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Police capture man wanted for kidnapping domestic violence worker http://www.privateofficer.com

SMYRNA, Tenn. Aug 19 2008

By: Rick McCann

Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers

http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police were able to quickly track down the man they say kidnapped a domestic violence worker and caused a lockdown at a local school and take him into custody without further problems.

Police in Murfreesboro, a city southeast of Nashville say that the man who caused Smyrna High School to be locked down was caught in Memphis late Monday night.
William Dorris Irwin was captured after Rutherford County’s Fugitive Squad tracked him to Memphis.
Police say that it all started Monday morning when he is accused of kidnapping a woman in Murfreesboro and then threatening to kidnap his son from Smyrna high school
Irwin’s wife, who has an order of protection against him, was in the parking lot of the Murfreesboro Domestic Violence Center on Monday talking to a counselor when police said Irwin suddenly showed up.
According to police, Irwin then took the domestic violence worker and dropped her off at a Citgo gas station in Smyrna, but not before telling the worker he was going to kidnap his 16-year-old son from Smyrna High School.
The worker immediately called police, prompting the high school not to allow anyone in or out of the building.
“There was no imminent danger on campus this morning. There was no one that actually ever entered the campus with any sort of guns. This was completely off-campus and they (executed a lockdown) as a way of keeping the campus secure,” said James Evans, spokesman for Rutherford County schools.
School was let out at its normal time on Monday.

Police from several agencies and federal agents began searching the metro Nashville area for Irwin and deemed him to be a serious risk to public safety an officer said.

Investigators found him at undisclosed location in Shelby County Tennessee.

Irwin was arrested three times in July and August on charges of assaulting his wife and armed robbery.
Irwin’s son and the boy’s mother are together and both are currently in a safe location according to area authorities.

Authorities say that he has been brought back to Rutherford County where he faces numerous felonies including kidnapping. He is currently being held in the county detention center without bond.

This is the second lockdown of a Rutherford Country school on Monday. Eagleville School was placed on lockdown status after an armed man robbed a Regions Bank in downtown Eagleville early Monday morning.

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Students tricked by scam artist in vacation scheme www.privateofficer.com

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. April 30 3008

By: Bryan Hill

Security News Magazine

www.privateofficer.com Some local high school students said they were tricked by an accused scam artist.
Authorities say that three Riverdale High School students said they made payments to Cynthia Anderson for a trip that was supposed to be scheduled for the end of May.
Anderson is also accused of taking money from some LaVergne students using the same method the Riverdale students said she used. And police investigators believe that there may still be other victims in the metro Nashville area or beyond.
The Riverdale students say that they have given Anderson $700 a piece as payments on a trip to Jamaica.
Anderson said she worked as an independent marketing agent for Yourtravelbiz.com.
She said her job was to serve as a booking agent and the more trips she booked, the more money she would get from the company, but the company has no records of Anderson scheduling any trip or any money.
Police said they are looking for Anderson in connection with the accusations.
The alleged scam may have affected more than just LaVergne and Riverdale high schools. Anderson had reportedly approached every high school in Rutherford County with the same offer.
Police want to know how the teens were picked as her targets and they are investigating if she has any accomplises in her scheme.

This is the second case this week involving students being promised great trips and then being scammed out of their money. In the first incident, a subsitute teacher in Douglas Georgia collected nearly $7500.00 from high school students with intentions of stealing their money police say.

Christy Wise, 39 of the metro Atlanta area was arrested in that case.

Police say these incidents are not related but warn students and their parents to check out the information about the trip more carefully before giving anyone their money.

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