News - Ilkeston Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

News - Ilkeston Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "OAP conned out of her purse
CALLOUS thieves tricked an 85-year-old lady into showing them where her purse was kept after conning their way into her home.

A man and a woman knocked at the old lady's door on Heanor Road and asked her if they could look in her garden for their ball.
The man asked her if she had lost a �10 note after pretending to find it on the lawn and followed her into the kitchen to check her purse. When the couple left her purse was gone.
The intruders told the pensioner they lived in a house nearby and had lost their ball playing football.
She took them both round to her back garden and she stood waiting while they pretended to look for it.
Minutes later, the man said he had found a �10 note and asked her if she had lost any money lately. He followed her into the kitchen where she opened a kitchen drawer, took her purse out, and checked to see if the money was hers.
After the lady had shown the man and woman out she found her purse had been taken.
Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident last Friday at 7pm.
The couple were both about 20 and the man was white and of a slim build. He had short brown hair, was around 5ft 5' and had a local accent.
There is no description of the female. The purse was black leather and contained cash and credit cards.
Anyone with any information is urged to call Derbyshire Police on 0845 123 3333, or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111"

The Herald - Life. Captured Every Day. - Serving York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties.

The Herald - Life. Captured Every Day. - Serving York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties.: "An employee of a Saluda Street business faces seven charges after police say they seized some $500,000 worth of counterfeit items from the store where the Rock Hill man worked.
Police arrested 33-year-old Ali Sillah late Thursday night at his workplace, BAK Fashions at 1424 Saluda St., said Rock Hill police Lt. Jerry Waldrop.
Sillah, of 1781 Cedar Post Lane, was charged with two counts of trafficking counterfeit goods, three counts of criminal conspiracy, one count of illegally selling video recordings and one count of illegally selling audio recordings."

wcbstv.com - Police Find Thousands Of Counterfeit Nikes

wcbstv.com - Police Find Thousands Of Counterfeit Nikes: "with bag after bag of counterfeit Nike Airs.

Police sorted through several different designs of the popular shoes discovering more than three thousand pairs at a U-Haul facility on 23rd St. in Chelsea.

On Wednesday night cops from the 10th Precinct were tipped off about the operation after they arrested five men for attempting to rob a man in front of the storage building.

Capt. Stephen Hughes told CBS 2 News, 'We arrested those five men recovered four knives we subsequently learned that the victim was a dealer in counterfeit sneakers.'

Police said the alleged robbers told investigators they were planning to rip off a group who had been storing these Nike knock-offs inside a half dozen storage units in the U Haul building."

NBC2 News Online - NBC2 Investigates: Golf club knock-offs

NBC2 News Online - NBC2 Investigates: Golf club knock-offs: "LEE COUNTY: Before you tee it up at the golf course, you might want to take a closer look at your clubs. NBC2 consumer investigator Paul Lagrone uncovered a scam involving knock-off clubs that is ripping off golfers.
Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection say counterfeit golf equipment is a growing problem in the U.S. and the agency is hitting it hard.
'Last year we did seize 245 shipments, primarily from China,' said Therese Randazzo of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
The counterfeit equipment is showing up on the internet, in brick and mortar stores and even on trade show floors.
'We have heard of incidences where, you know, you take a good swing with that counterfeit club and the head comes flying off, which is certainly a health hazard,' said Randazzo.
The bottom line is that buyers need to be skeptical of bargain basement prices. Check the quality of the products and know what the official product looks like.
The year 2005 set a record for counterfeit golf seizures. The overwhelming majority of the fake equipment comes in from China.
Nike recently announced a new online system to verify its clubs that can ensure a specific club is authentic before you buy it."