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♦ FRIDAY/SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10-11, 2006 2A Violation loads to money for PPD By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer It all began with a tint violation. A July 18 traffic stop in Perry led to two arrests in two counties and the seizure of 10 kilos of cocaine and $189,920 in cash. A follow up also led to the raid of the drug dealer’s home in Jacksonville, Fla., and the seizure of another SBOO,OOO, explained Perry Public Safety Director George Potter. The continuing inves tigation led police to Jacksonville, Fla., and the dealer, Potter said. The four agencies involved will now split the SBOO,OOO, Potter said, with Perry Police get ting a check for $200,000 in about four weeks. “It all started when (Sgt. Ron) Brainard and (Field Training Officer John) Kessler spotted the vehicle and something was just not right,” Potter said. “They were just doing their job.” Brainard stopped a vehicle on 1-75 because the windows were too dark around 2:10 a.m., July 18. He checked the vehicle with his canine partner Rex, and based upon Rex’s hit on the vehi cle, decided to search the Commissioner issues warning over fire extinguisher scam Special to the Journal Insurance and Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said fire extin guisher suppliers in Georgia have been targeted by scam artists using stolen credit cards and a tale of an orphan age to rip off the companies. An extinguisher compa ny recently received a call regarding the purchase of extinguishers for an orphan age in Ghana. An attempt was made to pay for the product with stolen credit ,IMIL- WIN Sltt M/I ml » 'Super P///oivf»p V_——* *tii the efSht we run out, we can reorder mJJmm nSf *SF for stile price for u Invited tiiiie only itfy : z :f s -Jl A It’urmu <•* On In Slot k l atom! $ Hit ft i*xtni thick striCiitiif lit SUSSfSf 9kmoli^ We Pon t ™ ™Sleep Until You Do! 4025 WATSON BLVO, sum 200 ■ WARNER ROBINS. 6A (Next door to Tuesday Morning I 47 8-971-1076 ■V -W' '\W ■** -v. f I I ■ • >\ i t gSgjSfePV '*gß?re\ Photos courtesy PPD Perry Police Field Training Officer John Kessler and Sgt. Ron Brainard show the $189,920 in cash seized following a traffic stop on the interstate for a tint violation. vehicle. Brainard and Kessler searched the vehicle and located cocaine - about three grams - and a bag that con tained $189,920 in cash. The driver of the vehicle, Ryan Cox, 28, of Fernandina, Fla., was arrested and charged with conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, with intent to distribute, possession of card information. The per petrator also requested that shipping costs be wire trans ferred to Ghana. In cases we ve seen, the credit card numbers belong to an unsuspecting indi vidual, Oxendine said. By the time the extinguisher company becomes aware of the scheme, they may have already wired funds for alleged shipping. The ship ping costs are simply a way for criminals to use a legiti mate company to generate cocaine and the window tint violation. The follow-up investi gation led to the arrest of Lawrence Kenneth Wathour, 28, 1916 Holmestown Road, Midway, in Douglasville where the Douglas Sheriffs Department seized about 10 kilos of cocaine. He was charged in Douglas County See MONEY, page ;B illegal cash for them. Any extinguisher company that gets a similar call or request via email requesting product to be shipped out of the country should check the purchaser s information carefully, Oxendine said. In one case the scam artist gave the shipping address of the orphanage as OSU Children s Home, 1524 Orphanage Rd., Accra, Ghana 00233. The ship ping company was listed as Diamond Star Shipping. LOCAL HCSO arrests one, seeks another in Bonaire break-ins By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Houston County Sheriffs Office Criminal Investigation Division has arrested one of two sus pects in a large number of car break-ins in Bonaire from last weekend. Early Tuesday morning, following the execution of an arrest warrant Monday night, one of the two identi fied suspects was arrested. The second suspect ■ /Mi - "i&KcytiOafctta» • - v " >> . Be HCSO/mhmltted Pictured are some of the recovered stolen items from a series of auto break-ins last weekend in Bonaire. 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