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Stolen Property and Meth Lab
John Brewer. ‘They get jobs,
eventually—when they realize they’re not
going to get caught—grow more comfortable with the number. Then they go the next step
and sign up for a car loan or mortgage.’”
“And they usually get away with the crime because there are surprisingly few checks
On 8/27/10 at about 5:30 P.M. , five Inglis Police Officers served a search warrant
to stop this kind of theft, say prosecutors: Employers aren’t required by law to verify Social
at 6711 SE Debra Ave. to recover stolen property from a recent burglary and located a Meth
Security Numbers and some car salesmen and mortgage brokers are willing to overlook a
Lab in the process.
fishy credit report in order to complete a sale.”
The investigation began the morning of 8/26/10, when Inglis P.D. responded to a
A news article which appeared on ABC7Chicago.com for July 11, 2005 stated, “An el-
residence on Sapp St. to investigate a burglary. Several items were taken including a large
derly woman on Chicago’s South Side may be the victim of identity theft and could lose her
amount of rechargeable batteries and several cordless tools. Due to recent heavy rains the
home because of it. Eighty-three-year-old Lillybella Peagram has lived in the 3500-block
investigating officer was able to follow fresh shoe prints from the muddy scene, down the
of West Van Buren for 45 years. Recently, she received notice from a bank that they will be
street, and to the front of the residence at 6711 SE Debra Ave. While gathering evidence at
foreclosing on her home due to an unpaid $150,000 loan taken out in 1990. Peagram says
the scene the officer observed a white male, Ernest Schott leaving the residence. The officer
she never took out any loans. Her friends believe her identity was stolen.”
made contact with Schott at a residence down the road. While speaking with the officer, the
A woman in California who had not worked in years got a letter from the IRS
officer noticed Schott leaving identical shoe impressions in the mud as those at the crime
demanding over $15,000 in back taxes from a job in Texas. She investigated and learned
scene. Schott was detained and the officer did a comparison on scene between the shoes
that her identity had been used at 81 jobs in 17 states from Florida to Washington State.
Schott was wearing and those left at the scene. The officer determined them to be exact
Although it can not be proved, it is likely that her identity was used by illegal immigrants.
matches and Schott was arrested and charged with Burglary of an unoccupied structure and
But, identity theft by illegal immigrants doesn’t just hurt senior citizens financially.
grand theft.
It hurts senior citizens physically, too.
The officer returned to 6711 SE Debra Ave. and spoke with resident, James W.
An insurance card or a Medicare ID number is like a credit card with a two million
Short Jr. Short told the officer Schott brought the stolen items to the residence but he was
dollar credit limit.
unaware they were stolen. Short retrieved some of the stolen items from his back yard but
A headline on the front page of the March 15, 2009 edition of the Chicago Tribune
stated that was all there was. Short denied there being any additional items there.
told readers, “In the U.S. illegally, Mariana de la Torre used a fake ID to get $530,000 worth
On the afternoon of 8/27/10, Ofc. Swiggett of the Inglis Police Dept. obtained a
of medical care. . . .”
search warrant for 6711 S.E. Debra Ave for the remaining items. During the course of the
When a fake ID is used to obtain medical care, the permanent medical record of the
search officers located what appeared to be a Methamphetamine lab in the back yard. The
true person becomes POLLUTED with false information. This is very dangerous.
levy County Drug Task force was contacted to dismantle the lab and Inglis Fire Responded
Imagine that your mother’s identity was stolen for medical services to an illegal
for added safety. After securing the area, Inglis Police continued the search and located
alien. Then, imagine that your mother is in a car accident, that she is taken to a hospital,
another active Meth lab in a trailer occupied by Short Jr. along with two firearms and a bag
and her permanent medical records are polluted with false information because of ID theft
of Methamphetamine still sitting on a digital scale. The officers continued their search and
by an illegal immigrant.
were able to recover all of the stolen property from the burglary. Short was arrested by the
If hospital personnel believe that your mother is diabetic and needs insulin, but she
Inglis Police Dept. and charged with dealing in stolen property.
does not, and they give her insulin, it could put your mother into a coma – or worse.
The Levy County Drug task force continued the investigation and also charged
If hospital personnel believe that your mother needs two pints of blood, but they give
Short with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, and Manufacturing Methamphetamine. Two
her the wrong type of blood, your mother will die.
other individuals, Larry Meadows and Naomi Gufford were also arrested on un-related drug
Senior citizens go to doctors, clinics, and hospitals more often than most people in
charges stemming from a previous Drug Task Force investigation.
our population. Senior citizens have Medicare ID cards, which means that the Medicare
system pays most of the bill. A balance is left for the senior citizen or an insurance company
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a senior citizen’s ID is stolen and used to get medical services, then our federal and/or state
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