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Civil Lawsuit
June 19, 2006
Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Vincent Pitts
President of National Field Selling Association
NFSA
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Vincent Pitts (president of the National Field Selling Association)
and owner of Palmetto Marketting, Inc. (palmettomarketinginc.com)
in response to the brutal beating and rape of a 50 year-old Menomonie, Wisconsin Woman on July 1, 2005.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
DUNN COUNTY
Ms.x
Menomonie, WI 54751
Plaintiff,
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Crime Victim Compensation Program
17 West Main Street
P.O. Box 7951
Madison, WI 53708-7951
and
Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire County
2503 North Hillcrest Parkway
Altoona, WI 54720
Subrogated Parties.
Case No:
Case Codes: 30106, 30107
vs.
Vincent Pitts, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Palmetto, Marketing, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Sunshine Subscription Agency, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Robert Cecil, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Tina Michelle Cecil, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Gemini Subscriptions, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Brandon Green, an Individual
Dunn County Jail
615 Stokke Parkway
Menomonie, WI 54751
Read The Criminal Complaint Againsit Brandon Lee Green
Read The Civil Lawsuit Against Vincent Pitts
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Civil RICO
January 7, 2005
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER
DANIEL WILKINSON, an individual;
STEPHANIE LAURITO, an individual; and
MARCUS HENKHAUS, an individual, on behalf
of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HY-PRO CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC., a
Texas corporation; EDGE SALES, INC., a Texas
corporation; JOSEPH w. EDGE, an individual;
and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
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August 19, 2004
If It's Not One Pitch, It's Another
Do Not Call List Boosts Door-to-Door Sales
You could call it a knock-knock joke on consumers.
Homeowners irritated by mealtime marketing calls
may have inadvertently brought back the door-to-door salesman.
BY TOM DURANTE
Long Island Press
longislandpress.com
Read This Story
May 24, 2004
Pitts Sales Sues Inside Edition
For Hidden Camera/Racketeering
Read Federal Complaint - PDF Format
May 17, 2004
Knock Knock
Desperate, young magazine peddlers are out there,
roaming America in search of the next sucker.
Have you been conned?
By Rupal Parekh
The New York Review of Magazines
Read This Story
April 4, 2004
Former magazine seller shares stories of life on the road
By BRIGID O'MALLEY
Naples Daily News
Read This Story
April 4, 2004
Traveling sales crews alarm law enforcement agencies
By BRIGID O'MALLEY
Naples Daily News
Read This Story
Febuary 3, 2004
EXPLOITED YOUNGSTERS SELLING MAGAZINES
DOOR-TO-DOOR MAKE SALES COMPANIES RICH:
AN INSIDE EDITION INVESTIGATION
Youngsters abuse drugs while driving in vans,
party in motels every night,
and are exploited by managers
Inside Edition
Read This Story
January 4, 2004
When crime knocks
Door-to-door sales industry has few regulations regarding employees
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Read This Story
June 30, 2003
The hazards of door-to-door sales
Solicitors are often young people working in unfamiliar places.
philly.com
By Dwayne Campbell and Amie Parnes
Inquirer Staff Writers
Read This Story
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* * *Traveling Sales Crews Criminal Chronology * * *
A History Of Tragedy And Carnage
Innocent Children, Teens, Young Adults, And Homeowners
Are Maimed, Raped, Robbed, And Murdered
As The Door To Door Traveling Sales Industry
Continues To Profit.
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2005
July 7, 2005
Who's there ?
A troubling case raises questions about solicitors
By KEN WOOD
Sun Newspapers
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Data Source:
Menlo Park California Police
Case Number: 040121071
Twinsberg Ohio Police Department
Case Number: 0414626
Synopsis:
Derrick Todd Jones two time convicted sexual offender
selling magazines door to door.
Unified Stars
Go Doers
American Community Services, Inc.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2004
August 12, 2004
Man admits he molested 9-year-old El Cajon girl
Maurice Andre Thomas Sexually Assaults 9 Year Old Girl
Data Source: El Cajon Police Report
Court No.: CE238576
Synopsis: Defendant is a traveling salesman charged
with nine felony counts including child molestation
of a 9-year-old El Cajon girl in her apartment on 3/16/04.
Victim says she was forced into her apartment,
held against her will and sexually assaulted.
Services Unlimited Plus
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 15, 2004
Traveling Magazine Salesman Azriel Rashad Bridge
Murders Shirley Reuter.
Shirley Reuter was found beaten and stabbed on the floor
of her suburban New Jersey home.
New Jersey murder has Michiana ties
Bridge is being held on a $500,000 bond,
has outstanding warrents in Illinois,
and is also being charged with robbery.
June 15, 2004
Man Did Not Undergo Background Check
Chicago Murder Suspect Had Previous Warrant
CHICAGO -- Shirley Reuter, 77, was found beaten and stabbed to death
on the floor of her New Jersey home, and on Monday 18-year-old
Azriel Bridge, of Chicago, was arraigned in court, charged with her murder.
Phoenix Imagery, Inc.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
April 21, 2004
Man charged with murder in magazine saleswoman's death
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RAPID CITY -- A 41-year-old Rapid Valley man was charged early Tuesday
with murdering a 21-year-old woman who came to his home last week to sell magazines.
Neil Frame, 3030 Gypsey Road, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Kristina Moore
of Lancaster, Calif. Moore disappeared Wednesday evening while working for a door-to-door
magazine crew in the Rapid Valley area where Frame lived.
Moore's body was found Friday morning in a field near Hermosa.
During a news conference Tuesday morning, city, county and state law-enforcement
officers said autopsy results showed that Moore had suffered a blow to the head but
died of asphyxiation from strangulation.
When she was found Friday, she still had a plastic zip tie around her neck,
Pennington County State's Attorney Glenn Brenner said.
There also were indications on the body that a stun gun might have been used, Brenner said.
Imperial Sales
Liberator Sales
Pacific Coast Clearing Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2003
September 14, 2003
"Jones said he worked 80 hours a week,
was cheated out of commissions and worked
in a culture of drug use and violence."
Magazine sales work ends in tale of terror
Great Lakes Circulation
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 15, 2003
Fifteen people were crammed into the 1992 Chevrolet Suburban
when it rolled over on a lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 666
about five miles north of Shiprock, N.M., just before noon
last Sept. 20. Two teenage girls were killed.
Deaths nothing new for sales crews
Atlantic Circulation Inc.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2002
July 29, 2002
Magazine Sales Company Settles
With Murder Victim's Family For $1 Million
Diane Cooper Murdered
Diane Cooper's daughters Monday morning
signed a $1 million settlement of their lawsuit
against Palmetto Marketing, Inc., the Florida-based
company whose employee murdered Cooper in May of 2000.
Cooper was murdered in her Fulton home by Matthew Maxson,
a door-to-door magazine salesman.
Police believe Cooper had let the young man into her home.
She was stabbed with a knife and with a broken bottle.
DeGeorge Sales
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
September 03, 2002
Door To Door Magazine Salesman Michael Roland Poissant
Charged With Two Counts of Rape, Kidnapping,
Abduction And Aggravated burglary.
Salesman allegedly rapes 12-year-old
Man was selling magazines door-to-door
Suspect drops plea
Salesman accused of raping young girl decides to face jury
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 26, 2002
Door-To-Door Salesman Accused Of Rape
Man Entered Home After Asking For Water, Police Say
Deon Bowens Rapes 14 Year Old Girl
PITTSBURGH -- A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped
while babysitting a 1-year-old in Dormont.
Austin Diversified Products
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
2001
August 22, 2001
Traveling Magazine Salesman Rodger Eric Broadway
Rapes And Murders Knoxville Tennessee Woman.
Police capture man charged with murder of local woman
The Real Deal
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
April 19, 2001
Two young Douglas County Colorado girls ages 12 and 13
are sexually assaulted by traveling magazine salesmen
Dwayne Taylor and Maurice Rogers
Two Clarke Farms teens sexually assaulted by magazine salesmen
Magazine salesman convicted of assault
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2000
June 05, 2000
Five Traveling Door To Door Magazine Salesmen
Brutally Beat Brett D. King To Death.
Allen County Indiana Coroner determines that Brett D. King died
as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
Magazine sales: No fun in sun
Teens, young adults often trapped in web of drugs, death
Youthful salesman's long regret
Convicted of murder, he now wishes he had listened to his mother
New River Subscription Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 18, 2000
Frustrated Families Confronting Publishers
Sales crews still dying as reform stalls
The Death Toll Climbs
World Wide Circulation
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1999
August 7, 1999
Blame Publishers, Not Young Salespeople
Article By The Director Of Parent Watch
May 6, 1999
Toxic chemicals demonstrated orally by young, eager sales force
The Examiner On-Line
By Jerry Jordan
Read This Story
Hy-Pro Chemical
Joseph Edge
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
April 29, 1999
Rock ‘n roll’ sales job: Drugs and booze abound
The Examiner On-Line
By Jerry Jordan
Read This Story
Hy-Pro Chemical
Joseph Edge
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
March 25, 1999
Seven Die And Five Are Maimed For Life
Traveling Magazine Sales Crew Van Crash
Janesville Wisconsin - March 25, 1999
Youth Employment Services/Subscriptions Plus, Inc.
New Company Names:
Services Unlimited Plus
Subscription Services
National Magazine Services
CIRCULATION I, INC
CIRCULATION II, INC
National Community Clearing, INC
PRAETORIAN
PLATINUM SALES
PARAGON SALES
MAJESTIC SALES
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1998
November 8, 1998
DeMers was critically injured and not breathing
Beaten Near Death By
Jeremy Delano Kincaid and James Larry Ransom
In the shadow of violence
Assault occured on August 12, 1998
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 6, 1998
WOMAN RAPIST SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS:
Abstract (Article Summary)
When Bridgette Latrice Brown, 23, knocked on the door of a Seattle woman's home
and told her she was selling magazines to help get kids off the streets,
the woman believed her. But when Brown asked the woman to take her to a motel,
then grabbed a knife and threatened to take her life . . . the woman was shocked.
"I have never seen a stranger case," said King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor
Kathy Goater, who heads the special assault unit. "A forcible rape of a woman by
another woman? It rarely happens. In the context of a strange rape, I've never
seen one like this before."
RONALD K. FITTEN.
Seattle Times. Seattle, Wash.: Mar 6, 1998.
Seattle Times Archive Link:
WOMAN RAPIST SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1997
October 26, 1997
Friend's death in crash still disturbs ex-seller
From the Journal Sentinel
Meg Kissinger
Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Aug. 1, 1999.
Read The Complete Story
Angel Trevino is haunted by the memories of holding her friend
who lay dying along the highway.
The two had been on a crew together for eight months
at All-Star Promotions, a magazine subscription
sales company based in Pilot Point, Texas. They had been working
in Destin, Fla., and had left just after midnight Oct. 26, 1997, on
their way back to Texas. It had begun to rain as they were driving
through Jackson, Miss., at about 9 that morning. The van swerved as the
driver tried to pass another car, and rolled off the road,
throwing Amber Stankovich, 19, onto the pavement. Trevino's legs were crushed,
but she was conscious. She dragged herself through the shattered windshield.
The four others in the crash were shaken, but none was as bad off as Stankovich.
Trevino would tell an investigator for Parent Watch, an industry watchdog:
"We couldn't find Amber, because she was in a ditch. I finally saw her and wanted to go to her,
but there was this barbed wire in the way. The ambulance people brought her up and put her next to me.
They said she had a heartbeat but wasn't breathing. I started freaking out, but they told me to talk
to her and try to bring her back, that sometimes that helps."
All Star Promotions
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1996
September 5, 1996
Michael W. Grinnell and Jacob R. Russell
Beat To Death
Billy Joe Gilbert and Adam Chesnek
Traveling Salesmen Murdered
"Victims refused to participate in a robbery"
All Star Promotions
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1995
Dec 10, 1995
ELDERLY WOMAN ATTACKED BY SALESMAN, POLICE SAY
Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Fla.; Dec 10, 1995;
See Article Abstracts: Dec. 10, 1995
A magazine salesman revisited the apartment of an 88-year-old woman
who turned down a subscription and attacked her, police said Saturday.
Samuel A. Erby, 20, was arrested a few minutes after the assault Wednesday.
He was in jail Saturday, charged with injury to an elderly person.
Police said the salesman tried to suffocate the woman with her scarf.
Then he tried to smother her with his hand as she fought him and screamed.
He ran away and a neighbor called 911.
Police found the woman lying on the floor near her front door.
She was treated for cuts and bruises.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
Sept. 29, 1995
JUDGE SENTENCES MAN IN KILLING
GUNMAN GETS 100-YEAR TERM FOR 1995 SHOOTING
Chanuncey Watts
a.k.a. Chauncey Whitehead
Additional Charges:
Criminal Attempt To Commit Murder,
First-Degree Assault
Criminal Use Of A Firearm
AND
Aug 13, 1998
SUSPECT CHARGED IN HOTEL SHOOTING
Chanuncey Whitehair
In Crowd
Chapel Sales, Inc
Selling Magazines Door to Door
July 15, 1995
Firm illegally selling magazines door-to-door here settles lawsuit
Janet Kelley; Lancaster New Era. Lancaster, Pa.; July 15, 1995;
See Article Abstracts: July 15, 1995
A Washington business and its president have paid $5,000 to settle accusations
stemming from their involvement in the illegal door-to-door sale of magazine
subscriptions in southcentral Pennsylvania.
The defendants also agree to make restitution both to consumers who didn't get the
subscriptions they paid for and to sales personnel who didn't get promised salaries and bonuses.
A consent petition filed this week in Lancaster County Court identifies the defendants
as NCS Corp., Gig Harbor, Wash., and its president, William Gillespie.
In August 1992, the attorney general's office sued NCS and several other corporations.
Among other things, the lawsuit alleged that the defendants:
Charged consumers a $7 "processing fee" that wasn't adequately disclosed or explained.
Failed to properly register with the state.
NCS Corp., Gig Harbor, Wash.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1994
June 23, 1994
SALESMAN IS CHARGED IN BOY'S STRANGULATION
First Degree Intentional Homicide
Child Abduction
Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La.;
See Article Abstracts: Jume 30, 1994
A door-to-door salesman is charged with strangling a 9-year-old boy
whose nude body was found a block away from his suburban home.
John James Smith, 19, of Carol Stream, Ill., was charged Monday in Circuit
Court with first-degree intentional homicide and child abduction in the
death of Jesse Hubatch of Franklin.
Hy-Pro Chemical
Hy-Pro Cleaner
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
For Further Information On Hy-Pro Chemical See:
Slaves to the sale
1993
November 4, 1993
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
RICHARD EUGENE CAGLE and MICHAEL PAUL SCOTT
First-Degree Felony Murder
Robbery With A Dangerous Weapon
Conspiracy To Commit Robbery
With A Dangerous Weapon
MICHAEL PAUL SCOTT
Sun Circulation
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 3, 1993
Whittier Heights Stung By Assaults Of 4-Year-Old
A traveling magazine salesman is accused of luring a 4-year-old boy
into a restroom last Thursday at Whittier Elementary School and sexually
assaulting him. The suspect was arrested the next day and has been
charged with first-degree rape of a child.
Alex Tizon
Seattle Times
Seattle Times Archive Link:
Whittier Heights Stung By Assaults Of 4-Year-Old
Florida Based Magazine Sales Company
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1992
1992
Slaves to the sale
Nancy Stancill
Read these 'award winning' articles by Nancy Stancill.
The 'Slaves to the sales series' reveal a shocking
glimpse into the dark and murky past
of the ‘traveling door to door sales’ industry
and provides an excellent history of an unregulated and
immoral enterprise that continues to exploit young adults for profit.
Slaves to the sale
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June 21, 1992
MAGAZINE SALES JOBS CALLED SLAVERY
TEENS REPORT TOILING 60 HOURS A WEEK FOR $7 A DAY IN PAY
Patroit News, Harrisburg PA.
By: George Weigel
Credit: NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Article Abstract:
"Travel. Make lots of money."
Those words in a newspaper help-wanted ad caught the eye of 19-year-old
Maxine Preston of Luzerne County, Pa.
Things sounded so good when Preston went for an interview at a local hotel
that she agreed to leave that same night on what she thought was the perfect job.
What followed was the worst three months of her life. Preston says she was taught
to lie to customers to make sales. She found herself knocking on doors six days a week
from 9 a.m. to as late as 2 in the morning.
MAGAZINE SALES JOBS CALLED SLAVERY
American Marketing Network
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1991
January 22, 1991
DOOR-TO-DOOR MAGAZINE SELLER JAILED AFTER RAPE
SCOTT HERHOLD, Mercury News Staff Writer
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Article Abstract:
A 23-year-old Mississippi man who sold magazines door to door was in custody
at Santa Clara County Jail Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of
raping a woman in East San Jose.
Police said the man forced his way into the residence after the woman
-- described as being in her 20s -- opened her front door. Officers
would say only that the rape occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday near White
Road and Cunningham Road. The man choked the victim and kicked her, raped
her and then fled out the rear of her house, police said.
Sgt. Greg Trapp said an officer responding to the call recognized the
description as resembling a magazine salesman in the same neighborhood.
Trapp said investigators then interviewed neighbors, who were able to
describe the man and the identity card he used to sell magazines.
After checking with the city's permit division, the police determined
that the man worked for American Community Services Inc.,
which sells a variety of magazines.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1990
July 13, 1990
Magaizne salesman Darrin Whitman is found guilty
of murdering Bernice Clark.
See Article Abstracts
July 22, 1990
REGULATION OF SOLICITORS VIRTUALLY NIL OFFICIALS
REASSESS LOCAL LAWS IN WAKE OF WOBURN KILLING
January 18, 1991
Salesman found guilty of Woburn murder
Bernice Clark, 76, was found stabbed to death in her Senator Road home July 13.
Hours later, Darrin Whitman, an employee of an Indiana-based soliciting company,
was arrested by state and Woburn police and charged with the killing.
A Middlesex Superior Court jury deliberated approximately two hours before
finding that Darrin Whitman, 24, had killed Clark, a retired beautician,
with deliberate premeditation.
Whitman was one of a large group of young people brought into the
Woburn area last summer by American Community Services of Michigan City,
Ind., to sell magazines and had sold a subscription to Clark earlier in the day.
Evidence showed he later came back, made Clark undress and lie on the bed
before stabbing her four times, once in the heart.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1989
July 6, 1989
Bakersfield, California
John Lee Holt rapes and murders a 65-year-old woman
who told him to leave.
The California Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty
given a door-to-door salesman who was convicted of murdering
a 65-year-old woman who told him to leave.
A Kern County Superior Court jury convicted John Lee Holt of robbery,
rape and murder in the 1989 incident, and the state court upheld the
decision in this automatic appeal.
venus.soci.niu.edu
Rick Halperin
AI-Texas
Posted May 19, 1997
John Lee Holt
Austin Diversified Products
Selling Household Cleaning Products Door to Door
1988
July 5, 1988
Carl M. McClellan Convicted Of First Degree Felony Rape
American Fork, Utah
McClellan was found guilty of raping
a 19 year-old deaf American Fork woman.
See Un-Posted News Article: August 31, 1988 - SALESMAN GUILTY OF AM.F. RAPE
Utah Dept. of Corrections:
Sex Offender Registry
Door-To-Door Salesman Selling Cleaner
1987
April 7, 1987
ABUSES BY DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES OUTFITS ALLEGED
DateLine: Washington
Media General News Service
By Steve Goldberg
Read This Story
Mecca Enterprises Inc.
Selling Magazines and Cleaner Products Door to Door
1985
December 22, 1985
SALES FIRMS ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING YOUTHS
Seattle Times; Seattle, Wash.; Dec 22, 1985;
DateLine: Portland
AP
Read This Story
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1984
June 17, 1984
Magazine Sales Enmesh Youths In Murky World
Magazine Sales Enmesh Youths In Murky World - Morning Call
Circulation Builders of America, Magnet International,
National Circulating Co., National Publishers Circulation House, Inc.,
North American Book Sales, Publishers Circulation,
Solar Circulation, Stargazer,
TICOA (Trans International Clearinghouse of America) Corp.,
Trade Tech International, U.S. Publishers,
U.S. Publishers Circulation, Inc.,
Youth of America,
Jo Edge
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1982
July 25, 1982
Suspect In Murder Had Criminal Past
View as PDF File
Aggravated Murder
Rape
Burglary
On August 19, 1982, David W. Steffen talked his way into
the home of a 19-year old Cincinnati woman. David Steffen,
a young door-to-door salesman, was selling a cleaner
product which was packaged by Hy-Pro Chemical.
The 19-year-old Cincinnati woman allowed
him in to give her a demonstration.
The Cincinnati woman watched as Steffen scrubbed the tile
under the sink.
When he stood up, Steffen brushed against her breast.
She started to scream. Steffen warned her to stop but she
continued. Steffen then beat her severely, ran into the
kitchen, found a paring knife and returned to the bathroom
where he raped her and cut her throat.
Steffen beat her, broke her nose, choked her and slashed
her throat 4 times. He left the home after raping her,
leaving her body for her mother to find.
For Further Information On Hy-Pro Chemical See:
Slaves to the sale
Hy-Pro Chemical
Selling Cleaner Products Door To Door
1978
March 8, 1978
Coming Out of the Shadows
Linda Bright's Murder
Selling Magazines
**** Archive ****
1964 - 1987 Archive
1964-1987
MEDIA COVERAGE
DOOR-TO-DOOR TRAVELING SALES CREWS
Media Coverage 1964 - 1987
Posted 03/12/05
Archives
August 17, 1958
Fugitive couple attack LAPD officer, August 17, 1958
The Daily Mirror
Larry Harnisch Reflects on L.A.'s Crime and Cops From 50 Years Ago
Read This Story
LA Times Blog
Posted 08/18/08
June 18, 1951
Slamming the Door
The Green River Ordinance
Time Magazine On-Line Archive
Posted 04/17/05
June 6, 1948
Buy – or Else
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Free Press on June 6, 1948
Buy – or Else
New York – (U.P.) – A Chicago magazine salesman,
Roy Simpson, was held on charges of stabbing a woman who refused to
buy a subscription.
Jan. 5-8, 1927
Magazine Salesman Chargerd With Murder
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - Newspapers
SALESMAN IS CHARGED WITH SLAYING NEGRO--R.L.GILMORE,33
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - Newspapers
The Memphis Press Scimitar Jan. 5-8, 1927
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Lewes, Delaware
Magazine Sales Fraud Alert !!!
November 9, 2008
Police searching for former magazine salesman
WGMD 92.7
Sunday, 09 November 2008
He’s no longer a magazine salesman, but State police say 25 year old John Babbit
was still going door-to-door selling magazines and then keeping the money for himself.
He even offered subscriptions to be sent to children's hospitals.
Anyone who knows where Babbit may be should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.
WGMD 92.7
wgmd.com
Lewes, Delaware
Read This Story
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Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Dexter upends Moulton
November 5, 2008
Dexter upends Moulton
By Julian Emerson
Leader-Telegram staff
Leader-Telegram
Updated: 11/5/2008 12:37:01 AM
Democratic challenger Kristen Dexter knocked off two-term Republican incumbent Terry
Moulton in a tightly fought, see-saw battle for the 68th Assembly District seat that saw
several lead changes Tuesday night.
Dexter tallied 15,434 votes to Moulton's 15,159, narrowly winning an oftentimes bitter
campaign marked by unprecedented advertising by outside organizations for an
Assembly district race in this part of the state.
"We've been sweating it out for hours," Dexter said minutes after learning she'd won.
"This is very sweet."
The contest's outcome remained in doubt throughout the night as Moulton carried
Chippewa County by a 56 to 44 percent margin, tallying 4,955 votes to Dexter's 3,870.
There were several lead changes throughout the evening. Moulton led early in the night as
Chippewa County vote totals were reported more quickly than those in Eau Claire County.
Moulton grabbed an early lead in Eau Claire County as well, but Dexter's vote total surged
as more numbers were reported. Moulton then grabbed a late lead before Dexter won the
last two precincts.
Moulton was predicted to carry Chippewa County, where he makes his home and
operates Mouldy's Archery and Tackle, his fishing and hunting store. Likewise, Dexter, an
Altoona school board member from 2000-06, was expected to carry the vote in her home
town.
The contest between Dexter and Moulton was among the most-watched - and most
bitterly contested - among Wisconsin's Assembly races. Democrats viewed Moulton as
vulnerable to defeat and targeted him in an effort to win at least two Assembly seats to
even the Democrat-Republican Assembly membership at 49 apiece.
The contest attracted unprecedented spending by outside organizations for an Assembly
race in this region, resulting in a blitz of negative advertising portraying Dexter as a liberal
spender and Moulton as ineffective.
Dexter attributed her win to "pure, hard work."
"I'm elated. I'm very grateful.
Her top priority: "Working together to make the changes the people have said they're
waiting for."
By Julian Emerson
Leader-Telegram staff
Leader-Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Wisconsin
Read This Story
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Hendersonville, Tenneessee
Magazine Sales Scam Alert !!!
Door-to-Door Sales Company:
United Family Circulation
October 30, 2008
Scam Homeowners Should Avoid
NewsChannel5.com
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 09:41 PM CDT
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - A new scam hitting neighborhoods in Middle Tennessee could fool
even the most suspicious homeowners.
The scam is so believable because of who is knocking on doors.
The Alexandra Place subdivision in Hendersonville has a tight-knit group of neighbors so
word spread fast Wednesday that possible scammers were walking the streets.
"They say they are from a local softball team local area and that they're raising
money to go to Hawaii, "said Holly Socha, scam victim. "I'm not sure,
but they might be selling magazines or trying to."
Neighbors said the girls walked up to the door and gave a legitimate nearby address.
But after they checked the girls' story, the neighbors discovered that the children
didn't live where they said they did.
"This girl was so believable," said Franky Mize of Hendersonville. "She was 14, 15
years old looking, she probably had to be over the age of 18. But I would have never
guessed that she wasn't part of the neighborhood."
Neighbors also checked the magazine sales company United Family Circulation and found
it belonged to a Georgia firm with a long list of scam alerts associated with it.
"I saw the girl get in a van and got the tag number and called police," Socha said.
It's common to see children roam the neighborhood selling items so residents are used to
having young solicitors.
Still Megan Stamper didn't think the story made sense.
"We know that the parents don't let the kids out that late," Stamper said. "Also, I
was like softball season is over so it really didn't add up."
It's hard to know how many people were approached and how many wrote checks.
"When the girl looks so young it's kind of believable," Socha said.
People can stop payments on their checks, but children with legitimate fundraisers may have a
tougher time making sales in the neighborhood.
Hendersonville police checked into it and warned people to be alert to professional
fraud artists. Anyone who sells door to door must have a solicitor's permit
issued from the city.
newschannel5.com
Hendersonville, Tenneessee
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Madison, Wisconsin
Exactly Who is Terry Moulton Working for?
October 29, 2008
Exactly Who is Terry Moulton Working for?
Post from Cory Liebmann's Blog:
By Cory @ One Wisconsin Now - Oct 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm EDT
http://www.onewisconsinnow.org
After repeated problems involving door-to-door sales crews in Wisconsin, legislation was
proposed in the state legislature that would regulate the practice. That legislation was
almost singlehandedly blocked by the Eau Claire state Rep. Terry Moulton who chaired
the committee responsible for taking up the measure.
Blocking such common sense legislation is bad enough, but doing so with questionable
motives makes the act much worse. The Associated Press confirmed this week that Rep.
Moulton received $1,000 in June from three executives of Southwestern Company, a
company that hires such door-to-door sales crews. The Tennessee based company was
the only one registered against the legislation. Moulton received the campaign cash after
he succeeded in blocking the measure in his committee.
Moulton claims that he “worked my butt off” on a compromise on the proposed legislation.
Unfortunately the bills original author added that Moulton certainly did work hard but it was
mostly for the executives at Southwestern not for the best interests of his constituents.
Post from Cory Liebmann's Blog:
By Cory @ One Wisconsin Now
Madison, Wisconsin
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Madison, Wisconsin
Wis. father rips lawmaker on sales bill
October 28, 2008
Wis. father rips lawmaker on sales bill
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer
Associated Press
Wisconsin Wire
wcco.com
October 28, 2008
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A dead teenager's father and a liberal advocacy group have accused a
Wisconsin lawmaker of blocking a bill regulating door-to-door sales crews in exchange
for campaign contributions.
The accusations come a week before the Republican lawmaker, state Rep. Terry Moulton
of Eau Claire, faces re-election against Democratic challenger Kristen Dexter in
a race Democrats targeted. Moulton roundly denied the charges, questioning their timing.
Campaign finance reports show Moulton, chairman of the Assembly Small Business Committee,
recorded $1,000 in June from three executives of Southwestern Company, the only company
registered against the measure. The money came after Moulton's committee failed to vote
on the bill earlier this year. The measure passed the state Senate 28-5 in April 2007.
Moulton said the bill would have hurt small businesses.
A spokesman for Southwestern Company, a Nashville, Tenn.-based company that employs college
students as salesmen, had no immediate comment.
Asked why the company gave him the money, Moulton replied: ''Why does anyone
give a candidate money? They give money to people who have the judgment to
uphold the same kind of ideals and philosophy they do.''
Phil Ellenbecker of Verona has pushed for tighter regulation of traveling sales
crews since his 18-year-old daughter, Malinda Turvey, and six other members of a traveling
sales crew died in a van crash near Janesville in 1999.
Ellenbecker and One Wisconsin Now, a liberal political group, have been researching
Moulton's campaign contributions for several weeks.
''I'm up in arms against Terry Moulton. I'll do anything in the world to make sure he doesn't
get re-elected,'' Ellenbecker said. ''He has ignored his responsibility as a representative.''
Moulton said he ''worked my butt off'' on a compromise, but the bill's original author,
state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, wouldn't have it.
Erpenbach said Moulton worked hard for Southwestern.
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer
Associated Press
Wisconsin Wire
wcco.com
Madison, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
October 27, 2008
Political Info Clip
Editorial
Wisconsin 68th District Voters Beware
Dedicated Memorial Parents Group
Posted: October 27, 2008
It is a documented fact that Terry Moulton (Republican – 68th Assembly District) has accepted
campaign contributions from the Southwestern Company. In return for their generosity
Terry Moulton fought against ‘Malinda’s Traveling Sales Crew Protection Act or SB-80
authored by Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach.
In so doing Terry Moulton has sided with an out-of-state special interest group and has
blatantly ignored his primary responsibility as a Wisconsin State Representative.
Terry Moulton has chosen to protect the business interests of the Southwestern Company over the
safety and well being of Wisconsin kids and homeowners.
Terry Moulton should be stripped of the privilege and the right to represent Wisconsin citizens.
Because Terry Moulton likes the Southwestern Company so much maybe he should get a job with them
selling bibles door-to-door and stop pretending that he represents the
best interests of the 68th district.
2008 Southwestern Company Contributions to Representative Terry Moulton:
Henry Bedford, June 28, 2008, Franklin TN 37064: $250.00
Spencer Hays, June 28, 2008, Nashville TN 37230: $500.00
Daniel W. Moore, June 28, 2008, Brentwood TN 37027: $250.00
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Website:
http://wisdc.org
Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database:
http://www.opensecrets.org/wdc/employerdetail.php?name=Southwestern+Co
Research: Southwestern Company/DSA:
Southwestern Company/DSA
Wisconsin Legislation 2007:
SB-80
DMPG Staff
www.dedicatedmemorial.org
www.travelingsalescrews.info
Verona, Wisconsin
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Kansas City, Missouri
Solicitor Gropes Woman
Posted October 27, 2008
Solicitor Gropes Woman
Overland Park Woman Reports Being Touched Inappropriately
KCTV5
POSTED: 5:40 pm CDT October 27, 2008
UPDATED: 7:03 pm CDT October 27, 2008
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- When a deaf woman answered her door, she thought it was a Jehovah's
Witness, but instead, it was a man selling magazines, and she said he groped her.
The woman lived near West 151st Street and Glenwood Avenue.
"He brushed her breasts, and she thought this was an accident, and then as they were
exchanging the book back and forth, he touched her again several times,
which could not have been an accident," said Officer Jim Weaver, of the
Overland Park Police Department.
A neighbor also answered a knock on her door late Tuesday evening to a man selling magazines.
She was not touched inappropriately, she said, but she thought it was unusual that a
solicitor was knocking on doors after dark.
"It's so dark and rainy, and it was very strange, and what happened to the neighbor,
it's totally shocking," the neighbor said. "I am very shocked, because I know she's
deaf, and when somebody just comes to somebody's door and tried to abuse somebody, it's horrible."
Police stopped a van in the area filled with people from South Carolina who were
out soliciting that night, but the woman who reported being groped to police
wasn't able to identify any of them as a suspect.
Overland Park residents can pick up free No Solicitors signs at the Overland Park
Police Department, police said.
KCTV5
kctv5.com
Kansas City, Missouri
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North Dakota
Cons of soliciting
Posted October 27, 2008
Cons of soliciting
Deena Davis
The Dakota Student
Board of Student Publications and the University of North Dakota
Issue date: 10/28/08 Section: Opinion
I have learned the hard way of the dangers of being friendly with solicitors. These people
are out to get something from you and honestly don't care about the tight college
budget you're scrapping by on. It really gets under my skin how they have the
nerve to take it upon themselves to push their crummy product down the throat
of an unsuspecting, na've person.
Everyone in my apartment complex has to deal with magazine peddlers every few months.
In fact we have a phone tree set up to let others know when they're coming so everyone can
prepare themselves or refuse to open the door.
Now they're not as cunning as some of the creepy phone marketers but some day with the right
training, they just may be the one to scam you out of your life savings. Their techniques are
already shady for being so young. Some have claimed to be in high school while others never
mentioned their affiliations.
It's like a scene from A Clockwork Orange. The one when the protagonist Alex breaks into
an woman's place and answers her question of why he is there by stating "To be perfectly
honest, madam, I'm taking part in an international students' contest to see who can
get the most points selling magazines," Illustrating the pushiness of magazine peddlers.
They are a few steps away from taking their next customer hostage in their own home.
To prove my point, one year I had a young man mumble at me about looking for someone. At that
point I had a roommate who liked to party.
So I look over and call for her all the while he managed to slide in the door and goes on a
spiel about his magazines. But oh no, it gets worst.
A year later one guy somehow managed to not only get past my threshold but makes
himself at home and begins looking through my mail on the coffee table to get
information for his for magazine form!
I don't care where you're from but it's NOT acceptable behavior.
Come on, there is a large red sign on my entrance door that states "NO SOLICITING!" In layman's terms,
don't come around here with selling magazines on your mind. The words "no" may have to be
repeated several times before they give up and prey on their next consumer victim.
These people have toed the line when it comes to selling their "product" but the whole
barging into someone's home is more than crossing the line.
If the item is good it will sell itself not the other way around. I've known people
who have had these seedy salesmen go so far as to jump into their car. The said person
agreed to subscribe to their $90 magazine subscription in order to get them out.
A day later she canceled the check at her bank. I should have done the same thing but
ended up out a hundred bucks with no magazines.
This made me start to contemplate why this blatant sign of saying "kiss off" in front of buildings
do not make these people falter before they pound at your door. I have come up with the reason
behind my concern about pushy sellers is either one of two things.
One, it might just be a change from country life when saying no thank you does not come with a rebuttal.
Or two, the people are becoming too desperate or confident in their selling techniques.
Either way, I'm not buying. I live by the phrase, when it comes to shopping; don't call on me,
I'll call on you.
Deena Davis
The Dakota Student
Board of Student Publications and the University of North Dakota
media.www.dakotastudent.com
North Dakota
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Edmonds, Washington
Magazine Salesman Jailed For Alleged Robbery
Door-to-Door Sales Company:
Fresh Start Opportunities
Website:
FRESH START OPPORTUNITIES
93 S. JACKSON ST.
SUITE 8135
SEATTLE , WA 98104
ph: 866-496-8118
October 25, 2008
Magazine salesman allegedly hits woman, steals her purse
Herald staff
HeraldNet.com
Published: Saturday, October 25, 2008
EDMONDS -- A door-to-door magazine salesman in a job training program was arrested Thursday
after he allegedly broke into a woman's home, attacked her and stole her purse.
The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 18200 block of 72nd Avenue W.,
Edmonds police Sgt. Don Anderson said.
An Edmonds woman, 44, called police to report that a man had come into her bedroom,
punched her in the face and taken her handbag after a struggle, Anderson said.
A police dog found the woman's purse and an officer spotted the suspect, a Pennsylvania man,
19. The man was arrested and the woman positively identified him.
According to a police report, the suspect was an employee of Fresh Start
Opportunities, a Seattle company whose Web site said it gives young people
a second chance. The man was selling magazine subscriptions, Anderson said.
The suspect denied breaking into the woman's house. He was jailed for investigation of
first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery.
Herald staff
HeraldNet.com
heraldnet.com
Everett, Washington
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Houston, Texas
Door-to-Door Candy Sales
Attempted Assault
October 21, 2008
Candy salesman exposed himself to grandmother
Attempted Assault
A woman just trying to be kind to a teen selling door-to-door became a victim
KTRK-TV Eyewitness TV
ABC 13
By Laura Whitley
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 6:09 PM
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An elderly woman says doing a small act of kindness left her a victim.
She says a teenager selling candy door-to-door took advantage of her when she let him
inside for just a moment.
Only able to walk with a cane, this Houston grandmother needs help everywhere she goes.
But she was alone at home last Saturday when she survived an unforgettable ordeal.
"This was the worst scare that I have ever had," the victim said.
The woman who wants to be known only as Maria says the trouble started a young man selling
candy knocked on her front door.
"I said, 'No, I don't have no money and I don't want to buy any candy,'" she recalled. "Then he said,
'Can I use your restroom?'"
Thinking the teen reminded her of her own grandson, the 78-year-old woman let him inside.
But when he came out of the bathroom, Maria says the teen was exposing himself.
"He said, 'Look, touch, touch me.' And I said, 'I ain't gonna touch you,'" Maria explained.
From there, Maria says the teen followed her into her bedroom, touched and kissed her.
She said, "I was kind of scared and nervous."
All in all, Maria thinks the teen spent about half an hour inside her home. She told the
boy her husband was on his way home, and after making a phone call, he left.
Maria's granddaughter redialed the number the teen called. She says she found out the teen
worked for a group that sells candy to give job to teens with trouble pasts.
Dan Parsons from the Better Business Bureau says most door-to-door candy sales groups are not reputable.
"Don't give to those people, no matter how enticing the pitch is, and no matter what they're claiming,"
he advised. "Don't let them in your home."
The Better Business Bureau suggests checking with the office if you have questions about a
business with salesmen going door to door.
The woman reported the incident to police on Saturday. Houston police have now assigned an
investigator to the case.
KTRK-TV Eyewitness TV
ABC 13
By Laura Whitley
abclocal.go.com
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La Grange, Illinois
Community Responses To Sexual Assault
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October 2008
Village Spokesman October 2008
Door-to-Door Solicitation
For your safety, the Village has regulations regarding solicitors in our community. Solicitors going
door-to-door (knocking or ringing doorbells) within La Grange are required to obtain a permit
from the Village. Not more than one solicitor is granted permission to solicit on any one day.
Please note that issuance of a permit does not constitute an endorsement of these organizations,
their products or services by the Village.
Solicitors may only operate in the Village of La Grange as specified below:
- No soliciting shall take place on Sundays.
- No soliciting shall exceed a maximum of 15 days in any 12-month period.
- Soliciting is permitted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and
Saturdays.
- All solicitors must register at the Police Department each day of soliciting.
- For-profit approved solicitors are issued a permit badge to be worn while soliciting
door-to-door.
- Not-for-profit agencies are issued a letter of approval by the Village and that letter should be on
hand while soliciting.
Religious, charitable, school, educational, veterans or governmental organizations are exempt
from this procedure by state law.
Handbills and advertisements that are left on doorsteps in residential areas do not require a
solicitors permit.
These regulations are in place for the protection of the community. If you are suspicious about
persons soliciting, don't be afraid to ask to see their solicitors permit or contact the Police
Department at 708-579-2333 or the Village Clerks office at 708-579-2316 to verify that the
person is engaging in a permitted activity.
The La Grange Police Department does maintain a No Solicitation list of residential addresses
that is given to the solicitor upon registration. To be placed on the list and receive a no-soliciting
sticker to place on or near the main entrance of your property, please contact the Village Clerks
office at 708-579-2316.
Village Spokesman
Village of LaGrange
villageoflagrange.com
La Grange, Illinois
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California
Wooden Horse Publishing Newsletter
October 19, 2008
THE WOODEN HORSE MAGAZINE NEWS
October 19, 2008
By
Meg Weaver, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, mweaver@woodenhorsepub.com
Lisa Romeo, Senior Editor
Michelle Hutchinson, News Editor
Maria Connor, News Assistant
http://www.woodenhorsepub.com
Copyright (c) 2008 Wooden Horse Publishing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* indicates magazines in the Wooden Horse Magazines Database -
the media directory that's more like a magazine factbook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear readers,
Read this newsletter at your own risk. It may cause major depression.
News from the magazine industry is so gloomy that Hearst not only closed COSMOGIRL*
but the company-wide holiday party is cancelled.
We've reported the heart-fibrillating statistics here throughout this year, so we won't repeat them.
But here's a different take:
MediaPost's Mag Bag on Oct 16 posted "Insiders See More Closures In 2008-09" which begins:
"The coming year will see a wave of magazine closures, according to executives
from several big magazine groups, who spoke off the record about the prospects of the
magazine business."
The executives go on to name several magazines they see ready to fold:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY*
KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE*
SMARTMONEY*
MEN'S VOGUE*
TEEN VOGUE*
NICKELODEON*
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS*
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS*.
Read the whole article at http://tiny.cc/P2D5K
And then there is this:
"On top of all its other current woes, the US magazine business needs to be worried about
a consumer backlash against paper-based publishing products. That was the message
delivered to last week's American Magazine Conference by Canadian Forest Products
Association President Avrim Lazar. He predicted that environmentally-minded Americans
will increasingly focus on the connection between the paper-making industry and the problem
of global climate change."
Check out the Oct 14, 2008 three minute video from "3 Minute Ad Age" at http://tiny.cc/JSt9d
By
Meg Weaver, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, mweaver@woodenhorsepub.com
woodenhorsepub.com
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Denton, Texas
Magazine Salesman Arrested On Check Theft
October 16, 2008
Blotter: Missing check found in salesman’s pocket
By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer
The Denton Record Chronicle
08:33 AM CDT on Thursday, October 16, 2008
A door-to-door salesman stole a check from a mailbox Tuesday, according to a police report.
A man called 911 from the 2300 block of Palmer Street about 6:55 p.m. He said someone
rang his doorbell and he could see a man on his doorstep. He believed the man was a
salesman so he did not open the door, and the man finally left.
The man remembered he had placed an envelope containing a check in his mailbox earlier and
he went to see if the envelope was still there. It wasn’t.
An arriving officer spotted the salesman walking down the street. He asked what he was doing
in the neighborhood.
The man said he was a magazine salesman. He did not have a permit to operate door-to-door
in Denton, according to the report.
The officer found the victim’s envelope in the salesman’s pocket.
It had been opened and the check was crumpled up inside,
according to the police report.
“Now how did that get there?” the salesman asked.
The officer arrested the salesman.
By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer
The Denton Record Chronicle
dentonrc.com
Denton, Texas
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Janesville, Wisconsin
Beware: Door to Door Magazine Sales Scam !!!
October 15, 2008
Janesville Police Warn Of Magazine Sales Scheme
Police: Sellers Claim To Be Fundraising
Channel 3000 News
WISC-TV CBS
UPDATED: 7:19 pm CDT October 15, 2008
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Door-to-door magazine salesmen in Janesville have caught the
attention of local police, who are trying to determine whether the business is legitimate or a scam.
It was brought to the attention of the Janesville police by a neighborhood watch group over
the past few days.
The watch group felt something wasn't right.
Police said the salesmen are young, possibly right out of high school or entering college,
and have been telling residents they're from the neighborhood, WISC-TV reported.
The salesmen say they're raising money for a trip to Europe or for school by selling magazines,
and even offering to wash cars.
However, after making contact with a few of these salesmen Wednesday afternoon, police found they're
from out of state.
Police also feel the story used to rope in customers may be untrue.
Technically, they're not doing anything illegal in Janesville because solicitors don't need
licenses to sell magazines in the city.
Still, police are urging residents to be wary.
"It might show up that these people might get their magazines. But what we're seeing is,
the articles and papers we've been investigating and looking up on the Internet,
people are not getting their products, which makes it a crime at that point," said
officer Chad Sullivan of the Janesville Police Department.
City officials are asking that all of these salesmen register themselves and their
vehicles through the city.
Police said if someone knocks on your door to sell you a product, ask for identification
and ask for more information on the product and company.
Officers will continue to monitor the current group of salesmen while they're in town.
Channel 3000 News
WISCTV CBS
channel3000.com
Madison, Wisconsin
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San Diego, California
Magazine Sales Agent Kidnapped
October 12, 2008
Car Crash Leads Police To Kidnapping Suspect
KGTV
10news.com
POSTED: 9:43 am PDT October 12, 2008
UPDATED: 9:48 am PDT October 12, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- A man is in jail Sunday after taking a woman on a terrifying ride in the
Serra Mesa area, swerving and hitting cars as he drove, until she was able to escape.
The unidentified 30-year-old woman was selling magazine subscriptions in the
Best Buy parking lot at Murray Ridge and Sandrock roads at about 7 p.m. Saturday when a man came
up and said he would buy $90 worth of subscriptions, Sgt. Hayward of the San Diego Police
Department said. He told her he needed to drive to an ATM to get some cash and the woman
agreed to go with him.
Once in his car, the man started to swerve at parked cars, hitting a few as he drove.
The woman pleaded with him to stop and let her out of the car, but he continued to
drive down the road, hitting cars along the way, Hayward said.
When the man stopped at a red light, the woman jumped out and ran.
The man drove after her, trying to cut her off with the car, but crashed into another car.
Police arrested the man at the scene and he is expected to be charged with kidnapping.
KGTV
10news.com
San Diego, California
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DMPG Info Clip - Posted October 10, 2008
Madison, Wisconsin
Civil Lawsuit Settled
Against Door-To-Door Magazine Sales Company
A civil lawsuit filed against Vincent Pitts, president of the National Field Selling
Association and owner of Palmetto Marketing/Sunshine Subscription Agency was settled for
$600,000.00 on October 1, 2008.
The lawsuit stems from the violent assault and rape
of a 50-year-old Menomonie, Wisconsin woman committed by Brandon Green a
traveling door-to-door magazine salesman.
Madison, Wisconin lawfirm Lawton and Cates attorneys
Jim Olson and John Carlson Jr. were instrumental in bringing justice to the victim.
Lawton And Cates Website
For detailed information on this
crime and the lawsuit please review the following links:
Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Vincent Pitts
Court Orders/Criminal Complaint
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DeKalb, Illinois
Door-to-Door Book/Magazine Scam !!!
Door-to-Door Sales Crew:
Dynasty Sales
Door-to-Door Sales Companys:
Integrity Sales
Integrity Program
Prestige Sales USA
October 10, 2008
Children's book scam hits DeKalb and Sycamore
By ALAN EDRINN
The Northern Star
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