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the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art or a forged or copied document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

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A Dothan man was arrested after allegedly signing a bill of sale on an automobile he did not own.

Tony Darnell Graham was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 19, and is charged with second-degree forgery.

According to Dothan Police Lt. Lynn Watkins, on Jan. 28, Graham signed a bill of sale for a 2003 Buick Rendezvous using a false name of Antonio Walker.

"During the investigation it was determined Graham signed the bill of sale using a false name on a vehicle he did not own," Watkins said. "The buyer attempted to register the vehicle and was informed the vehicle was not owned by Antonio Walker and a lien was listed on the vehicle."

The buyer purchased the vehicle for $1,500, Watkins said. The vehicle was turned over to the lien holder.

Additional arrests in this case are forthcoming.

Graham is currently in the Houston County Jail on a $2,500 bond.

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A Dothan man was arrested after allegedly signing a bill of sale on an automobile he did not own. Tony Darnell Graham was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 19, and is charged with second-degree forgery. According to Dothan Police Lt. Lynn Watkins, on Jan.

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entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

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2 charged in Old Hickory liquor store burglary

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Charles Wilson, 47, and William Wright, 44, were charged with burglary in the case.

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the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

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WNPA Olympia News Bureau
Washington state senators aim to make social media extortion a crime punishable as a class C felony.

Senate Bill 5495 is co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of four senators and introduced by Sen. Hans Zeiger, R-Puyallup.

The idea for the bill began with the online extortion of a local restaurant in Puyallup, explained Zeiger at a public hearing on Tuesday. The restaurant owner had just opened a new establishment last spring when the website and Facebook page were bombarded with a series of negative reviews, he said.

According to the senator, the reviews did not seem credible and appeared to come from fake accounts. It was later discovered via a private Facebook message that an offshore Romanian blackmail campaign was requesting $900 from the restaurant owner in exchange for the removal of bad reviews, said Zeiger.

SB 5495 defines extortion as threatening an owner by knowingly obtaining property or services. Threats are described as attempting to acquire property from a person or entity in return for removing negative social media communications.

Extortion in the second degree is a class C felony, the bill states. Punishment for a class C conviction may result in a sentence of at least 5 years or a maximum fine up to $10,000, according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.

"This is not the kind of crime that law enforcement is used to dealing with on a regular basis, nor is it a crime that social media platforms are necessarily equipped to deal with," said Zeiger.

As referenced in the bill, there is a rebuttable presumption that negative social media communications are untrue in the occasion that a person demands property in return for removing comments or reviews. A social media provider must remove negative communications within 24-hours of a police report filed with law enforcement alleging social media extortion, and a copy of the threat.

The goal of SB 5495 is not to open the door for all kinds of businesses that might want to have negative reviews removed, explained Zeiger.

"Cyber crime is a growing challenge with real impacts on small businesses in our state, like the restaurant in Puyallup, and we need thoughtful legal solutions to allow us to tackle cyber extortion head on," Zeiger said.

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Social media extortion could be a new crime in Washington state | Whidbey News-Times

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WNPA Olympia News Bureau Washington state senators aim to make social media extortion a crime punishable as a class C felony. Senate Bill 5495 is co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of four senators and introduced by Sen. Hans Zeiger, R-Puyallup.

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the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

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A man armed with a gun robbed a west Las Vegas business last Friday, and police are looking for information on the suspect.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reports that the suspect took out a gun while inside a business in the 9600 block of West Tropicana. He demanded money while threatening an employee, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s. He is six feet tall and has a thin build.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Commercial Robbery Section, at 702-828-3591, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com.

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Police seek suspect in armed robbery near Tropicana and Fort Apache

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A man armed with a gun robbed a west Las Vegas business last Friday, and police are looking for information on the suspect. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reports that the suspect took out a gun while inside a business in the 9600 block of West Tropicana.

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theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.

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MSP trooper arrested, accused of embezzlement

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ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

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theft of personal property.

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Carl Fleming Jr., a 26-year-old St. Thomas resident, was arrested Sunday and charged in the theft of of more than $2,000 from a delivery van.

According to the V.I. Police Department, on Feb. 11 Fleming, "without authorization," gained access to a parked delivery van and removed $2.020.67.

Fleming was charged with grand larceny. His bail was set at $20,000 by order of the court and he was processed and turned over to the Bureau of Corrections.

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Fleming Charged with Grand Larceny | St. John Source

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Carl Fleming Jr., a 26-year-old St. Thomas resident, was arrested Sunday and charged in the theft of of more than $2,000 from a delivery van. According to the V.I. Police Department, on Feb. 11 Fleming, "without authorization," gained access to a parked delivery van and removed $2.020.67. Fleming was charged with grand larceny.

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action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

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- While police were trying to find the person who painted "#MeToo" on a famous statue in Sarasota, the crime led to a broader conversation about an iconic moment in American history.

The "Unconditional Surrender" statue depicts a sailor kissing a nurse right after the Japanese surrendered to end World War II. The sculpture is based on the famous 1945 photograph taken in New York's Times Square.

Early Tuesday morning, police reported that "#MeToo" had been written on the nurses' leg in red paint, referencing the movement to spotlight sexual assault.

"Being a military veteran, it bothers me because it's a historical point in military history where a major war had ended," said Aaron Barne, who had brought buckets to clean the statue. "And this is how they memorialize it."

"That's just crazy. I don't know why people would destroy something like this," offered Vicki Barnes, a tourist from Texas. "People are just so crazy these days."

Gorilla Kleen, the company that regularly cleans the statue, responded with special detergents.

"We were able to take it off slowly without damaging the statue's paint," said John Cloud of Gorilla Kleen.

While not condoning the vandalism, the communications officer of the Tampa chapter of the National Organization For Women says it's worth a conversation.

"I think it's really important to open the conversation into what consent really is," said Erika Levy.

What's the backstory of the kiss? In an interview before her death in 2016, the woman in the nurse's uniform, Greta Friedman, said, "It wasn't my choice to be kissed. The guy just came over and grabbed me."

The sailor, George Mendonsa -- who died Sunday at the age of 95 -- told an interviewer, "I'd had a few drinks and it was just plain instinct. I grabbed her."

Levy said it's still worth talking about more than 70 years later.

"The conversation of consent, responsibility, permission, and bodily autonomy," added Levy. "I think it has us talking about it, but I do wish it had been in a different way."

Sarasota police say there is no surveillance video of the vandalism. They're asking anyone with information to call them.
MORE: Interview with Greta Zimmer Friedman (8/23/2005)

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Sarasota statue's #MeToo vandalism sparks conversation

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While police were trying to find the person who painted "#MeToo" on a famous statue in Sarasota, the crime led to a broader conversation about an iconic moment in American history. The "Unconditional Surrender" statue depicts a sailor kissing a nurse right after the Japanese surrendered to end World War II.

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the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

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- Looking at a burned-out truck, sitting less than 15 feet away from his bedroom window, Alfred Simmons is still shaking.

"He could have killed us all. I got lucky," said Simmons.

His two dogs woke him up early Saturday morning.

"He went to howling and singing and I knew something was up."

Suddenly Simmons noticed bright light coming from outside.

"The flames were so bright, it lit the whole house up," said Simmons.

He ran outside, using his phone to spray down his house to keep it from going ablaze while his girlfriend called 911.

"It's very alarming. Very alarming," said Simmons.

Lake County Fire Chief Jim Dickerson says this is just one of 5 fires intentionally set in a five-square-mile area of Umatilla in less than 48 hours.

"We're hoping its coincidental but with them all being intentionally set, it doesn't seem like it's even possible for it to be coincidental," Chief Dickerson told The News Station.

He says the first arson fire was reported at Simmons home Saturday morning. That afternoon he says a man was caught on surveillance trying to start a fire at Old Crow BBQ.

Early Sunday morning, the chief says some threw accelerant on the front of the Sunoco Station in downtown Eustis. On Monday morning, at 5:11 a.m., an SUV was torched inside of a garage. In that same home, Chief Simmons says someone went inside and lit a laundry hamper on fire while a 15-year-old boy slept inside.

Just 30 minutes later, a man called 911 to report his car alarm going on and his truck on fire, inside pole barn. It sits on the back of his property, less than a hundred yards where he, his wife and two small children sleeping.

Lake County Fire Department, their arson investigators, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Eustice Police and the State Fire Marshalls Office are forming a task force to investigate. Samples of accelerants taken from some of the crime scenes are now being evaluated at a lab. Investigators are hoping to come up with a profile for the person or persons setting the fires.

Chief Dickerson is asking that everyone in Lake County be aware of any suspicious activity or any talk of these arson fires.

"I want the people to be resilient and be on alert," said Chief Dickerson.

Anyone with information is asked to call the arson hotline at 877- NO-ARSON.

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Looking at a burned-out truck, sitting less than 15 feet away from his bedroom window, Alfred Simmons is still shaking. "He could have killed us all. I got lucky," said Simmons. His two dogs woke him up early Saturday morning. "He went to howling and singing and I knew something was up."