Posted on 05/09/2007 9:19:42 PM PDT by Army Air Corps
A bulk purchase of disposable cell phones across The South Plains is turning into a federal investigation. Muleshoe authorities have questioned a man, who according to police reports, confesses to buying 60 pre-paid cell phones that might later be used to detonate bombs in the Middle East.
The man reportedly bought the phones from stores like Dollar General, Family Dollar and even Wal-mart's across the region. Lubbock is included in the towns he confessed to buying the phones in. Again, in police reports he admits to a store manager the cell phones would eventually be used as bomb detonators in Iraq.
There are still plenty of unanswered questions. Questions we will continue to ask in the days and weeks to come. But what we do know is that a man of middle eastern descent who lives in San Antonio was questioned by Muleshoe police a week ago this past Monday. This after he tried to buy more cell phones than allowed by dollar general store policy.
"They had a gentleman trying to buy multiple phones and they've had some training from homeland security about multiple purchases and that if somebody were to try and buy more than the 2 phones allotted to notify law enforcement immediately," said Chief Brian Frieda of the Muleshoe Police.
Dollar General did just that, call the Muleshoe Police.
Frieda said, "He eluded to the fact that he had 60 plus phones that he had obtained over the course of about a 3 day period."
Police Surveillance Video:
(Police)"so how many phones do you have in your car?"
(Man) "60."
(Police) "60?"
(Man) "yes. I got some of them from..."
(Police) "Odessa, San Angelo, Midland, Lubbock..."
(Man) "...Muleshoe... Each town I got like 15."
He says he bought the phones to sell them to a man in Dallas named Jalel. He goes on to say, depending on the phone and the provider he makes between $3 and $8 per phone.
Police Surveillance Video:
(Police) "What is the purpose for buying so many Tracfones?"
(Man) "For business to sell it. Buy and sell."
Once he deliver's the phones to Dallas, the man who buys them reportedly takes them apart.
Police Surveillance Video:
(Man) "He cut the battery. He cut the phone and put the phone here, the battery here and throws the charger."
(Police) "Throws the chargers away?"
(Man) "Mm hmm."
The man claims this isn't the first time this man has been questioned by police. Also telling officers his contacts in Dallas told him how to deal with authorities when questioned.
He said, "Sometime when I go out in San Antonio the police, they stop me or they follow me and ask what this for, what this for and he tell me don't worry about it. Don't worry about it, just go and buy."
In police reports, the manager of Dollar General says: graphic:
Dollar General, Family Dollar and Alco all have an agreement that if anyone purchases two Tracfones or try's to purchases more than two Tracfones the store employees call the other stores.
Frieda added, "There are no laws prohibiting the person to buy 1 phone, 20 phones are a hundred phones for a period of time."
The man in that police video has obtained resident alien status in the State of Texas and at this point, his whereabouts are unknown to the authorities we talked to.
Hub Ping
Well, just find out who signs for the Fed-Ex package in Iraq. That should help...
Good thing these “Journalists” are in TV, because Publick Skool didn’t work out so good fer they’re speling.
THANK YOU for posting this article Army Air Corps.
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Frankly, I have seen spelling errors of this calibre in newspapers as well.
These incidences keep popping up, many freepers shrug it off as nothing more than ME men trying to make a quick buck.
I had one investigator with the Nashville Police Department who actually wanted any info on this. Think I’ll paste this article in an email to him.
Anyway I pinged you all because you, like I, have a suspicion there might be more to these.
Semper Vigilans.
Yes sir.
Did they just have an extra "even " laying around that they needed to use? And an extra apostrophe too, I guess.
Where is he from? Any names?
I bet he is muzzzlim aye?
According to the story, the guy buying these phones is from San Antonio, Texas and he sells them to a man (Jaleel) in Dallas.
I am frightened by ME women in black sheets. I think the ACLU should make them take them off because I am frightened that they have explosives hidden beneath the sheets.
Sure....it is ME men making a buck, but where does it go from there? Once you take the charger out, it will not operate as a phone for long.
They always throw the chargers away, and the cops believe whatever lie they tell about why they don’t need the chargers.
Somebody has a list of these Muslim / prepaid phone incidents. I don’t know if a keyword search will bring them up.
All that the news folks know is that the suspect is “of Middle Eastern descent.”
That is what worries me. The media is very slow, and very careful not to reveal anything that identifies a suspect as of ME descent. Same goes for Blacks involved in crime.
Usually when a name is made available (long after the story first breaks) can one form a profile of the suspect.
Heritage has to be used to properly profile a suspect because it identifys unique social characteristics that may have a great influence on a thorough investigation.
This is more true with immigrants having less than a generation of residency because they have not assimilated into the American melting pot.
Leaving out key facts during an investigation is incompetance. And the public has a right to know. We are supposed to be on watch for terrorists. When our government is less than forthcoming with information, and fails to act on citizen tips, it is very difficult to have any confidence that our government is really serious about fighting domestic terrorism. Just the fact that immigration and border enforcement is a total sham leads me to believe our government is not serious about protecting common citizens. Their focus is on protecting the elite and powerful.
I can see why that writer had to go into broadcasting. “Staff’s” grammar skills rank at the 4th grade level.
They apparently buy those in bulk:
"Once he deliver's"
I make spelling errors, that's why I have a spell check.
When you read these kinds of errors you think, gov. school.
Alluded
Sometimes, I just laugh so that I do not cry.
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