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   Where the bad guys have been

March 19, 2009 

Early morning rapes   

Bulletin:  A series of late night / early morning sexual assaults are being committed by at least one dark skinned male suspect.  Since the last update, it has been determined that there MAY be two separate suspects responsible for sexual assaults, burglaries, and exposing incidents that have occurred within the city.   In all cases, the suspect has been described as a darker-skinned male. All incidents have occurred during the early morning hours. 

Suspect Information:                           

• Darker-skinned Male
• Twenties to early thirties
• 5’7” to 6’, thin to athletic build
• May wear mask or stockings over face, and gloves
• Unknown if suspect is on foot or has access to a vehicle

 Additional information and/or questions regarding this crime series can be directed to the Child Victim Sexual Assault Unit:

1. Sgt Teresa Thorson, phone (402) 444-5636 
2. Ofc Tom Rummel, phone (402) 444-4125 
   If you see any suspicious activity please call 911.

September 24,2008 

Children’s Hospital Warns, it has no connection to a new round of door-to-door magazine sales in the city.  The hospital has been notified by alert neighbors that individuals are using the hospital’s name in a sales pitch. These claims are completely false.

 August 28, 2008

The Omaha Police Department has been fielding numerous complaints regarding the company D & T Industries, which is based out of Georgia.  Representatives for this company are going door to door selling magazines and advising potential customers that the proceeds help get young men and women off the street. It appears at this time that this company has not filed for the proper permits.

Please remember that anytime you observe someone behaving
suspiciously to call 911 and report the activity.

Sec. 19-89.  Peddlers.
(1)   Permit required.  It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a peddler as hereinafter defined within the corporate city limits without first having obtained a permit therefore as herein provided.
 
(2)   Definition.  The term "peddler" as used herein shall include any person traveling by foot, motor vehicle, or other type of conveyance from dwelling to dwelling, carrying, conveying, or transporting candies, foods, magazines, or other merchandise, offering and exposing the same
for sale, or making sales and delivering such articles to purchasers, or taking orders for sales for future delivery, whether or not such person has, carries, or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale, or whether or not he/she is collecting advance payment on such sales, or offering to furnish or perform services to be furnished now or in the
future. 

The term "peddler" shall also include any person selling candies, foods, magazines, or other merchandise from any location within the city, unless the sales are conducted within a permanent business establishment which has on file with the permits and inspection division a current certificate of occupancy permit. A permanent business establishment is
not a peddler when it displays merchandise on the site where it is located. The term "peddler" shall also include mobile refreshment trucks.

8)   Hours restricted.  It shall be unlawful to make door-to-door in-person calls as a peddler to prospective customers before 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on any day of the week unless requested to do so by the prospective customer. 

(9)   Exhibition of permit.  Peddlers without vehicles or stands shall exhibit their permits at the request of any police officer or city inspector, or at the request of any prospective customer. Peddlers with vehicles or stands shall exhibit their permits in such a manner that they are readily visible to any police officer, city inspector, or customer without the necessity of a request to see such permits

 August 26, 2008

This bulletin presents information regarding a series of late
night / early morning sexual assaults which are being
committed by a black male suspect. These incidents have
occurred most commonly between midnight & 6 AM. Suspect
enters through unlocked doors or windows.  As more
information is available to the general public, it will be released.

Description of suspect:

 Race:  Black Male
 Age:  Twenties
 Height:  Average
 Build:  Thin to athletic build

Please contact 911 if you see any suspicious behavior in your
neighborhood and if you know of any past behavior of anyone
matching this description.

Omaha police remind residents to lock their doors and windows in light of a string of strange home invasions that may be connected to a recent rape.

A 37-year-old Omaha woman was raped Sunday at a home near 42nd and Browne Streets. The attacker entered the home shortly before midnight through an unlocked door, police said.

Investigators are considering whether the rape is related to a half-dozen similar incidents that have occurred since March, said Lt. Darci Tierney.

In those cases, women found a man in their homes or apartments in the middle of the night fondling himself, Tierney said. None of these women was groped or raped.

Each time, she said, the man entered the residences through unlocked doors.

Tierney said the break-ins haven't been limited to a certain area of town.

Police don't have a solid description of the intruder, but Tierney said the cases have enough similarities for investigators to suspect they are connected.

Investigators say the attacker is not the same man who raped four young women and attempted to rape two others from 2002 to 2004 after breaking into their homes. He would bind the women and sometimes stayed with them for hours.

The last time the serial rapist struck was Dec. 24, 2004. He has not been arrested.

In addition to locking doors, Tierney said people should use exterior lights and keep an eye on their neighbors. Call 911 if you see a suspicious person in your neighborhood, she said.

The Omaha Police Department has been fielding numerous complaints regarding a male attempting to paint house addresses on curbs in front of homes. We have indentified this individual and he does have the legal permits but we are asking neighbors to be aware that he is soliciting business and it is not mandatory by the City of Omaha that house addresses need to be painted on the curb. It appears elderly neighbors are susceptible to believing this is mandatory and we are asking residents to let their neighbors, especially the elderly know that they do not have to purchase these services.

Please contact 911 if you see any suspicious behavior in your neighborhood and if you know of any past behavior of anyone matching this.

 Please contact 911 if you see any suspicious behavior in your neighborhood and if you know of any past behavior of anyone matching this.