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  • ARSON FIRE – LITTREL CONSTRUCTION

    Sometime during the evening hours of September 19, 2013 and the early morning hours of September 20, 2013 an unknown person or persons entered the property of Littrel Construction at 5661 West Hwy 20, Dawes County, NE. and set fire to TWO (2) semi-tractor trailer trucks parked on the property. The two damaged vehicles were […]

  • BURGLARY – WHITNEY POST OFFICE

    REWARD – UP TO $10,000 FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE REWARD – UP TO $1,000 FROM DAWES COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS Between 8am on Sunday -09/22/13 and 7am on Monday- 09/23/13 , the Whitney, NE Post Office was Burglarized. Anyone having information regarding this case, please contact either: Dawes County Sheriff – 308-432-3025  or  308-665-2510 US Postal […]

  • Crawford Police Department seeks information on attempted arsons

    The Crawford Police Department is seeking any information about a house fire that occurred on January 14, 2010 in the early morning hours at 303 Paddock Street in Crawford and a second attempted fire at an unoccupied dwelling located at 217 Coates Street in Crawford, that occurred sometime between the end of February, 2010 and […]

  • $10,000 REWARD – Power Sub-Station Vandalism !!

      HAY SPRINGS (NE) – Northwest Rural Public Power District and Tri-State G & T are offering a $10,000 Reward to anyone who furnishes evidence sufficient for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons guilty of the vandalism & theft at the Hay Springs Sub-Station.This act of vandalism is believed to have taken place sometime during the […]

  • Criminal Mischief & Theft

    Sometime between 5pm and 7pm on Friday 4/18/08, persons unknown broke into the re-cycle machine in the City Parking lot in the 200 blk of Chadron Ave., Chadron, NE.  The “Golden Goat” aluminum re-cycle machine had an access door pried open and cash ($30.00 to $50.00) was taken. The cost to repair the machine is at least […]

Dawes County Crimestoppers » Solved Crimes Call when you have information you think might help police solve criminal

  • MISSING — JOSH BULLOCK

    UPDATE : Based on the information gathered after the Gonzalez incident, Josh Bullock’s remains were recoved in Dawes County, Southeast of the City Of Chadron. The Nebraska State Patrol and the Sheriff’s Office will continue to followup on this case until proper closure.  UPDATE —  On Tuesday  June 12, 2012, Law Enforcement was involved in […]

Dawes County Crimestoppers » Scam & Fraud Alerts Call when you have information you think might help police solve criminal

  • “Knowledge Growth” SCAM

    You will be contacted by an unknown person to take a simple, non-threatening survey. You agree and answer a few questions. Suddenly, you are contacted again to take another survey and are asked to “Work” for them doing surveys. They will “TRAP” you in a very bad situation with undated checks and other monetary transaction […]

  • FBI Threat Payment Scam

    AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BELOW RE-PRINTED EMAIL, THIS GOOBER HAS NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE FBI’S OPERATING PROCEEDURES. HE ALSO HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. READ IT, LAUGH A LITTLE AND REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL RESPOND TO THIS AND SEND MONEY. REMEMBER :  WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK IT OUT […]

  • “RELAY FOR LIFE” is Legit, but user may not be !!!

    SCAMMERS have no shame and don’t care who they hurt. With that in mind, a new twist has been added to their schemes….. RELAY FOR LIFE is a communications system designed to allow people who can not speak or hear to contact others by phone for personal and business reasons. It is done through a […]

  • POST OFFICE PHISHING SCAM

    Well, Just so ya don’t feel all alone, even Sheriff’s Offices get scam stuff in their e-mail !!!  I got one today saying that an item I posted on July 1st had been returned as undeliverable and if I wanted to check on it through the Post Office Tracking System, I just needed to “click […]

  • SCAM – Northern Financial Services

    Northern Financial Services (supposedly out of Albany, NY) contacts you with a LOAN OFFER that seems very easy to obtain and with very few restrictions. Well, folks – it is TOO EASY – IT’s A SCAM !!!!  The loan offer will be for, lets just say, $60,000.00. The interest rate (fixed of course) is 9% […]

  • CREDIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES ?? BE CAREFUL !!

    I get calls about these folks every now and again. I may have written about them before, but one more time won’t hurt a thing !!   CMS (Credit Management Services) is one of those businesses that provide a “legal” service, but tend to walk the “legal” line in many instances. I had a call that […]

  • BETTER CREDIT CARD INTEREST ??? NOT !!!

    You get a phone call offering better interest rates on your credit card. They want a ton of information from you and while they are talking, you notice that the area code on your CALLER ID is — 062 — or some other strange number — 062 is an INDONESIA area code…. Take a wild […]

  • CABLE TV INFO REQUEST SCAM

    You receive an e-mail from someone (in this case- fraz2694@buckeye-express.com) claiming to be from a cable or satellite TV provider (again, in this case Great Plains Communications). The grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. are terrible and they want your User name – Password – DOB (?) and Country or Territory …. WHY????   Because they are […]

  • Check that Check & Watch That Deposit !!!!

    A new twist on the check scam is going around. It works a little different than most of the old ones, but the result is the same — You are out a bunch of money !!!!!!  Here is how it works:  You receive a check in the mail with some phony bologna letter wanting you […]

  • The “New ID For Your Insurance” Scam

    The phone rings (like it always does – at the worst possible time !!)… You pick up and a voice at the other end says that he / she is calling to tell you that you need to have a “New ID Number assigned to your insurance or you will not be able to access […]

Dawes County Crimestoppers » News & Information Call when you have information you think might help police solve criminal

  • FBI Threat Payment Scam

    AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BELOW RE-PRINTED EMAIL, THIS GOOBER HAS NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE FBI’S OPERATING PROCEEDURES. HE ALSO HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. READ IT, LAUGH A LITTLE AND REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL RESPOND TO THIS AND SEND MONEY. REMEMBER :  WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK IT OUT […]

  • It’s Spring and the Scammers are Blooming !!

    Well folks, It’s Spring time and the “Nasty Eggs” are hatching !!   The scammers don’t care who you are or what your monetary status is. They will stick you and suck you dry, if you let them. They have no shame or conscience and will use any ploy to separate you from your money and good name. […]

  • CREDIT CARD OPT OUT

    IF YOU ARE TIRED OF GETTING ALL THOSE CREDIT CARD AD’S IN THE MAIL – AND YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF IDENTITY THEFT, YOU CAN NOW CALL  —  1-888-567-8688  —  AND OPT OUT OF GETTING THE MAIL AD’S. IT IS GOOD FOR 5 YEARS, MUCH LIKE THE PHONE “DO NOT CALL” LIST.  FOR […]

  • New Link Available

    There is a new link on this site that will help you find out if a check you received is connected to a fraud or scam. If you suspect that the check you received may be counterfeit, click on the link Fake Check .org  – In The Link Section of This Site.

  • Internet Crime Complaint Center

    A very useful tool is available to ANYONE who has been a victim of “Internet Crime” or has received an E-Mail that is an attempt to commit a fraud. That tool is a website called the “Internet Crime Complaint Center.” Through this site, a person can report a crime or an attempted fraud. The website […]

  • KIDS COME FIRST

    I have been contacted by Ms. Barbara Black. She and her husband are the founders of an organization known as “Kids Come First”. It is my pleasure to have placed a link to their site on this Crime Stoppers web site. The site educates children and parents about the dangers of Internet predators and provides […]