TRIAD

TRIAD is an organization designed to give Senior Citizens the means to recognize criminal activity in their communities and learn how to protect themselves from it.

TRIAD refers to the three organizations that gave it birth in 1988; AARP, The International Association of Police Chiefs (IAPC), and The National Sheriff's Association (NSA).

For several years I ran the Carroll County TRIAD chapter in Westminster, Maryland.

At the start of each monthly meeting, I would make the attendees aware of criminal activity they might not have heard about to trigger lively discussion.  I would get that information from newspapers, magazines, TV news shows, radio network news, bulletin boards, County and State police, and other sources.  In some cases, I did not keep a record of the source of the information.

Here are a few of the items that we discussed.

Investment in a Hong Kong Insurance Company

An ad suggests that if you invest in their company, you may become a millionaire.  One "unsolicited" statement came from an Australian plumber:

"I received $130,000 in just 7 months."

Pie Cooking Burgler with Hutzpah

The Salisbury, Maryland newspaper reported that a burglar broke into a home, stripped down to his underwear, cooked and ate a chicken pot pie, after which he relaxed on a sofa watching TV, where he was found by police.

Manneken Pis?

A three-year-old Oklahoma boy was fined $2,500 for urinating in his own front yard.  His mother said that the boy was being potty-trained and was just getting ready to relieve himself when the cop (Barney Fife?) spotted him.

 More Hutzpah!

The former police chief of Bell, California who resigned after plundering the municipal budget, is contesting the amount of his pension ($240,000 a year, twice his former salary.)

With a straight face he says that his pension should be $510,000 a year!

Crime pays in Austria

The U.K. Daily Mail reports that an Austrian court has ordered that stolen money be given to the thief.

Out of the $240,000 stolen, $82,000 was recovered.

However, the bank doesn't want any money back because insurance covered the loss.  The insurance company doesn't want any money back because of some kind of increase in asset evaluation.

The surprised and incarcerated thief will take the cash when he is released.

Money Sprayer

In 2012, a scammer said that he could double a person's money using a secret spray. He would only accept $14,000 in cash.  Several people complied.

The scammer and the money disappeared.

A question:  How did anyone amass $14,000 during the Recession?

Stick stuck

An 18-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee youth tried to high-jack a car but was not successful because he didn't know how to drive the stick-shift automobile.  

 

He used his "foot-mobile" to run away but was caught "flat-footed."

Cat Lady

A Frederick, Maryland woman was sentenced to 80 days in jail for hoarding animals.  She harbored a total of 45 cats in her home.  

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Go and sin no more.