Count:                 146 Activities
Distance:            2,714.99 mi
Time:                 125:57:23 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:   66,921 ft
Avg Speed:        18.6 mph
Avg HR:             143 bpm
Avg Run Cadence: –
Avg Bike Cadence: –
Calories:            126,262 C
Avg Time:          1:05:09 h:m:s
Avg Distance:    25.09 mi
Max Avg Speed: 22.8 mph

Not bad for an OLD man…

Senior Cpl. Theadora Ross , being escorted from the police station Wednesday, faces one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Published: 27 January 2011 12:22 PM

Prosecutors say in an indictment unsealed Thursday that the Dallas officer who headed Crime Stoppers engaged in a scheme to defraud the popular cash-for-tips program of at least $250,000 since 2005.

Court records claim that Senior Cpl. Theadora Ross provided bogus tip information to her accomplice, Malva Delley, who would then collect the cash rewards from the bank. Afterward, the pair divvied up the cash, records state.

Ross, 50, and Delley, 36, each face one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Ross, a 26-year veteran of the force, was arrested Wednesday and has been released pending trial under conditions that included handing over her passport and avoiding contact with Delley.

Dallas police issued a statement Thursday calling Ross’ alleged actions a “major breach of public trust.” An internal affairs investigation probably will result in her firing in the near future.

Robert Udashen, Ross’ attorney, said his client maintains her innocence.

“She’s been a police officer for a long time,” he said. “This is a difficult thing to go through. … We’re still investigating the case, and clearly the FBI and the Dallas police have been working on this for months, and I’ll need time to review what they’ve done before I’ll be ready to comment on the merits of the case.”

The Police Department also announced Thursday that police personnel assigned to the program will now undergo random polygraph tests. Officers also will be rotated out of the program more frequently, and books will be audited more often.

“Everyone involved with the very effective Crime Stopper program is saddened by the news that a former DPD coordinator of the program has been charged with criminal wrongdoing,” said Russell Verney, executive director of the North Texas Crime Commission, which administers Crime Stoppers for Dallas and Collin counties. “We will also evaluate the checks and balances within the Crime Stoppers program to prevent this from ever happening again.”

Ross began working in the Crime Stoppers program in 2003 and has headed the program since March 2006. Prosecutors allege that the fraud involving Ross and Delley, along with other unidentified accomplices, began as early as February 2005.

A tip leading to a prosecution can be worth up to $5,000 for the successful tipster. When informants call with a tip, they are given a tip number and a code word. They are then supposed to check in regularly to find out if the tip resulted in a reward. If it did, they use the tip number and code word to anonymously collect their reward.

It was Ross’ job to prepare a list of rewards to be paid out each month, and then to send that information to the bank.

“These lists would include tip numbers and code words for tips that had been tampered with or altered by Ross together with legitimate cash reward tip numbers and code words,” the indictment says.

Prosecutors allege that the pair would “divide the cash, per Ross’ instructions, and deliver Ross’ share of the illegally obtained money by either directly depositing cash into Ross’ Bank of America bank account or by giving cash directly to Ross.”

According to police, authorities were led to Ross after a teller noticed that Delley came to collect a Crime Stoppers award, and then again “at a later date to collect more Crime Stoppers reward money.” Police arrested Delley on May 27 — the same day Ross was placed on administrative leave.

Delley told authorities that it was Ross who “provided her with confidential Crime Stoppers information, which she used in an attempt to collect Crime Stoppers reward money.” Police later turned over the investigation to the FBI.

Officials say no false arrests were made as a result of the scheme.

Report Illegal Immigration & Employers of Illegal Immigrants

We commonly receive calls and emails that ask “How do I report an employer who hires illegal aliens?” or “How do I report illegal immigration?”

The first thing we always explain is that your broader political involvement is needed because our government is barely enforcing any of our existing immigration laws at this time.

While the chances that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will take any action on your report are slim to none, in the current political environment in Washington, DC, you should still file your reports.

You should do your part in this struggle even though thousands of Americans call in reports each month and ICE does very little to respond.

All reports filed are considered CONFIDENTIAL.

Before filing a report with Homeland Security, make sure you have the following…

1. You must have direct evidence before reporting illegal immigration or employers. Have you seen direct evidence? Has someone that works with the company told you directly about illegal activities?

2. Please gather all of the detailed information you can to include in your report such as the name, address, and phone numbers of the employers, illegal alien drop house, drug and illegal immigrant smugglers, etc… Car descriptions, license plate numbers, appearance descriptions, names, methods, photos, anything you can compile will help.

Once you have direct evidence and your details compiled, proceed to report using the following resources.

Contact ICE to report illegal aliens, employers who hire illegal labor, smugglers, document fraud, and other crimes by illegal aliens. Bilingual services are offered. Confidential reporting is allowed. ICE operates under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Toll Free: 1 (866) 347-2423
1-866-DHS-2ICE
Visit ICE Website.
Contact ICE Field Offices.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. 20528
Citizen Lines:
Operator Number: 202-282-8000
Comment Line: 202-282-8495
Visit DHS Website.
Send DHS a message online.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Mailing Address:
Federal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover Building, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
FBI HQ Phone: 202-324-3000
Visit FBI Website.
Locate FBI field offices.
Submit a tip to the FBI online.

United States Department of Justice USDOJ
USE TO REPORT HUMAN trafficking
Hotline/How to file a complaint
Report trafficking crimes or get help by calling the toll-free hotline
1-888-428-7581 (voice and TTY)

Para registrar su queja o obtener ayuda, llame gratis a 1-888-428-7581 (linea directa y de TTY para personas con incapacidad auditiva)

If you are trying to report illegal immigration, smugglers, or employers who hire illegal immigrants, which involves Social Security fraud, documents fraud, or tax law violations, then file your report with these agencies in combination with Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Social Security Administration (SSA) Mailing Address: Social Security Administration, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235
Main Number: 1-800-772-1213
Visit SSA website.
How to report fraud.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Fraud Line: 1-800-829-0433
How to report criminal activity with the IRS. While the IRS has the task of making sure we pay the extensive bill for illegal immigration, they can also be an asset to your efforts. Please report employers that hire illegal labor and use illegal alien day laborers to the IRS.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB)
4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22203-1838
National Office Phone: 703-276-0100
Visit the BBB website.
Find your local BBB chapter.

In order to compose an overall, cohesive plan, FAIR sponsored an experts’ study that resulted in the report Ten Steps to Ending Illegal Immigration. It is important to realize that the proposals outlined below are not separate, but are interdependent parts of an overall plan to end illegal immigration–a plan that can succeed. The following are the key recommendations.

The loopholes that facilitate illegal immigration must be closed.

We need to:

• use expeditious exclusion of fraudulent entrants at airports;
• limit the Attorney General’s excess authority to parole aliens into the country;
• cap the number of asylum grantees;
• reinstitute authority for the Border Patrol to conduct open-field searches;
• stop seventy-two-hour deportation notices (known as “run letters”);
• eliminate legalistic delaying tactics in immigration hearings;
• eliminate the visa waiver program.

Incentives for illegal immigration must be eliminated.

We need to:

• stop giving citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and foreign visitors;
• withhold work authorization to those with pending asylum claims;
• establish a universal system for checking welfare and work eligibility;
• end all public benefits for illegal aliens.

The penalties for violating immigration law must be increased.

We need to:

• bar from later immigration those who make frivolous asylum applications and ‘no-shows’;
• make alien smuggling and document fraud into racketeering crimes;
• bar reentry to any alien receiving a five-year prison sentence;
• withhold funds from localities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to end illegal immigration;
• hold sponsors accountable for immigrants they sponsor;
• deport immigrants who become public charges.

Existing programs that are particularly effective must be expanded.

We need to:

• widen use of pre-inspection programs abroad and frequent-traveler inspection procedures;
• extend the Border Patrol canine program and highway checkpoint system;
• expand the institutional hearing program and the special U.S. Attorneys program;
• increase interior repatriation and deportation hearings of criminal aliens by telephone;
• broaden the assets seizure program.

Government agencies must coordinate their efforts better and more extensively.

We need to:

• improve coordination between border agencies and between intelligence agencies;
• limit judicial review of immigration decisions and expand judicial deportation;
• give the National Security Council a role in ending illegal immigration;
• combine the immigration service (INS) work form with the IRS work form;
• speed notification to INS of jailed aliens, including certified records of conviction.

A greater investment must be made in the personnel who combat illegal immigration.

We need to:

• increase personnel in Inspections, Intelligence, Border Patrol, and Detention and Deportation;
• reduce temporary employees in INS Inspections and increase the permanent staff;
• dedicate investigators to work solely on employment of illegal aliens;
• expand on-going training programs for inspectors, intelligence officers, and investigators;
• establish systematic performance reviews of immigration judges.

Top-of-the-line equipment must be available to the enforcers of immigration law.

We need to:

• provide a facility for INS classified information;
• establish equipment plans for INS Intelligence, the Border Patrol, and Investigations;
• improve vehicle fleets of the Border Patrol, Investigations, and Detention and Deportation;
• create a centralized case database for INS Investigations.

New technology must be harnessed to the battle against illegal immigration.

We need to:

• introduce new, up-to-date technology in Inspections, the Border Patrol, and Investigations;
• create a secure intelligence database and distribution system;
• set up a verification system for welfare and work eligibility.