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CrimePAY$   $5,000 FBI Reward

RED DUFFEL BAG

SALT LAKE CITY – The FBI Salt Lake City Division is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the “Duffel Bag Bandit,” who is accused of robbing six banks in two states since December 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mackenzie Branham

SHE WAS ABUSED

New details have been uncovered in a fatal fire investigation that took the life of an 8-year-old Jeffersonville, Ohio girl, and now her father wants answers. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$ $5,000 ATF Reward

CASINO FIRE

April 04–Evidence suggests the fire that destroyed the shuttered Key Largo Casino was started intentionally, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a report released today.

Officials didn’t say what the evidence is but have offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the blaze. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$  $25,000 Reward

Wesley Franklin

FIREFIGHTER

Savannah, GA – This past Monday, March 25, 2013,  marked nine months since a young man wearing a mask over his face suddenly ambushed two women at 2 a.m. outside Deb’s Pub & Grub in Sandfly, brandished a pistol and then fired a shot — apparently blindly — that went through a wall. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$  $2,000 FBI Reward

TALL MAN BANDIT

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of a suspected six-time serial bank robber. Once a week for the past five weeks, the man has robbed bank branches—most located inside Lane County Oregon-area grocery stores. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$   $15,000 Reward

Julio Acevedo

FAMILY KILLED

The reward for the man wanted in connection with the tragic hit-and-run accident in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn has risen to $15,000, police said on Tuesday, as authorities searched for the man who fled the scene where a family was killed. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$   $10,000 Reward

Officer John Passaro

COP SHOT

After being shot multiple times by a suspected robber Saturday morning (2-23-13), New Orleans police officer John Passaro remained hospitalized in intensive care Saturday evening. Crimestoppers offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the gunman whose bullets left the officer in “very serious” condition, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$   $15,000 FBI Reward

Bully Bandit Bank Robber

NINTH BANK IN THREE MONTHS

Chicago – The man dubbed the “Bully Bandit” by the FBI robbed his ninth bank in less than three months on Friday, February 15 — this time in the Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood. The FBI also increased the reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction to $15,000. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$   $1,100,000 Reward

$1,100,000 REWARD

2-15-13 Update: Fugitive ex-LAPD police officer Christopher Dorner’s death in a mountain cabin inferno has been confirmed by dental records, but the $1.1 million price put on his head during his week on the lam may go uncollected.

The bounty was funded by private donations and announced by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck while Dorner was on the run after gunning down a couple in Irvine Calif., and shooting two police officers, killing one, in Riverside. Although several tips and brushes with the former cop and Navy man eventually led to police surrounding him in a cabin in San Bernardino, it now looks like no reward money will change hands.

The $1 million pledged by the city was “for information that will lead to Mr. Dorner’s capture.” Another $100,000 pledged by the L.A. City Council had similar language, stating the money was for information “leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of Christopher Dorner.”

Since Dorner was never captured, apprehended or convicted, and instead died Tuesday night during a dramatic standoff near Big Bear, Calif., when the cabin he barricaded himself in burned down with him inside, the terms were not met.

If officials take a looser view of the reward language, possible candidates for collection are Karen and Jim Reynolds, who called 911 after having been tied up by Dorner, who then stole their car.

“We didn’t even think about any of that until sitting around the sheriff’s station,” Karen Reynolds told CBS. “We just kind of started joking about it.”

Another person who helped police zero in on Dorner was Rick Heltebrake, who contacted a local sheriff’s deputy after he was carjacked by Dorner.

“I called him directly. He goes, ‘Whatcha got, Rick?’ I said, ‘Paul, he just took my truck,’” Heltebrake told the network.

Villaraigosa said the decision of whether to award the funds is up to the 20 different groups that agreed to contribute to the bounty pool. As for the $100,000, which now sits in the city’s ‘Special Reward Trust Fund,’ the City Council will ultimately make the call, according to the Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the city attorney.

“Arguably, city law is broad enough to allow payment to persons who assisted in the “identification, apprehension OR arrest and conviction” of a suspect,” Metaljan told ABC.

Others may have a claim, but they have to take certain steps, including applying in writing. Claim will be reviewed by the LAPD robbery and homicide division, and a recommendation would be made to the police commissioner and ultimately voted on by the City Council.

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Seeking leads as the massive manhunt for Christopher Dorner — the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings — progressed into its fourth day, authorities on Sunday, February 10, 2013 announced a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Another $100,000 was added by the City of Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

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CrimePAY$ $11,000 Reward

Reporter Erika Lathon

TV REPORTER SHOT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police said a $10,000 reward has been offered after a Nashville television reporter was shot and wounded during a robbery at an ATM.

WZTV reporter Erika Lathon was withdrawing money at the Bank of America on Church Street around 11:45 p.m. Thursday when a man with a gun approached her car and demanded money. Read the rest of this entry »

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