spokesperson for Allstate. "There are certain parts of the car that can go for a couple hundred dollars a pop. If you think about how many of these parts they can take off, they end up cleaning up."

The live chop shop demonstration was part of Allstate Insurance Company's national 'Stripped in Seconds' tour, a seven week, cross-country campaign the insurer says it hopes will make people think about theft prevention.

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