Gun Used In Attempted Murder Case Recovered 20 Years Later
In 1989, Ouachita Parish Sheriff Department worked an Armed Robbery & Attempted First Degree Murder case. During that incident, a Ruger .22 caliber handgun was stolen and was never recovered.
That is, until now. On Feb., 1, 2010 the handgun was pawned in Joshua, Texas. The original Sergeant who worked the case 22 years ago is now our current Sheriff -- Royce Toney. The handgun is currently being seized and will be returned to our agency, all thanks to LeadsOnline for alerting us when the handgun was pawned.
note: this crime was solved while the department was on the LeadsOnline 30-Day Free Trial
Staff Sgt. Wade Day
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Department
Louisiana
February 2010
Double Homicide
“A neighboring municipality had a gruesome double homicide in which a female had been sexually assaulted and then murdered. Her husband had been murdered as he was returning home and tried to enter the residence. There was no physical evidence and no suspects.
While reviewing tickets from a non-participating LeadsOnline store, we got a serial number hit on property reported stolen during the offense. The property had been pawned months after the murders.
Using the name of the person on the transaction record we used LeadsOnline to do a complete pawn history of the suspect. We found that he had pawned other property within days of the offense. The suspect information was passed to the neighboring agency which arrested the suspect based on the information we had obtained. That property had been stolen during the offense. The suspect confessed to the offense and was convicted of Capital Murder.”
– Det. J.W. McRobbie #759
Criminal Investigation Division
Arlington (Texas) Police Dept.
Rape/Theft
“I received a call from Josephine County Sheriff's Office about a rape/theft investigation they were working. The suspect had apparently raped the victim and stolen most of her jewelry. Josephine County wanted to know if the suspect had pawned any of the jewelry in the Medford area.
I ran the suspect's name through LeadsOnline, and found he had pawned some jewelry at one of our local pawn shops. The suspect was ultimately arrested in Nevada, and appropriate charges have been filed.”
– Annette Cunningham
Medford (Oregon) Police Dept.
Homicide
“I just wanted to send a thanks to LeadsOnline and Action Pawn for helping us out.
Recently, a body was discovered dumped in the brush alongside a road just inside the city limits. The body was that of a decomposed male. Homicide Detectives with Austin Police were able to identify the victim and they learned the deceased male was missing some jewelry.
Homicide detectives traced the whereabouts and acquaintances of the victim and learned that he was probably killed around July 30, 2004. Homicide detectives contacted the pawn unit of APD to search any pawn activity to the known associates of the deceased male. I searched the Austin Police pawn records and did not find anything on the two names provided to me.
I then logged onto LeadsOnline and searched these same individuals. I found a possible match on one of the subjects. He had pawned four rings at an Action Pawn store in Round Rock, TX on July 30, 2004. This pawn transaction was suspicious to the homicide detectives working the case. They went to the pawn shop and photographed the jewelry that was pawned by the known associate. These photographs were shown to the family of the deceased and they positively identified the jewelry as that belonging to the deceased male.
This positive identification and documentation indicating the pawner selling these items about the time the victim died, has provided a great lead for the detectives to possibly solve this homicide case. This information probably would not have been found without the help of LeadsOnline.”
– Det. Joseph Lucas #2093
Property Interdiction Unit
Austin (Texas) Police Dept.
Crimes Against Children
“I have been trying to find a person that will be a suspect and/or witness in a child porn case. I was unable to find him until I ran him on LEADS. This case is turning into an Aggravated Sexual Assault of a child. LEADS has helped me get this case rolling and hopefully get some closure for several victims.”
CASE UPDATE from Det. McRobbie:
“The suspect in that Capital Murder case plead guilty before the court last week to escape the death penalty. We probably would not have found the victim's jewelry without LeadsOnline. The fact that the suspect pawned the victim's jewelry after the offense was discussed at trial. Thanks!”
– Det. J.W. McRobbie #759
Arlington (Texas) Police Dept.
High-Profile Aggravated Home Invasion
“I was able to talk to the correct investigator this morning in the Aug. 25 home invasion case in Fort Worth, and it turns out that LeadsOnline WAS used in this case. In fact, the system was instrumental in nabbing the first suspect in the case, 17-year-old Brandon Shaw, by tracing the jewelry he and two others stole in the crime to a pawnshop.
The investigator, Detective B.C. Johnson, said they wouldn't have caught Shaw without LeadsOnline - or it certainly would have taken a much longer time. There is still one suspect at large in the case, but they've also arrested the second suspect, 19-year-old Darrell Williams.
The story is that Shaw, Williams and the other suspect still at large broke into the house and viciously beat the parents in front of their children. (So badly that one of the parents had to have reconstructive surgery.) Moreover, it's believed these guys may have been involved in a rash of other robberies this year, but that still hasn't been corroborated yet.
Detective Johnson is a big fan of LeadsOnline, and told me that in addition to this case, it has helped him solve ‘many others.’”
– Mr. Chris Payne
Witherspoon Public Relations
Ft. Worth (Texas)