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Civil Lawsuit
June 19, 2006
Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Vincent Pitts
President of National Field Selling Association
NFSA
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Vincent Pitts (president of the National Field Selling Association)
and owner of Palmetto Marketting, Inc. (palmettomarketinginc.com)
in response to the brutal beating and rape of a 50 year-old Menomonie, Wisconsin Woman on July 1, 2005.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CIRCUIT COURT
DUNN COUNTY
Ms.x
Menomonie, WI 54751
Plaintiff,
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Crime Victim Compensation Program
17 West Main Street
P.O. Box 7951
Madison, WI 53708-7951
and
Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire County
2503 North Hillcrest Parkway
Altoona, WI 54720
Subrogated Parties.
Case No:
Case Codes: 30106, 30107
vs.
Vincent Pitts, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Palmetto, Marketing, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Sunshine Subscription Agency, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Robert Cecil, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Tina Michelle Cecil, an Individual
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Gemini Subscriptions, Inc., a Florida Corporation
7522 Wiles Road, Suite 112
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Brandon Green, an Individual
Dunn County Jail
615 Stokke Parkway
Menomonie, WI 54751
Read The Criminal Complaint Againsit Brandon Lee Green
Read The Civil Lawsuit Against Vincent Pitts
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Civil RICO
January 7, 2005
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER
DANIEL WILKINSON, an individual;
STEPHANIE LAURITO, an individual; and
MARCUS HENKHAUS, an individual, on behalf
of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HY-PRO CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC., a
Texas corporation; EDGE SALES, INC., a Texas
corporation; JOSEPH w. EDGE, an individual;
and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
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August 19, 2004
If It's Not One Pitch, It's Another
Do Not Call List Boosts Door-to-Door Sales
You could call it a knock-knock joke on consumers.
Homeowners irritated by mealtime marketing calls
may have inadvertently brought back the door-to-door salesman.
BY TOM DURANTE
Long Island Press
longislandpress.com
Read This Story
May 24, 2004
Pitts Sales Sues Inside Edition
For Hidden Camera/Racketeering
Read Federal Complaint - PDF Format
May 17, 2004
Knock Knock
Desperate, young magazine peddlers are out there,
roaming America in search of the next sucker.
Have you been conned?
By Rupal Parekh
The New York Review of Magazines
Read This Story
April 4, 2004
Former magazine seller shares stories of life on the road
By BRIGID O'MALLEY
Naples Daily News
Read This Story
April 4, 2004
Traveling sales crews alarm law enforcement agencies
By BRIGID O'MALLEY
Naples Daily News
Read This Story
Febuary 3, 2004
EXPLOITED YOUNGSTERS SELLING MAGAZINES
DOOR-TO-DOOR MAKE SALES COMPANIES RICH:
AN INSIDE EDITION INVESTIGATION
Youngsters abuse drugs while driving in vans,
party in motels every night,
and are exploited by managers
Inside Edition
Read This Story
January 4, 2004
When crime knocks
Door-to-door sales industry has few regulations regarding employees
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Read This Story
June 30, 2003
The hazards of door-to-door sales
Solicitors are often young people working in unfamiliar places.
philly.com
By Dwayne Campbell and Amie Parnes
Inquirer Staff Writers
Read This Story
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* * *Traveling Sales Crews Criminal Chronology * * *
A History Of Tragedy And Carnage
Innocent Children, Teens, Young Adults, And Homeowners
Are Maimed, Raped, Robbed, And Murdered
As The Door To Door Traveling Sales Industry
Continues To Profit.
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2005
July 7, 2005
Who's there ?
A troubling case raises questions about solicitors
By KEN WOOD
Sun Newspapers
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Data Source:
Menlo Park California Police
Case Number: 040121071
Twinsberg Ohio Police Department
Case Number: 0414626
Synopsis:
Derrick Todd Jones two time convicted sexual offender
selling magazines door to door.
Unified Stars
Go Doers
American Community Services, Inc.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2004
August 12, 2004
Man admits he molested 9-year-old El Cajon girl
Maurice Andre Thomas Sexually Assaults 9 Year Old Girl
Data Source: El Cajon Police Report
Court No.: CE238576
Synopsis: Defendant is a traveling salesman charged
with nine felony counts including child molestation
of a 9-year-old El Cajon girl in her apartment on 3/16/04.
Victim says she was forced into her apartment,
held against her will and sexually assaulted.
Services Unlimited Plus
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 15, 2004
Traveling Magazine Salesman Azriel Rashad Bridge
Murders Shirley Reuter.
Shirley Reuter was found beaten and stabbed on the floor
of her suburban New Jersey home.
New Jersey murder has Michiana ties
Bridge is being held on a $500,000 bond,
has outstanding warrents in Illinois,
and is also being charged with robbery.
June 15, 2004
Man Did Not Undergo Background Check
Chicago Murder Suspect Had Previous Warrant
CHICAGO -- Shirley Reuter, 77, was found beaten and stabbed to death
on the floor of her New Jersey home, and on Monday 18-year-old
Azriel Bridge, of Chicago, was arraigned in court, charged with her murder.
Phoenix Imagery, Inc.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
April 21, 2004
Man charged with murder in magazine saleswoman's death
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RAPID CITY -- A 41-year-old Rapid Valley man was charged early Tuesday
with murdering a 21-year-old woman who came to his home last week to sell magazines.
Neil Frame, 3030 Gypsey Road, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Kristina Moore
of Lancaster, Calif. Moore disappeared Wednesday evening while working for a door-to-door
magazine crew in the Rapid Valley area where Frame lived.
Moore's body was found Friday morning in a field near Hermosa.
During a news conference Tuesday morning, city, county and state law-enforcement
officers said autopsy results showed that Moore had suffered a blow to the head but
died of asphyxiation from strangulation.
When she was found Friday, she still had a plastic zip tie around her neck,
Pennington County State's Attorney Glenn Brenner said.
There also were indications on the body that a stun gun might have been used, Brenner said.
Imperial Sales
Liberator Sales
Pacific Coast Clearing Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2003
September 14, 2003
"Jones said he worked 80 hours a week,
was cheated out of commissions and worked
in a culture of drug use and violence."
Magazine sales work ends in tale of terror
Great Lakes Circulation
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 15, 2003
Fifteen people were crammed into the 1992 Chevrolet Suburban
when it rolled over on a lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 666
about five miles north of Shiprock, N.M., just before noon
last Sept. 20. Two teenage girls were killed.
Deaths nothing new for sales crews
Atlantic Circulation Inc.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2002
July 29, 2002
Magazine Sales Company Settles
With Murder Victim's Family For $1 Million
Diane Cooper Murdered
Diane Cooper's daughters Monday morning
signed a $1 million settlement of their lawsuit
against Palmetto Marketing, Inc., the Florida-based
company whose employee murdered Cooper in May of 2000.
Cooper was murdered in her Fulton home by Matthew Maxson,
a door-to-door magazine salesman.
Police believe Cooper had let the young man into her home.
She was stabbed with a knife and with a broken bottle.
DeGeorge Sales
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
September 03, 2002
Door To Door Magazine Salesman Michael Roland Poissant
Charged With Two Counts of Rape, Kidnapping,
Abduction And Aggravated burglary.
Salesman allegedly rapes 12-year-old
Man was selling magazines door-to-door
Suspect drops plea
Salesman accused of raping young girl decides to face jury
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
June 26, 2002
Door-To-Door Salesman Accused Of Rape
Man Entered Home After Asking For Water, Police Say
Deon Bowens Rapes 14 Year Old Girl
PITTSBURGH -- A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped
while babysitting a 1-year-old in Dormont.
Austin Diversified Products
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
2001
August 22, 2001
Traveling Magazine Salesman Rodger Eric Broadway
Rapes And Murders Knoxville Tennessee Woman.
Police capture man charged with murder of local woman
The Real Deal
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
April 19, 2001
Two young Douglas County Colorado girls ages 12 and 13
are sexually assaulted by traveling magazine salesmen
Dwayne Taylor and Maurice Rogers
Two Clarke Farms teens sexually assaulted by magazine salesmen
Magazine salesman convicted of assault
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
2000
June 05, 2000
Five Traveling Door To Door Magazine Salesmen
Brutally Beat Brett D. King To Death.
Allen County Indiana Coroner determines that Brett D. King died
as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
Magazine sales: No fun in sun
Teens, young adults often trapped in web of drugs, death
Youthful salesman's long regret
Convicted of murder, he now wishes he had listened to his mother
New River Subscription Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 18, 2000
Frustrated Families Confronting Publishers
Sales crews still dying as reform stalls
The Death Toll Climbs
World Wide Circulation
Palmetto Marketing
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1999
August 7, 1999
Blame Publishers, Not Young Salespeople
Article By The Director Of Parent Watch
May 6, 1999
Toxic chemicals demonstrated orally by young, eager sales force
The Examiner On-Line
By Jerry Jordan
Read This Story
Hy-Pro Chemical
Joseph Edge
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
April 29, 1999
Rock ‘n roll’ sales job: Drugs and booze abound
The Examiner On-Line
By Jerry Jordan
Read This Story
Hy-Pro Chemical
Joseph Edge
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
March 25, 1999
Seven Die And Five Are Maimed For Life
Traveling Magazine Sales Crew Van Crash
Janesville Wisconsin - March 25, 1999
Youth Employment Services/Subscriptions Plus, Inc.
New Company Names:
Services Unlimited Plus
Subscription Services
National Magazine Services
CIRCULATION I, INC
CIRCULATION II, INC
National Community Clearing, INC
PRAETORIAN
PLATINUM SALES
PARAGON SALES
MAJESTIC SALES
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1998
November 8, 1998
DeMers was critically injured and not breathing
Beaten Near Death By
Jeremy Delano Kincaid and James Larry Ransom
In the shadow of violence
Assault occured on August 12, 1998
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 6, 1998
WOMAN RAPIST SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS:
Abstract (Article Summary)
When Bridgette Latrice Brown, 23, knocked on the door of a Seattle woman's home
and told her she was selling magazines to help get kids off the streets,
the woman believed her. But when Brown asked the woman to take her to a motel,
then grabbed a knife and threatened to take her life . . . the woman was shocked.
"I have never seen a stranger case," said King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor
Kathy Goater, who heads the special assault unit. "A forcible rape of a woman by
another woman? It rarely happens. In the context of a strange rape, I've never
seen one like this before."
RONALD K. FITTEN.
Seattle Times. Seattle, Wash.: Mar 6, 1998.
Seattle Times Archive Link:
WOMAN RAPIST SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1997
October 26, 1997
Friend's death in crash still disturbs ex-seller
From the Journal Sentinel
Meg Kissinger
Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Aug. 1, 1999.
Read The Complete Story
Angel Trevino is haunted by the memories of holding her friend
who lay dying along the highway.
The two had been on a crew together for eight months
at All-Star Promotions, a magazine subscription
sales company based in Pilot Point, Texas. They had been working
in Destin, Fla., and had left just after midnight Oct. 26, 1997, on
their way back to Texas. It had begun to rain as they were driving
through Jackson, Miss., at about 9 that morning. The van swerved as the
driver tried to pass another car, and rolled off the road,
throwing Amber Stankovich, 19, onto the pavement. Trevino's legs were crushed,
but she was conscious. She dragged herself through the shattered windshield.
The four others in the crash were shaken, but none was as bad off as Stankovich.
Trevino would tell an investigator for Parent Watch, an industry watchdog:
"We couldn't find Amber, because she was in a ditch. I finally saw her and wanted to go to her,
but there was this barbed wire in the way. The ambulance people brought her up and put her next to me.
They said she had a heartbeat but wasn't breathing. I started freaking out, but they told me to talk
to her and try to bring her back, that sometimes that helps."
All Star Promotions
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1996
September 5, 1996
Michael W. Grinnell and Jacob R. Russell
Beat To Death
Billy Joe Gilbert and Adam Chesnek
Traveling Salesmen Murdered
"Victims refused to participate in a robbery"
All Star Promotions
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1995
Dec 10, 1995
ELDERLY WOMAN ATTACKED BY SALESMAN, POLICE SAY
Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Fla.; Dec 10, 1995;
See Article Abstracts: Dec. 10, 1995
A magazine salesman revisited the apartment of an 88-year-old woman
who turned down a subscription and attacked her, police said Saturday.
Samuel A. Erby, 20, was arrested a few minutes after the assault Wednesday.
He was in jail Saturday, charged with injury to an elderly person.
Police said the salesman tried to suffocate the woman with her scarf.
Then he tried to smother her with his hand as she fought him and screamed.
He ran away and a neighbor called 911.
Police found the woman lying on the floor near her front door.
She was treated for cuts and bruises.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
Sept. 29, 1995
JUDGE SENTENCES MAN IN KILLING
GUNMAN GETS 100-YEAR TERM FOR 1995 SHOOTING
Chanuncey Watts
a.k.a. Chauncey Whitehead
Additional Charges:
Criminal Attempt To Commit Murder,
First-Degree Assault
Criminal Use Of A Firearm
AND
Aug 13, 1998
SUSPECT CHARGED IN HOTEL SHOOTING
Chanuncey Whitehair
In Crowd
Chapel Sales, Inc
Selling Magazines Door to Door
July 15, 1995
Firm illegally selling magazines door-to-door here settles lawsuit
Janet Kelley; Lancaster New Era. Lancaster, Pa.; July 15, 1995;
See Article Abstracts: July 15, 1995
A Washington business and its president have paid $5,000 to settle accusations
stemming from their involvement in the illegal door-to-door sale of magazine
subscriptions in southcentral Pennsylvania.
The defendants also agree to make restitution both to consumers who didn't get the
subscriptions they paid for and to sales personnel who didn't get promised salaries and bonuses.
A consent petition filed this week in Lancaster County Court identifies the defendants
as NCS Corp., Gig Harbor, Wash., and its president, William Gillespie.
In August 1992, the attorney general's office sued NCS and several other corporations.
Among other things, the lawsuit alleged that the defendants:
Charged consumers a $7 "processing fee" that wasn't adequately disclosed or explained.
Failed to properly register with the state.
NCS Corp., Gig Harbor, Wash.
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1994
June 23, 1994
SALESMAN IS CHARGED IN BOY'S STRANGULATION
First Degree Intentional Homicide
Child Abduction
Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La.;
See Article Abstracts: Jume 30, 1994
A door-to-door salesman is charged with strangling a 9-year-old boy
whose nude body was found a block away from his suburban home.
John James Smith, 19, of Carol Stream, Ill., was charged Monday in Circuit
Court with first-degree intentional homicide and child abduction in the
death of Jesse Hubatch of Franklin.
Hy-Pro Chemical
Hy-Pro Cleaner
Selling Cleaner Products Door to Door
For Further Information On Hy-Pro Chemical See:
Slaves to the sale
1993
November 4, 1993
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v.
RICHARD EUGENE CAGLE and MICHAEL PAUL SCOTT
First-Degree Felony Murder
Robbery With A Dangerous Weapon
Conspiracy To Commit Robbery
With A Dangerous Weapon
MICHAEL PAUL SCOTT
Sun Circulation
Selling Magazines Door to Door
March 3, 1993
Whittier Heights Stung By Assaults Of 4-Year-Old
A traveling magazine salesman is accused of luring a 4-year-old boy
into a restroom last Thursday at Whittier Elementary School and sexually
assaulting him. The suspect was arrested the next day and has been
charged with first-degree rape of a child.
Alex Tizon
Seattle Times
Seattle Times Archive Link:
Whittier Heights Stung By Assaults Of 4-Year-Old
Florida Based Magazine Sales Company
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1992
1992
Slaves to the sale
Nancy Stancill
Read these 'award winning' articles by Nancy Stancill.
The 'Slaves to the sales series' reveal a shocking
glimpse into the dark and murky past
of the ‘traveling door to door sales’ industry
and provides an excellent history of an unregulated and
immoral enterprise that continues to exploit young adults for profit.
Slaves to the sale
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June 21, 1992
MAGAZINE SALES JOBS CALLED SLAVERY
TEENS REPORT TOILING 60 HOURS A WEEK FOR $7 A DAY IN PAY
Patroit News, Harrisburg PA.
By: George Weigel
Credit: NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Article Abstract:
"Travel. Make lots of money."
Those words in a newspaper help-wanted ad caught the eye of 19-year-old
Maxine Preston of Luzerne County, Pa.
Things sounded so good when Preston went for an interview at a local hotel
that she agreed to leave that same night on what she thought was the perfect job.
What followed was the worst three months of her life. Preston says she was taught
to lie to customers to make sales. She found herself knocking on doors six days a week
from 9 a.m. to as late as 2 in the morning.
MAGAZINE SALES JOBS CALLED SLAVERY
American Marketing Network
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1991
January 22, 1991
DOOR-TO-DOOR MAGAZINE SELLER JAILED AFTER RAPE
SCOTT HERHOLD, Mercury News Staff Writer
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Article Abstract:
A 23-year-old Mississippi man who sold magazines door to door was in custody
at Santa Clara County Jail Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of
raping a woman in East San Jose.
Police said the man forced his way into the residence after the woman
-- described as being in her 20s -- opened her front door. Officers
would say only that the rape occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday near White
Road and Cunningham Road. The man choked the victim and kicked her, raped
her and then fled out the rear of her house, police said.
Sgt. Greg Trapp said an officer responding to the call recognized the
description as resembling a magazine salesman in the same neighborhood.
Trapp said investigators then interviewed neighbors, who were able to
describe the man and the identity card he used to sell magazines.
After checking with the city's permit division, the police determined
that the man worked for American Community Services Inc.,
which sells a variety of magazines.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1990
July 13, 1990
Magaizne salesman Darrin Whitman is found guilty
of murdering Bernice Clark.
See Article Abstracts
July 22, 1990
REGULATION OF SOLICITORS VIRTUALLY NIL OFFICIALS
REASSESS LOCAL LAWS IN WAKE OF WOBURN KILLING
January 18, 1991
Salesman found guilty of Woburn murder
Bernice Clark, 76, was found stabbed to death in her Senator Road home July 13.
Hours later, Darrin Whitman, an employee of an Indiana-based soliciting company,
was arrested by state and Woburn police and charged with the killing.
A Middlesex Superior Court jury deliberated approximately two hours before
finding that Darrin Whitman, 24, had killed Clark, a retired beautician,
with deliberate premeditation.
Whitman was one of a large group of young people brought into the
Woburn area last summer by American Community Services of Michigan City,
Ind., to sell magazines and had sold a subscription to Clark earlier in the day.
Evidence showed he later came back, made Clark undress and lie on the bed
before stabbing her four times, once in the heart.
American Community Services
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1989
July 6, 1989
Bakersfield, California
John Lee Holt rapes and murders a 65-year-old woman
who told him to leave.
The California Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty
given a door-to-door salesman who was convicted of murdering
a 65-year-old woman who told him to leave.
A Kern County Superior Court jury convicted John Lee Holt of robbery,
rape and murder in the 1989 incident, and the state court upheld the
decision in this automatic appeal.
venus.soci.niu.edu
Rick Halperin
AI-Texas
Posted May 19, 1997
John Lee Holt
Austin Diversified Products
Selling Household Cleaning Products Door to Door
1988
July 5, 1988
Carl M. McClellan Convicted Of First Degree Felony Rape
American Fork, Utah
McClellan was found guilty of raping
a 19 year-old deaf American Fork woman.
See Un-Posted News Article: August 31, 1988 - SALESMAN GUILTY OF AM.F. RAPE
Utah Dept. of Corrections:
Sex Offender Registry
Door-To-Door Salesman Selling Cleaner
1987
April 7, 1987
ABUSES BY DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES OUTFITS ALLEGED
DateLine: Washington
Media General News Service
By Steve Goldberg
Read This Story
Mecca Enterprises Inc.
Selling Magazines and Cleaner Products Door to Door
1985
December 22, 1985
SALES FIRMS ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING YOUTHS
Seattle Times; Seattle, Wash.; Dec 22, 1985;
DateLine: Portland
AP
Read This Story
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1984
June 17, 1984
Magazine Sales Enmesh Youths In Murky World
Magazine Sales Enmesh Youths In Murky World - Morning Call
Circulation Builders of America, Magnet International,
National Circulating Co., National Publishers Circulation House, Inc.,
North American Book Sales, Publishers Circulation,
Solar Circulation, Stargazer,
TICOA (Trans International Clearinghouse of America) Corp.,
Trade Tech International, U.S. Publishers,
U.S. Publishers Circulation, Inc.,
Youth of America,
Jo Edge
Selling Magazines Door to Door
1982
July 25, 1982
Suspect In Murder Had Criminal Past
View as PDF File
Aggravated Murder
Rape
Burglary
On August 19, 1982, David W. Steffen talked his way into
the home of a 19-year old Cincinnati woman. David Steffen,
a young door-to-door salesman, was selling a cleaner
product which was packaged by Hy-Pro Chemical.
The 19-year-old Cincinnati woman allowed
him in to give her a demonstration.
The Cincinnati woman watched as Steffen scrubbed the tile
under the sink.
When he stood up, Steffen brushed against her breast.
She started to scream. Steffen warned her to stop but she
continued. Steffen then beat her severely, ran into the
kitchen, found a paring knife and returned to the bathroom
where he raped her and cut her throat.
Steffen beat her, broke her nose, choked her and slashed
her throat 4 times. He left the home after raping her,
leaving her body for her mother to find.
For Further Information On Hy-Pro Chemical See:
Slaves to the sale
Hy-Pro Chemical
Selling Cleaner Products Door To Door
1978
March 8, 1978
Coming Out of the Shadows
Linda Bright's Murder
Selling Magazines
**** Archive ****
1964 - 1987 Archive
1964-1987
MEDIA COVERAGE
DOOR-TO-DOOR TRAVELING SALES CREWS
Media Coverage 1964 - 1987
Posted 03/12/05
Archives
August 17, 1958
Fugitive couple attack LAPD officer, August 17, 1958
The Daily Mirror
Larry Harnisch Reflects on L.A.'s Crime and Cops From 50 Years Ago
Read This Story
LA Times Blog
Posted 08/18/08
June 18, 1951
Slamming the Door
The Green River Ordinance
Time Magazine On-Line Archive
Posted 04/17/05
June 6, 1948
Buy – or Else
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Free Press on June 6, 1948
Buy – or Else
New York – (U.P.) – A Chicago magazine salesman,
Roy Simpson, was held on charges of stabbing a woman who refused to
buy a subscription.
Jan. 5-8, 1927
Magazine Salesman Chargerd With Murder
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - Newspapers
SALESMAN IS CHARGED WITH SLAYING NEGRO--R.L.GILMORE,33
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - Newspapers
The Memphis Press Scimitar Jan. 5-8, 1927
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Escaping the Magazine Crew
August 20, 2008
The Story
Escaping the Magazine Crew
Olivia Helmig
American Public Media Public Insight Network
Dick Gordan
August 20, 2008
Magazine sales crews are still going strong, despite investigations
into their exploitative practices. These crews are largely composed
of younger people, often with troubled lives, recruited to sell
magazines across the country.
Olivia Helmig was in a magazine crew for 10 months. During that
time, she had no medical care, witnessed abuse and heard stories
of rape from fellow female crew members. She talks with Dick
Gordon about the dangerous and largely unknown world of
underground magazine sales.
Dick Gordan
American Public Media Public Insight Network
thestory.org
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Spartanburg, South Carolina
Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Warning !!!
August 19, 2008
Consumer Affairs Warns About Door-to-Door Scams
By Heather Sullivan
Anchor
News Channel 7
WSPA
Published: August 19, 2008
Be careful who you open your door and your wallet for. The
Spartanburg Boys and Girls Club says they’re being used, again, by
magazine subscription sellers. And the State Department of
Consumer Affairs is warning you about a door-to-door book selling
scam.
Boys and Girls Club President Greg Tolbert says he’s received a
complaint that someone is selling magazines door to door, using the
boys and girls club name. Said Tolbert, “They have a hard luck story
about their own life, and how they’re trying to give back to the
community, and raise money for these worthy causes, and using
names of various charities, including ours.”
But Tolbert says there’s no such fundraiser. Spartanburg Public
Safety says they have questioned the magazine sellers but have not
been able to verify if they are using the Boys and Girls Club name.
Officers say the sellers have been operating without a city permit.
Tolbert says the same problem happened a couple of months ago
and a few years ago. In 2004, News Channel 7 reported that a
company working out of a hotel room admitted using the Boys and
Girls Club name while selling magazines. The Better Business
Bureau says that company has since shut down.
Meantime, the Department of Consumer Affairs issued a warning
about a door-to-door book selling scam hitting South Carolina.
Officials say as the scam artist go from door to door, they’re learning
all of your neighbors names. By the time they get to your door,
they’re mentioning those names to make it sound like they are
legitimate.
A victim reported paying $50 for books that never arrived. And it’s a
growing problem. Said Maria Audus, with the Department of
Consumer Affairs, “We’ve been hearing more in the last 6 to 8
months about magazine and book scams.”
How can you protect yourself for door to door scams? Don’t do
business on the spot, ask for printed materials and check out the
company first, never pay in cash, and never make a payment in the
salesperson’s name.
By Heather Sullivan
Anchor
News Channel 7
WSPA
wspa.com
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Read This Story
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Clemmons, North Carolina
Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Warning !!!
Door-to-Door Sales Company:
American Community Services, Inc.
August 19, 2008
Beware of teens selling magazines!
clemmonscrossing.blogspot.com
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
In case anyone out there doesn't know this yet, do not buy
magazines from the kids who come door-to-door selling
subscriptions. They'll get into this whole very charming spiel about
how they're earning "points" to buy books for college, and they're
there to learn better communication skills and be inspired by people
in the community.
But they're there to sell magazine subscriptions (that may or may not
ever arrive) at inflated prices, NOT for any charity or college fund, but
as a for-profit venture in an extremely seedy industry.You are not
helping these "sweet" kids by buying into their lies.
You're perpetuating the problem. So don't feel at all guilty about
saying no, closing the door, and calling the police to ask if the crew
has a permit to solicit in the area.
The kids who just came to my door (all adorable wide-eyed smiles
when trying to hook me, and abusive and cursing when I politely
turned them down) were from American Community Services, Inc.,
but there are many such organizations that function like gangs and
ensnare kids into a truly horrible lifestyle.Some links:
http://www.travelingsalescrews.info
www.parentwatch.org
http://www.magcrew.com
clemmonscrossing.blogspot.com
Clemmons, North Carolina
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What Happened 50 Years Ago:
August 17, 1958
Fugitive couple attack LAPD officer, August 17, 1958
The Daily Mirror
Larry Harnisch Reflects on L.A.'s Crime and Cops From 50 Years Ago
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LA Times Blog
Posted 08/17/08
Billings, Montana
Door-to-Door Sales Company:
Southwestern Company
August 15, 2008
Strange Questions Update
By KULR Staff
Story Published: Aug 15, 2008 at 7:12 PM MDT
Story Updated: Aug 15, 2008 at 7:44 PM MDT
BILLINGS – There is new information on a story on local parents concerned about a
stranger going door to door asking questions about children.
KULR-8 has tracked down the company likely responsible, that claims to have done business for
nearly 150 years. Southwestern Company hires college students to sell children's books and
educational software.
Students are trained in Tennessee and many come from other countries.
A company spokesman says it's not the first time the students have caused
concerns, especially since they ask neighbors for referrals.
Trey Campbell with the company says, "We really love being able to send students
to communities that does have concerns like this when there is a stranger in the
community and they bring it to the attention of the proper authorities because
that is a real indicator of a safe community."
Campbell says many of the students carry hand written maps because they are not
familiar with the neighborhood. He says it also helps them keep track of their sales.
For more information on Southwestern Company,
click here.
By KULR Staff
KURL8 TV
kulr8.com
Billings, Montana
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To Read Previous KULR Article on Southwestern Company
click here.
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August 14, 2008
The Horror of Traveling Sales Crews Revisited
and A Condemnation of the Modern Direct Selling Industry!
Quixtar Cult Intervention
http://quixtarisacultintervention.blogspot.com
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Sag Harbor, New York
Magazine Salesman Arrested On Outstanding Warrants
August 14, 2008
Magazine Solicitation Leads To Arrest
The Sag Harbor Express
Posted on 14 August 2008
Two men soliciting Sag Harbor residents for money for college on Tuesday, August 5 prompted one
Madison Street woman to call Sag Harbor Police. Ultimately the call led to the arrest of one of the
two men on outstanding warrants for felony assault, three counts of burglary, vandalism and theft.
According to police, the men were a part of a magazine sales crew.
During August of last year a number of Sag Harbor residents called police after receiving
visits at their homes from salespersons from Jaguar Sales LLC, although it is not known if
these two men are from the same outfit. Jaguar Sales is a magazine and book selling company
out of Washington State that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed suit against last
summer for illegally recruiting and deceiving young workers into selling magazine subscriptions
door-to-door without compensation.
After police responded to the Madison Street neighborhood, they found two men in the area
fitting the resident’s description. After interviewing the subjects, police said they discovered
that Michael J. Garrett, 22, of Corning, Ohio had a number of outstanding charges
pending against him out of the Morgan County Sheriffs Office in McConnelsville, Ohio.
Sag Harbor Village Police held Garrett until Suffolk County police fugitive squad
was able to pick him up for extradition. The second man, a Goodyear, Arizona resident was released.
The Sag Harbor Express
sagharborexpress.sagharborpublishing.com
Sag Harbor, New York
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Billings, Montana
Door-to-Door Sales Warning !!!
August 13, 2008
Strange Questions
By Sarah Gravlee
KURL8 TV
Story Published: Aug 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM MDT
Story Updated: Aug 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM MDT
BILLINGS - Imagine this, you're home on a Friday afternoon and someone knocks on your door.
When you open, it a stranger is standing there and asks to see your kids.
Mike Craighill of Billings said this happened to him. He said the stranger went on to explain
that he was a foreign exchange student studying kids. "There was no chance he was getting in
the house," Craighill said. Craighill started to close the door, but the man had one more question.
"He asked if I could help him with his map," Craighill said.
Being a good guy, mike decided to help because he thought the stranger might be having
trouble with the local language, but that wasn't the case. "He had a handwritten map that
had a bunch of houses on it," Craighill said. "He asked me what houses had children and I said,
'not a chance.'" Mike was talking to his sister later that week and found that one of her
friends had a similar story.
Elizabeth Krivitz was on her way to work one day when she received a strange phone call.
The man on the other end wanted to talk to her about her kids. We called the number back
and reached an insurance agent who said the company is offering free DNA sample kits to
parents in the area. Krivitz said the way he went about it was a bit disturbing.
"Nothing felt good about the whole situation," she said. "My stomach started turning."
Sergeant Kevin Iffland with the Billings Police Department said that feeling should
prompt you to call the police.
"If you get that gut feeling that, hey, this just doesn't sound right that's why we're here,"
he said. Sergeant Iffland confirm that there was an insurance company in town going door
to door and that these cases could be related to that.
Whether the threat was real or not, Krivitz said the experience completely changed they way
she thinks about parenting. "My son, who before it was cute if he answered the phone, now
he's not allowed to answer the phone at all. At all. No matter what," She said.
Though the phone call has been explained, we're still not certain that the man who knocked
on Craighill's door was with that agency. Sergeant Iffland said if something feels
even the slightest but wrong to you, try to get as many details as you can about
the people and vehicles involved, then don't hesitate to call the police.
By Sarah Gravlee
KURL8 TV
kulr8.com
Billings, Montana
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Pratt, Kansas
Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Warning !!!
Magazine Sales Company:
Atlantic Circulation Inc.
August 11, 2008
Police warn of magazine sales scam
The Pratt Tribune
Mon Aug 11, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT
Pratt, Kan. -
Pratt area residents are warned to be on the alert for people selling magazine subscriptions
door-to-door for Atlantic Circulation Inc. of York, Penn.
The Pratt Police Department has received numerous complaints about this company,
said Pratt Police Chief Steve Holmes.
The complaints include failure to register with the city for permission to solicit sales within Pratt,
suspicious and deceptive activity and potential fraud related to individuals taking money from
customers with no intent of providing the product the customers paid for, Holmes said.
Anyone who has purchased magazines from Atlantic Circulation should contact the Pratt Police
Department at 672-5551.
Individuals in the group were contacted and many were deceptive about their activities.
They were detained for soliciting sales without a permit. Information was taken from 11
suspects and a large number of sales receipts, personal checks and cash were taken as evidence,
Holmes said.
Several suspects had active warrants in other states that refused to extradite because of
distance. One warrant was for the same type of solicitation in another state,
one person was a convicted felon and several had suspended driver’s licenses.
The police department has requested contact from a company representative but no one has called.
The Pratt Police Department warns all residents to be alert for this type of activity.
“We would like all citizens to be wary of unsolicited door-to-door sales people,” Holmes said.
“The best practice is to contact the Pratt Police Department to determine if the company has
been approved for door-to-door sales.”
The Pratt Tribune
pratttribune.com
Pratt, Kansas
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Pratt, Kansas
Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Warning !!!
Magazine Sales Company:
Atlantic Circulation Inc.
August 11, 2008
Police warn of magazine sales scam
The Pratt Tribune
Mon Aug 11, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT
Pratt, Kan. -
Pratt area residents are warned to be on the alert for people selling magazine subscriptions
door-to-door for Atlantic Circulation Inc. of York, Penn.
The Pratt Police Department has received numerous complaints about this company,
said Pratt Police Chief Steve Holmes.
The complaints include failure to register with the city for permission to solicit sales within Pratt,
suspicious and deceptive activity and potential fraud related to individuals taking money from
customers with no intent of providing the product the customers paid for, Holmes said.
Anyone who has purchased magazines from Atlantic Circulation should contact the Pratt Police
Department at 672-5551.
Individuals in the group were contacted and many were deceptive about their activities.
They were detained for soliciting sales without a permit. Information was taken from 11
suspects and a large number of sales receipts, personal checks and cash were taken as evidence,
Holmes said.
Several suspects had active warrants in other states that refused to extradite because of
distance. One warrant was for the same type of solicitation in another state,
one person was a convicted felon and several had suspended driver’s licenses.
The police department has requested contact from a company representative but no one has called.
The Pratt Police Department warns all residents to be alert for this type of activity.
“We would like all citizens to be wary of unsolicited door-to-door sales people,” Holmes said.
“The best practice is to contact the Pratt Police Department to determine if the company has
been approved for door-to-door sales.”
The Pratt Tribune
pratttribune.com
Pratt, Kansas
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DMPG Info Clip:
Research Atlantic Circulation Inc.
aka: ACI
2550 Kingston Rd
Suite 113
York, PA 17402
Phone Number: (717) 755-3480
Fax Number: (717) 755-3484
Website: http://www.atlanticcirculation.com
No Pennsylvania Secretary of State listing for Atlantic Circulation Inc.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State
BBB Reliability Report for:
Atlantic Circulation, Inc.
This is not a BBB accredited business.
Pennsylvania BBB Report
Business Category: Magazines Sold Door-to-Door
eMail: SERVICE@ATLANTICCIRCULATION.COM
BBB file opened: March 06, 2000
Business started: September 1998
Primary Contact: Mr. Daniel W. Shoemaker, III (President)
Complaint Contact: April Hartman
Other Contacts: Ms. Stephanie
Mr. Brad Hibbs
Ms. Rita Shoemaker (Vice President)
Mr. Jeremey Umphrey
Atlantic Circulation Inc. Sales Crews:
Atlantic Periodical Sales Inc
Berlingeri Sales
Condella Sales
Double Douce Subscription Inc
Foster Sales
G T Sales
Jamison Sales
King Sales
Lamb Sales Inc
McLemore Sales
Platinum Plus
Red Hot Sales
Robinson Sales
Strictly Business Inc
Stubbs Sales
Success Unlimited Associates Inc
United Subscription Service Corp
White Sales
Yingst Sales
Google Search:
"Atlantic Circulation" + magazine:
http://edumacation.com/AtlanticCirculationInc
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Bedford, New York
Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Warning !!!
Magazine Sales Company:
Prestige Sales USA
August 11, 2008
Bedford warns about door-to-door solicitors
Chris Serico
The Journal News
August 11, 2008
BEDFORD - Responding to four reports of solicitation, town officials are warning residents to be
diligent with salespeople who solicit door-to-door and by telephone.
A 21-year-old Illinois man was charged last week with soliciting without a permit,
which in Bedford is a misdemeanor. Police responded at 8:38 p.m. Monday to a report from a Barker
Street resident, who reported suspicious activity. Following the report, police arrested
Christopher Gibson of Calumet City, Ill. He is scheduled to appear Aug. 21 in Town Court.
About an hour after the first solicitation report, police responded to a Bishop Road resident's
complaint about a door-to-door magazine salesman identifying himself as an employee of Prestige
Sales USA. Police had difficulty investigating that incident, said Lt. Robert Mazurak,
because that resident, who reportedly paid for some magazines, waited to report the matter.
"By the time we heard about this, the (suspect) was gone," he said.
It was unclear if the two solicitation reports were related, he said.
A Missouri woman working for Prestige Sales USA was charged last month with second-degree
menacing in Rockland County.
Jolesa Pitts, 20, of Springfield, Mo., was arrested at the Holiday Inn in Montebello the
morning of July 17 and charged with the misdemeanor after a co-worker claimed she threatened
her with a knife.
On Wednesday night, Bedford police encountered another solicitor on Lakeside Drive,
who Mazurak said had a permit, and relayed a fourth solicitation complaint in Lewisboro to state police.
"The word that we're trying to get out is just be careful of who you're doing business with,
especially door-to-door people," Mazurak said.
Via Bedford's e-mail alert system, the town last week warned residents about illegal solicitors.
"There are certainly legitimate businesses and charities that go door-to-door, but also plenty
of scams," reads part of the message.
Mazurak said solicitation complaints peak in summer months.
"What we're trying to do is just protect people and make sure that they don't become victims of
crime by having these people come in and maybe pick something up that doesn't belong to them," he said,
"or maybe get scammed out of their money."
The town e-mail instructed residents to demand identification from door-to-door salespeople
and warned them not to invite peddlers into their homes.
According to Chapter 88 of the town code, it is illegal to "engage in itinerant trading,
hawking and peddling or making a sale by sample and taking orders ... in or upon the public
highways or public places of the Town or upon private property, by calls from house to house,
without obtaining a license as herein provided."
Licenses are required for peddling salespeople, "regardless of whether or not he or she is
affiliated with a company," the code reads.
Police encouraged residents who are concerned about a door-to-door solicitor to call the
department at 914-241-3111.
Chris Serico
The Journal News
lohud.com
West Nyack, New York
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DMPG Research regarding the above magazine sales company:
Prestige Sales USA
Magazine Companys:
Integrity Sales/Integrity Program
Persons of Interest:
Robert Spruiell
Karleen Hillery
Karleen Spruiell
Karleen Hillery Spruiell
Jonathan Tork
Diane Tork
WebSite:
Prestige Sales USA
Google Search: Prestige Sales LLC
Google Search: Prestige Sales USA
Google Search: Prestige Sales + Magazine
Google Search: Jonathan Tork + Magazine
Google Search: Diane Tork + Magazine
WHOIS.NET
Info on prestigesalesusa.com as of May 10, 2008
Domain name: prestigesalesusa.com
Registrant Contact:
Prestige Sales (SPRESTIGE65@YAHOO.COM)
+1.6029784710
Fax: +1.6029784710
PO Box 82430
Phoenix, AZ 85071
US
Administrative Contact:
Prestige Sales (SPRESTIGE65@YAHOO.COM)
+1.6029784710
Fax: +1.6029784710
PO Box 82430
Phoenix, AZ 85071
US
Technical Contact:
Prestige Sales (SPRESTIGE65@YAHOO.COM)
+1.6029784710
Fax: +1.6029784710
PO Box 82430
Phoenix, AZ 85071
US
Status: Active
Name Servers:
NS1.ACCUWEBHOSTING.BIZ
NS2.ACCUWEBHOSTING.BIZ
Creation date: 11 Dec 2007 18:54:01
Expiration date: 11 Dec 2010 18:54:01
Arizona Secretary of State:
File Number: L-1415655-1
Corp. Name: PRESTIGE SALES LLC
Domestic Address 24820 N 16TH AVE #110
PHOENIX, AZ 85085
Statutory Agent Information Agent Name: REGISTERED AGENT SOLUTIONS INC
Agent Mailing/Physical Address:
638 N FIFTH AVE
PHOENIX, AZ 85003
Agent Status: APPOINTED 12/17/2007
Agent Last Updated: 01/24/2008
Additional Incorporation Date: 12/17/2007 Corporate Life Period: PERPETUAL
Domicile: ARIZONA County: MARICOPA
Approval Date: 12/19/2007 Original Publish Date: 01/22/2008
Member Information ROBERT SPRUIELL
MEMBER
24820 N 16TH AVE #110
PHOENIX,AZ 85085
Date of Taking Office: 12/17/2007
Last Updated: 12/19/2007
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Integrity Sales/Integrty Program:
Integrity Sales Website: integritysale.com
Integrity Program Website: integritypgm.com
Arizona Secretary of State Corporation/LLC Website:
Az. S.O.S. Corp/LCC
Arizona Secretary of State: Integrity Sales:
Integrity Sales
Nevada Secretary of State: Integrity Program:
Integrity Program
Criminal Profiles: Search For: Integrity Sales
Magazine Scams: Integrity Sales
Consumer Advocacy: Edumacation.com: Integrity Sales
BBB Report Phoenix, Az.: unsatisfactory
Rip Off Report: Integrity Sales
Magazine Company/Sales Crews as of 05/13/06:
Magazine Fulfillment Services - Operated by Robert Spruiell
Integrity Sales, Inc. - Operated by Robert Spruiell
Integrity Program, Inc.- Operated by Robert Spruiell
Circulation I - Operated by Karkeen Hillery
Circulation II - Operated by Karleen Hillery
SERVICES UNLIMITED PLUS - Operated by Karleen Hillery Spruiell/Robert Spruiell
National Community Clearing, INC - Operated by Karleen Hillery
TEAM X-TREME
DYNASTY SALES
POWERHOUSSE SALES
KAYS NATURALS - Karleen Hillery Crew
Kay's Naturals website: ournaturals.com
Crew Name: 029
Crew Name: 032
IP MARKETING
IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
Subscriptions Plus - Operated by Karleen Hillery
(old mag. company name - may be in use again)
Google Search: Karleen Hillery
Google Search: Karleen Spruiell
Google Search: Robert Spruiell
Integrity Sales is a Member of National Field Selling Association: nfsa.com
National Field Selling Association is a member of:
Magazine Publishers of America:
magazine.org
RIP-OFF Report.com
Integrity Sales ripoff
Phoenix Arizona *Consumer Comment ..New Info
Read This Rip-Off Report On Integrity Sales
Lookup: Karleen Hillery on Profiler:
Karleen Hillery Profile
Lookup: Karleen Hillery - Janesville Wisconsin Van Crash March 25, 1999
Karleen Hillery Profile
View Recent Criminal Activities of Karleen Hillery Spruiell:
Karleen Hillery Spruiell
(NOTE: for search on Arizona State Supreme Court Criminal Records
Enter: Last Name: Spruiell, First Name: Karleen in search box.
View Wisconsin DOJ Civil Lawsuit Against Karleen Hillery (case # 00-CV-0852)
State of Wisconsin V. Karleen Hillery
View Illinois Magazine Sales Fraud Lawsuit Against Karleen Hillery (case # 02-CH125)
State of Illinois V. Karleen Hillery
Note: The DMPG collects information from various sources:
police reports, court documents, media articles, and secretary of state websites.
The DMPG is not responsible for inaccurate data in any of the above sources of information.
Various company websites change over a period of time. Information and Links also change.
The DMPG cannot control this and for this reason cannot guarantee 100% accuracty of data.
If you have a question or find an error on this website please contact the DMPG WebMaster:
WebMaster
~or~ read the DMPG disclaimer:
DMPG Disclaimer
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Stony Point, New York
Magazine Sales Agents Arrested
Magazine Sales Crew:
The Experience Company
August 9, 2008
2 more magazine solicitors arrested, fined
By Steve Lieberman
The Journal News • August 9, 2008
STONY POINT - Two out-of-state magazine solicitors have been fined $50 each for
violating a town law banning door-to-door sales without a permit, authorities
said yesterday.
The two arrests brought to at least six the number of solicitors arrested
across Rockland since late May. Two of those arrested were charged with
violent crimes.
Stony Point police arrested Robert A. Buxton, 19, of Linden, Texas, and
Shane H. Doverspike, 27, of Polk, Pa., on Wednesday along De Halve
Maen Drive, Lt. Brian Moore said yesterday.
A resident called police about two men going door to door.
Each man was charged with soliciting without a permit and released on $50 bail,
Moore said. They were contractors for The Experience Company of Arizona, he said.
Buxton and Doverspike pleaded guilty Thursday to the violation and Justice
William Franks fined them $50 each, according to Stony Point Town Court.
Door-to-door solicitors hit Rockland usually during late spring.
They are mostly young people, ranging from age 18 to early 20s, traveling
the country for magazine sales companies.
The sellers live in motels under the control of company handlers who drop
them off by van in neighborhoods to sell door to door.
Critics say the world of selling magazines door to door can be exploitative,
illegal and, at times, dangerous. Sellers often are paid a pittance based on
sales, and handlers hold their earnings.
Sellers can't pick up and leave because they are working hundreds,
if not thousands, of miles from home and cannot afford a bus or train ticket home.
Company officials deny most of the negative charges and say they are
offering young people with problems an opportunity to learn a business and
become responsible.
While some sellers have been involved in violence across the country,
most arrests in Rockland through the years have involved lacking a peddler's license.
Since May, two solicitors have been arrested on charges involving violence.
Four others, including Buxton and Doverspike, were charged with soliciting
without a permit.
Ramapo police arrested Donnell Preston, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, May 27 on
felony charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree burglary.
Preston is accused of attacking a 25-year-old woman at the Holiday Inn
in Montebello, where the magazine solicitors were staying.
Preston and the woman have two children together, police said. They both
worked for the Tennessee-based Paragon Sales, police said.
Preston remains in the county jail without bail pending trial.
On July 17, Jolesa Pitts, 20, of Springfield, Mo., was arrested on a
misdemeanor count of second-degree menacing. She is accused of threatening
another solicitor staying at the Holiday Inn, police said.
Both women are employed by Prestige Sales USA of Phoenix, police said.
The case is pending.
Reach Steve Lieberman at slieberm@lohud.com or 845-578-2443.
By Steve Lieberman
lohud.com
West Nyack, New York
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D.M.P.G. Info Clip
August 11, 2008
DMPG research has determined that Donnell Preston works for 'Paragon Sales' a traveling magazine door to door sales crew
that clears it's magazine subscriptions through 'Midwest Clearing Inc.'
Midwest Clearing, Inc.
Website: http://www.midwestclearing.com
Midwest Clearing, Inc.
Midwest Clearing, Inc.
President: ANDRE' M WALKER
3649 W 183rd St.
Suite 101
Hazel Crest, IL 60429
Phone (708) 206-2001
Fax (708) 206-2005
Illinois Secretary of State:
Illinois Secretary of State
CORPORATION FILE DETAIL REPORT
Entity Name MIDWEST CLEARING INC.
File Number 63505978
Status GOODSTANDING
Entity Type CORPORATION
Type of Corp DOMESTIC BCA
Incorporation Date (Domestic) 04/14/2004
State ILLINOIS
Agent Name BUSINESS FILINGS INC
Agent Change Date 04/14/2004
Agent Street Address 600 S 2ND ST
President Name & Address ANDRE' M WALKER SR 1019 ELM ST FLOSSMOOR 60422
Agent City SPRINGFIELD
Secretary Name & Address SAME
Agent Zip 62704 Duration Date PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date 03/24/2008 For Year 2008
DMPG Staff has discovered an interesting connection between
Andre Walker and American Community Services:
Read This Court decision:
Andre Walker and American Community Services
"Andre Walker" + "magazine sales"
Google Search: "Donnell Preston" + magazine:
"Donnell Preston" + "magazine"
Google Search: "Paragon Sales" + magazine:
"Paragon Sales" + "magazine"
Google Search: "Midwest Clearing" + magazine:
"Midwest Clearing" + "magazine"
Google Search: "Midwest Clearing Inc" + magazine:
"Midwest Clearing Inc" + "magazine"
Google Search: "American Community Services" + magazine:
"American Community Service" + "magazine"
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Stony Point, New York
Magazine Sales Agents Arrested
Magazine Sales Crew:
The Experience Comp | |
