Police seek more from tipster about credit card thief
The Spokane Valley Police Department issued the following reports for the week ending Aug. 4:
Police are requesting a call back from a tipster who last week identified a man stealing credit cards at the Spokane Valley YMCA. The theft occurred July 15. The suspect entered the athletic complex at Mirabeau Park, removed a padlock from a locker in the men’s room and stole two credit cards.
The thief apparently drove directly to the nearby Best Buy and Circuit City stores and purchased $4,000 worth of electronic items. He later charged a $15 item at a HiCo Convenience store.
Security cameras at the YMCA captured the man on video leaving the locker room. Local TV media broadcast the photo on the evening news shortly after the incident and a person wishing to remain anonymous called the YMCA and identified the man.
However, the information was not specific enough and review of similarly-named suspects’ booking photos failed to match the named individual with the suspect in the YMCA pictures.
Property crimes Detective Kirk Keyser hopes the tipster will call and speak with him directly under condition of anonymity, or call his desk number, 477-3325, and leave the date of birth, middle name or home address of the suspect.
Cash reward for whereabouts of fugitive
Secret Witness is offering a cash reward for information that results in the capture of a fugitive wanted for first-degree burglary, second-degree malicious mischief, unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault.
In July, Jerry A. Jameson, 26, kicked in the door of his ex-girlfriend’s Spokane Valley apartment. He entered the residence, smashed property and assaulted the woman while holding her against her will.
She eventually jumped from her second-story balcony to escape. Jameson later was arrested by patrol officers but has since been released from jail. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
Jameson is a white male who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes, and last gave 3505 N. Ella Road as his home address.
Anyone with information about Jameson’s whereabouts should call the Secret Witness Tip Line at 327-5111. Callers do not have to give their name to collect the cash reward, but should leave a code name or number with the operator.
Secret Witness is a civilian organization that pays cash rewards for information that solves Spokane-area crimes. It is not affiliated with law enforcement.
Information sought on fugitive, reward offered
Secret Witness is offering a cash reward for information that results in the capture of a fugitive whose criminal record spans more than a decade and includes convictions on theft, forgery, possession of stolen property, burglary, lewdness and traffic offenses.
Repeat offender Dean Allen Bennett is currently wanted for possessing a controlled substance. He had two bindles of methamphetamine in his pocket during his June arrest on a no-bail theft warrant.
Bennett is a 41-year-old white male who is living a transient lifestyle in the Spokane area. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and has blond hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts should call the Secret Witness at 327-5111. Callers do not have to give their name to collect the cash reward, but should leave a code name or number with the operator.