BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Officer of the Month / Award Nomination
TO:
Major Kelly Harris
DATE:
05-08-14
NOMINEE INFORMATION NAME:
Raymond Lagor
AGENCY: ADDRESS: PHONE:
Boynton Beach Police Dept. 100 E. Boynton Beach Blvd 561-742-6100
NOMINEE IS A SUPERVISOR:
BBPD Officer
Sergeant P. Antico
COMMENDATIONS REQUESTED Officer Of The Month
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NARRATIVE CASE NUMBER(S)
14-18136
On 4/19/14 at approximately 1715 hours Officer Lagor responded to 550 N Congress Ave (Best Buy) in reference to a fraud, where Officer Lagor was advised by an employee that he recognized a W/F as a female that was involved in a series of fraudulent incidents at other Best Buys. The female subject was with a B/M subject. The two entered the store, selected 2 Apple computers and accessories and attempted to buy the items using a stolen credit card belonging to someone else. When asked for ID, the female subject produced a forged Pennsylvania ID which identified her as the person on the stolen credit card. The female subject completed the transaction, and the male subject picked up the items and the two exited the store. An employee provided Officer Lagor with photographs of the retrieved merchandise, as well as several photos and video footage of both subjects entering and leaving the store together and both subjects handling the stolen items. Best Buy personnel was contacted by PNC bank and informed the charge was fraudulent. Both subjects were arrested (handcuffs d/l and checked). A search incident to arrest revealed the female subject was in possession of 3 other credit cards which belonging to her, as well as several other gift cards. A search incident to arrest of the male subject revealed he was also in possession of several store gift cards (approximately 18). Both subjects were transported to BBPD for processing. Officer Lagor made contact with the victim of the stolen PNC credit card who responded to BBPD. The victim stated she was at a Panera bread located in PBSO jurisdiction on Boynton Beach Blvd when her credit cards were stolen from her purse (reference PBSO case 14-63658). She advised she later received a call from her credit company notifying her of the fraudulent charge as well as an attempted fraudulent charge at a Target which was declined just prior to the Best Buy charge. Officer Lagor then interviewed the female subject and was able to obtain information that the female subject met up with a friend at the Panera who told her to take these stolen credit cards and fake ID's and go to Best Buy and purchase some computers. The female subject also advised Officer Lagor that she had been involved in an incident similar to this in West Palm Beach approx two weeks ago (WPB case number 14-5581). After further investigation by Officer Lagor it was determined that the female subject had been involved in over 15 other incidents at Best Buy locations around the U.S. including the previous incident in West Palm Beach, and that a criminal history check revealed she has approximately 50 different aliases as well as 10 DOBs and 10 social security numbers. While continuing his investigation Officer Lagor also discovered that the female subject and the male subject involved in this incident had a rental vehicle which they used to drive to the Best Buy and the vehicle was still parked in the parking lot. It was learned that the vehicle was owned by Budget Rent a Car. Budget was contacted and notified of the incident. They arranged to have a tow truck retrieve the vehicle, which was supposed to have been returned on 4/16. The tow truck driver arrived at the Best Buy and made contact with Ofc. Monteith who gave him the keys to the vehicle. The tow truck inspected the vehicle for damage and inventory and while he was doing so, he located a large volume of merchandise in the vehicle. The driver notified Ofc. Monteith, authorizing him to check the vehicle further, and turned the property over as evidence. BBPD crime scene responded to the scene and retrieved the property. Several of the computers were identified as belonging to Best Buy. Located with-in the vehicle was approximately $19,000 worth of Apple products, several gift cards, assorted merchandise and materials to produce fake IDs, including several blank white cards, a computer and a card printer. The card printer was located in the trunk of the vehicle. It had wires running from the trunk to the interior of the vehicle allowing the computer to connect from the interior of the car. Due to the magnitude of evidence found in the vehicle The Secret Service was notified of the incident. Special Agent Wil Messier responded to BBPD. After briefing Agent Messier on the aforementioned events, Officer Lagor and Agent Messier conducted a taped interview with the female subject (the following account of the interview is paraphrased).
During the interview, the female subject restated that she received both the stolen credit cards and the fake ID from her friend. She identified another subject also being involved with the series of frauds. The female subject ultimately admitted to periodically traveling from Pennsylvania to Florida and elsewhere in the U.S. with the purpose of committing fraud. She advised today was one of several incidents where she has partaken in stealing credit cards, producing a matching fake ID in their vehicle, and making fraudulent purchases. The female subject went on to explain in today’s case, after the credit cards were stolen, the male subject made the fake ID in their vehicle with the equipment that was found. Agent Messier advised Officer Lagor that the Secret Service will be further investigating this case due to the country wide fraudulent crimes. Due to the in-depth investigation conducted by Officer Lagor he was able to uncover a ring of fraudulent activity that was occurring throughout the entire country. Due to Officer Lagor's persistence and meticulous investigative techniques, I nominate him for Officer of the Month. *ATTACH COPY OF APPLICABLE REPORTS
05-08-14 DATE
_______________________________________________ SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE * Supervisor is required to validate the authenticity of the above incident ONLY. Supervisor is not to determine if the Nominee is worthy of the listed awards.
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