bragg2.jgp.jpg-The Bossier Parish Financial Crimes Task Force need your assistance in identifying the two black males in these photographs.

 On the 23^rd of December 2013, two unidentified black males (UNSUB1 and UNSUB2) defraud a Bossier City man of $10,000 in a "Pigeon Drop" scam. UNSUB1 stated he was in the country attending a family funeral but had a large amount of cash on him and needed a safe place to put it while in town. The victim was talked into removing $10,000 from his bank to show he could be trusted with the money. UNSUB1 accompanied the victim to a bank where they withdrew the money which was later taken by both UNSUBS.

The Bossier Financial Crimes Task Force is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who passed more than $3000 in bogus bills at the Walmart in the 2500 block of Airline Drive.

On two occasions last year the suspect purchased two Moneypak prepaid cards - one for $1500 and the other for $1700 - with $20 bills that turned out to be counterfeit.

Detectives have made one arrest in the case. Dollie Lenette Williams, 22, of Shreveport was the cashier who rang up both purchases. An investigation showed she was allegedly involved in the scam and was arrested in November on a charge of monetary instrument abuse. She hasn’t been cooperative with detectives in providing information about the male suspect who is seen on security camera video entering and leaving the Walmart.

He’s described as a black male wearing a gray shirt with “Sean John” on the front and black or navy sweat pants along with white and black tennis shoes. One video shows him in possession of a red mobile phone.

Anyone with information about this suspect is asked to call Bossier Crime Stoppers at (318) 424-4100.  They can also submit a web tip via the Bossier Crime Stoppers website - www.bossiercrimestoppers.org. Persons who contact Crime Stoppers are reminded they may remain totally anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest.

 On September 30, 2013 the victim had her wallet stolen from her at Diamond Jacks Casino. The suspect seen above used the stolen credit cards at several business in the Bossier City area. Any one with information on the identity of this person as asked to call Bossier Crimestoppers at 424-4100

News Release

Contact: Mark Natale, Public Information Officer

Office: 318-741-8662

Online BCPD News Releases: www.bossierpolice.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: August 2, 2013

SUSPECT SOUGHT FOR CASHING A BOGUS CHECK AT BUSINESS FOR NEARLY $4,000

     The Bossier Financial Crimes Task Force and Bossier Crime Stoppers are asking the public for help with identifying and finding a woman who cashed a fraudulent check at a local business in the amount of almost $4000.

     The transaction was made last month at a business whose security camera caught an image of the suspect. The business accepted the check after the suspect provided an identification card that turned out to be a fake.

     Anyone who can help the BFCTF locate this suspect is asked to call Bossier Crime Stoppers at (318) 424-4100. Callers to Crime Stoppers are reminded they may remain totally anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.

     The Bossier Financial Crimes Task Force is composed of white collar crime investigators with the Bossier City Police Department and Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office. Bossier City Chief of Police Shane McWilliams and Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian Whittington formed the task force by combining resources from both agencies to combat crimes such as identity theft, fraud and embezzlement with the city and parish.