Mississippi Business Journal » thieves http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Thieves hit city’s sports complex; steal bleachers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/thieves-hit-citys-sports-complex-steal-bleachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thieves-hit-citys-sports-complex-steal-bleachers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/thieves-hit-citys-sports-complex-steal-bleachers/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:17:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63085 MCCOMB — Officials say thieves have stolen more than $8,000 worth of equipment from the McComb Sports Complex. The Enterprise-Journal reports everything from nuts and blots to the very bleachers that fans sit in were taken from the park and from a nearby shed. The shed was also damaged. Mayor Whitney Rawlings said the city [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/thieves-hit-citys-sports-complex-steal-bleachers/feed/ 0 PSC, BancorpSouth, Renasant warn of debit card scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/30/psc-bancorpsouth-renasant-warn-of-debit-card-scam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psc-bancorpsouth-renasant-warn-of-debit-card-scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/30/psc-bancorpsouth-renasant-warn-of-debit-card-scam/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:41:13 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57830 TUPELO — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is warning Mississippi consumers of a weekend series of scam calls claiming to be BancorpSouth asking customers to either validate or re-instate their debit cards. Presley said his office contacted officials with BancorpSouth and verified that the calls were indeed a scam. Similar calls went out a few [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/30/psc-bancorpsouth-renasant-warn-of-debit-card-scam/feed/ 6 FBI issues alert on federal grant scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/fbi-issues-alert-on-federal-grant-scam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fbi-issues-alert-on-federal-grant-scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/fbi-issues-alert-on-federal-grant-scam/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:47:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52525 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The FBI has warned Mississippi residents of a telephone scam that claims the person is eligible for a $5,000 to $10,000 grant from the Grants Department of the federal government. It supposedly can be used for home or residential purposes. The FBI says in a statement that a claim code containing two [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/fbi-issues-alert-on-federal-grant-scam/feed/ 0 Other states join watch for post-flood scrap metal thieves http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/13/other-states-join-watch-for-post-flood-scrap-metal-thieves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=other-states-join-watch-for-post-flood-scrap-metal-thieves http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/13/other-states-join-watch-for-post-flood-scrap-metal-thieves/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:17:48 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=42380 JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has already warned scrap metal thieves that authorities were watching to ensure they do not steal from flooded homes and businesses. Now others, even some outside the state, are joining in that watch. The Mississippi Department of Transportation, Secretary of State’s Office and local law enforcement officials say [...]

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