The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 29, 1980 Page: 2 of 24
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2 THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Tuesday, April 29, 1980
Group bilks elderly persons
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AVANCE SAID one reason the group
has been able to deceive its victims and
elude prosecution is because the mem-
bers appear to be hard-working poor
people, and sometimes homeowners
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Other scams operated by members of
the organization include an electrical
wiring ripoff, in which they paint old
wiring black and claim it is new. and a
termite extermination pitch where a
worker crawls under a house with a
piece of termite-infested wood hidden
in his jacket and convinces the owner of
serious structural problems.
IE THE owner agrees to the work, he
pays the group and they spray the sub-
stance, which enhances the appearance
of the driveway until the next rain
washes it'away.
Bradley said members of the organi-
zation have collected from $15 to $1,000
for similar repair jobs across the coun-
try, and jobs in this area usually have
netted from $150 to $450.
Bradley said the family uses a simi-
lar substance in a road-resurfacing
scam, in which they tell the homeowner
they just completed another job down
the road and have some leftover seal-
ant, asking if he would like his drive-
way refinished.
"I JUST wouldn't trust anybody go-
ing to my door if I couldn't verify their
particular business from the phone
book, the Better Business Bureau or
from references.
"Although they've operated in a ma-
jority of the states," he said, "they
wouldn't be found in any Better Busi-
ness Bureau."
1 Year
$45.00
$45.00
HOWEVER. THEY apparently run
the vehicles through a series of regis-
tration processes in states where no
proof of ownership is required, until
tracing the vehicles to the original pur-
chasers is virtually impossible.
The group also lives out of travel
trailers, which Avarice said are attrac-
tive and flashy on the surface but cheap
and frail beneath. California already
has enacted consumer-protection laws
prohibiting sales of such trailers that
do not meet minimum specifications.
The members of the group typically
solicit customers by advertising in
newspapers, and when contacted, they
explain they just had a death in the
family and need to sell the trailer or
vehicle at a reduced price.
Det. Sgt. Bill Lorentino of the sher-
iff’s office said Lawton has "probably
been hit before, but they move in and
move out of an area so quickly, it's
difficult to locate them and hard to
prosecute.
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have agreed to give them work bec ause
they felt sorry for them.
“Everybody thinks they’re gypsies,”
he explained. “But it’s not just a few'
families scratching out a living. They
reportedly own $27 million worth of
real estate in one California communi-
ty alone.”
Even law' enforcement officials have
been surprised to learn the scattered
incidents actually involve an organized
effort, he said
Avance said the family drives new
cars and pickup trucks which they
apparently buy on credit.
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in the U.S. used enough legal pads last
year to circle the earth 10 times.
A study conducted by AMPAD. a
manufacturer of office supplies, re-
ports the average attorney uses about
50 legal pads a year, or about one pad
per case.
AMPAD reports sales totaling ap-
proximately 40 percent of the legal-pad
market, enough to satisfy all the attor-
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AWARD WINNER. Prof. Brooks Terry, a 1 5-year language arts
instructor at Cameron University, was recently honored for his
two years as president of the 80-person Southwest Oklahoma
chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, an international education society.
(Staff Photo)
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Published in The Lawton Constitution
April 15, 22, 29, 1980
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF COMANCHE COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
AMERICAN MORTGAGE AND INVESTMENT
COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff,
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FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS LESS THAN
ONE YEAR APPLY MONTHLY RATE
2% sales tax already added
BRADLEY SAID a typical victim of
the scams is a retired, middle-class
homeowner at least 60 years old, who
often cannot understand what repairs
are being offered, and the price quoted
for i lie services sounds low and appears
desirable.
"Often the victim doesn’t know he’s
been swindled until after the offense
takes place, and sometimes never real-
izes it," Bradley said. "Some are re-
luctant to admit they've been taken,
and consequently only a small percent-
age of the total is reported.”
OSB1 Agent Jim Avance, formerly of
the California State Police, said the
scams have gone on for years, and al-
though other states have compiled ex-
tensive profiles on the family's meth-
ods. Oklahoma's law enforcement
agencies until lately have not realized
the scope of the operation
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proval to raise toll rates in June 1979
Revenue across the state totaled al-
most $2.9 million during March, up 14
percent, or $350,000, from a year ago.
Along with the H.E. Bailey turn-
pike's 10 percent increase in revenue,
other turnpikes reporting increases
included: Turner, 17 percent; Indian
Nation. eight percent; Muskogee, nine
percent; Cimarron. 12 percent; and
Will Rogers, 17 percent.
Turnpike traffic volume dropped for
the same period to a total of 1 96 million
vehicles, a decrease of approximately
225,000. Auto traffic totaled 1.5 million,
down 11 percent, while truck traffic
dropped eight percent, to 422.500 vehi-
cles.
All turnpikes reported decreases in
automobile volume. However, the H E
Bailey and Indian Nation turnpikes
reported increases of 2 to 2.5 percent in
truck traffic volume.
Individually, traffic decreases in au-
tomobile volume were 12 percent for
the H.E. Bailey, Cimarron and Will
Rogers; 10 percent for Muskoggee. and
nine percent for Turner and Indian Na-
tion. Reported decreases in truck traf-
fic were eight percent on Turner and
Will Rogers, 11 percent on Muskogee,
and 31 percent on Cimarron
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ers, as well as by offering what appear colored paint. diluted with 80 percent
to be bargains for such jobs as roof thinner and solvent.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Richard M.
Nixon's new office which could open
this week apparently will set taxpayers
back nearly $700,000 a year, the Gener-
al Sen ices Administration says.
The furniture went in Monday and
the telephones are expected bv the
weekend at the former president's new
15-room headquarters in a federal
building in downtown Manhattan.
Nixon will occupy a fifth of the 13th
floor at 26 Federal Plaza.
Warren Gardner of the General Ser-
vices Administration said Nixon's staff
probably will be at work by Friday or
early next week.
The cost, which must be picked up oy
the federal government, and includes
new carpets, wallpaper and draperies,
comes to $53,000. tiardner said.
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By the Constitution staff manager of the OTA. said revenues on
Toll revenue on the H.E. Bailey the state’s six turnpikes have
Turnpike increased 10 percent during consistenly shown increases since ap
. . and this year, you and your family con be alerted, in ad-
vance to the possibility of tornados and severe storms with the
Midland Weather Monitor from Cache Road National BanKa,
Cache Road National Bank is now offering the Midland
Weather Monitor for only $24.95 when you deposit between
$350 00 and less than $5,000.00 to a new checking account, a
new or existing passbook savings account or a regular cer-
tificate of deposit: and only $19.95 when you deposit $5,000.00 or
In the event of severe weather, the Midland Weather Monitor
automatically sounds an alarm to alert you and your familY: This
loud clear alarm continues until the unit is reset or the button is
pushed for broadcast, and in case of electrical failure,
automatically switches to battery** power.
This year be alerted to tornadoes
and severe weather in advance with
the Midland Weather Monitor from
Cache Road National Bank. Offer
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CHARLES EDWARD ROLLINS and SHARON L
ROLLINS, husband and wife, Defendants
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES ED
WARD ROLLINS and SHARON L ROLLINS, hus
band and wife
You are hereby notified that you and each of you
have been sued in the District Court in and for
Comanche County, Oklahoma. Case No C-80-275,
wherein American Mortgage and Investment Com
pony, a corporation, is Plaintiff, and you are
Defendants and unless you answer the Petition of
the Plaintiff filed against you on or before the 29th
day of May, 1980, the allegations of said Petition
will be taken as true and judgment rendered
against you accordingly as prayed for, and any
interest you have in said property will be
foreclosed, and the Court will be asked to hold that
the Plaintiff is the owner of the note and mortgage
herein described as covering the following
described real property situated in Comanche
County, Oklahoma, to-wit
Lot Five (5), Block Twenty (20), RADIO
CITY ADDITION to the Ciy of Lawton,
Comanche County, Oklahoma, according to
the recorded plat thereof
Further, iudgment is asked against Charles Ed
ward Rollins and Sharon L Rollins, husband and
wife, on cause of action in the amount of $10,000 00.
with interest thereon at 11 5 percent per annum
from November 5, 1979, $1,000 00 as attorney fees
and for abstract expense of $55.00 and for court
costs and for foreclosure of note and first mort
gage on the above described property
WITNESS my hand on the 11th day of April, 1980
JANICE MITCHELL, Court Clerk
Comanche County, Oklahoma
By LaDean Curry
Deputy
HEMRY & HEMRY Chris Colston
1355 First National Center West
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
(405) 235-3571
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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March, compared to the same month a
year ago.
Although automobile volume
dropped, truck traffic increased,
according to the Oklahoma Turnpike
Authority.
Earl Piersall, chief engineer-
repair. road surfacing, electrical wir-
ing and termite extermination.
Det. Bob Bradley of the sheriff’s of-
COMANCHE COUNTY sheriff's fice said the family members contact
deputies and Oklahoma State Bureau of their victims selectively, usually
Investigation agents have launched cheating retired persons in rural areas
what may be Oklahoma's first serious by charging outrageous prices for infe-
investigation into the operations of an riorwork.
organization that specializes in bilking Bradley cited an example where the
elderly persons across the country group offers to prune a homeowner's
through an assortment of business trees for $25, but when the work is
frauds. completed informs the owner they
Officers said a nationwide group of meant "$25 per branch." He said older
bunco artists, which is suspected of re- people then tend to feel a moral obliga-
cent strikes in Comanche and Cotton tion to pay the bill.
counties, comprises an estimated 250 to
400 individuals either born or married FOR ITS roof-repair swindle, the
into a single family, whose members group approaches a homeowner and
travel cross-country in small bands. asks if his roof has been leaking, and
promotes what they claim is a “plastic
THEY DID not release the family's sealant substance guaranteed to seal
name, but explained the group has all leaks and cracks for 20years."
operated a multi-million-dollar ripoff Lab reports however have indicated
for more than half a century by selling the material to be a highly flammable
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1811 W. GoreBivd. Phone
Lawton, Oklahoma 353-6776
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