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New Scam - You Missed Jury Duty! Scam artists are contacting individuals by email or phone informing them they missed jury duty and arrest warrants may have to be issued. They then request personal information for the 'purpose' of correcting the error and ensuring proper notification for future jury service. Be on the alert for this and read more about it by clicking here.
Back to School Safety Tips - After taking a summer break, here are some tips from the Neighborhood Safety Network for parents and children as they get ready to head back to school. We are encouraging parents, teachers and schools to take a few, simple steps - such as conducting safety checks on school playgrounds, athletic fields, and inside the classroom - to help prevent children from suffering injuries during the school year. Our tips for a safe school year focus on the following products: continued
It's too hot! What the temperature is and what it feels like are two different things. Check our heat index chart to convert temperature and humidity to a 'feels like' temperature. This chart is courtesy of The OI Fire Department and Fire Chief Al Essey.
Three New Oreo Pics. See Oreo's best friends; the kids from L and L Montessori School who gave him his name and love him very much. Also he gets to meet a shark and gets a kiss and a hug from a pretty little girl on Ocean Crest Pier. Click images to enlarge.
Two New Fraud Alerts. In a recent incident a couple asked to gain entry into an elderly person's home by claiming to be representative's of the District Attorney's office. Once entry was gained they continued the charade by saying they had received a report has someone living at that address was involved in a bank robbery. They then asked if money was present that they can compare serial numbers with and if pistols or revolvers were in the home. Read more about this incident by clicking here.
A second scam involved a person receiving a counterfeit money order in the mail which she then tried to cash at a Wal-Mart. It goes without saying that if you receive a money order unexpectedly you should be a little suspicious. To read more about this particular incident and scam please click here.
Citizens visit with Oak Island Police and Community Watch at the Oak Island Beach Day Celebration.Click photos to enlarge
FRAUD ALERT: Law enforcement officers in Wilson and consumers in other North Carolina communities this week are reporting the re-emergence of a scam featuring callers who claim to be associated with WalMart. The callers request consumers' bank account numbers after promising to send them $200 to $800 in vouchers for purchases at WalMart. They tell consumers the numbers are needed in order to charge their checking accounts $4.95 for delivery costs. Consumers who provide the numbers soon discover that their accounts have been debited in amounts ranging from two to three hundred dollars through the use of unsigned demand drafts. Earlier versions of the scam were reported as far back as the mid-90's.
Consumers from other parts of the country are reporting this scam to federal agencies. Some claim that their accounts have been debited more than once. Officials with WalMart corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas advise that they have received complaints about this supposed promotion and that their company is not engaged in such a promotion.
A tip from a confidential informant led the OIPD to bust a marijuana
growing operation on the island. Eighteen plants were confiscated totaling
over two pounds. Several items used to grow the plants were also confiscated.
Charges are pending against the homeowner. Click image to enlarge.
Thanks to all the golfers and sponsors who made the First Annual O.I. Police
Dept. Benefit Golf Tournament a success. The benefit raised $3,300 to help
local animal shelters and our K-9 Unit. For pictures of the winning teams click here.
