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RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Wednesday, March 10, 2010- 13A
Police bust allege00d smgplifting ring
By Michael Maresh
LARSON NEWSPAPERS
Four women from the Phoenix
area are facing numerous charges
after staging an organized ring of
shoplifting at one Sedona retail
store about three weeks ago.
Sedona Police Cmdr. Ran
Wheeler said the crimes the four
women allegedly committed are
much more than the typical shop-
lifting charges.
The four women Carolyn
Lynette Burris, 36, Regina Addle
Lechuga, 42, Vinetta Gilmore,
47, and Sabrina Scroggins, 43
have been arrested numerous
times in the Phoenix area on
shoplifting charges. Sedona
police think the women came to
Sedona because they were too
well known in the retail industry
there.
Sedona police officer Chris
Stevens said the four women
entered Safeway twice Feb. 19,
with the intent to steal items and
then sell the stolen merchandise.
Stevens said the four worked
as a team with one person
Regina Lechuga Carolyn Burds Vinetta Gilmore
serving as a lookout at the end
of aisles while an accomplice
concealed items in a bag.
The second time the women
entered the store, an employee
saw one of them concealing
items in a bag and when stopped,
she admitted shoplifting.
Stevens said when the three
other women realized their
accomplice has been stopped for
shoplifting, they started removing
merchandise from their bags.
Police Detective Lucas
Wilcoxson said if a person
conceals items anytime while
in the store, it is shoplifting. He
added an arrest can be made
before the person exits the store.
After Burris was arrested
for attempting to steal alcohol
valued at $149, officers located
the SUV with Lechuga and
Gfmore inside.
After obtaining permission to
search the vehicle, police found
stolen bottles of alcohol and a
drug paraphernalia pipe.
Stevens said because the
women brought bags into the
store with the intent to steal, the
crime became a felony. He also
said the women were caught
taking items by Safeway's
surveillance cameras.
He said their past history shows
the four have done this often and
have been charged numerous
times.
"We found out they are well
known in Phoenix from doing the
same things," he said.
He also said the women modi-
fied their clothing to help them
conceal more merchandise, and
this act also resulted in felony
charges.
Two of the four women
are charged with multiple shop-
lifting crimes during the last five
years.
Burris, Lechuga and Gilmore
are all charged with organized
retail theft and third-degree
burglary. Burris and Gilmore are
also charged with shoplifting with
two or more convictions within
the past five years, while Lechuga
is charged with shoplifting.
Burris also faces charges of
unlawful possession of prescribed
medication and has a failure to
appear warrant.
Lechuga and Gilmore are addi-
tionally charged with possession
of drug paraphemalia.
Police issued an arrest warrant
for Scroggins, but have not been
able to locate her yet.
Michael Maresh can be contacted
at 282-7795, ext. 125, or e-mail
mmaresh @ larsonnewspapers.com
BUSES: Verde
From Page 1A
6 and 8:30 a.m. in February. He
added probably 50 percent of
those riders work in the service
industry.
The Verde Lynx and the circu-
lator receives $562,000 from the
city of Sedona, though federal
funds decreases the city's
amount to $206,000.
-Meibeck said the shuttle is
like all other transportation
means, where taxpayers subsi-
dize the service, and with that in
mind, mentioned the shuttle is
breaking even.
He added the overall goal is
making transportation available
Lynx was not
for residents who may not be
able to afford anything else.
According to figures from
the NAIPTA, most morning
passenger trips on the Verde Lynx
are traveling from Cottonwood
to Sedona and the reverse is true
in the evenings.
Carol Wirkus, a member of the
Citizen Review Commission,
said the Verde Lynx has 4.5
boardings per hour and added
the city could rent an individual
taxi for each person at this rate.
"The time for excuses and
what its [are] gone," she said
at the Feb. 23 council meeting.
"It's clear that this is a poor
use of taxpayer's dollars. It's
int(00nced to l:e
tempting to think the money
from the federal government
doesn't matter."
Wirkus asked the city to stop
funding the service.
Vice Mayor Cliff Hamilton
said, when looking at 350
businesses in the area and the
hauling capacity of the Verde
Lynx, the service cannot redis-
tribute enough shoppers to make
a difference of one shopper per
hour in those businesses.
"If you compare it to traffic
reduction, you couldn't make
any kind of a detectable differ-
ence in [the] number of cars
based on average numbers of
people per car," Hamilton said
duce traffic
at the council meeting. "At the
current rate we could get each
person a rental car. The numbers
are clear that we couldn't make
a detectable difference to busi-
ness or car use."
Hamilton said it might be nice
to give the service more time, but
added it is not going to change
the reality on how successful it
can become.
"It's time to make hard deci-
sions about that, and stop making
excuses on why those numbers
don't add up," he said.
Michael Maresh can be reached
at 282-7795, ext. 125, or e-mail
mmaresh @ larsonnewspapem.com
PREACHING: Ault celebrates
From Page 1A
After graduation Ault went out
on his own. His first church was
north of Philadelphia, his, second
was in the city. After he served
there for a few years, Ault went
to Mt. Clemens, Mich., and then
Sedona.
What Ault likes best about
being a minister is the changes
he sees in people as they prog-
ress in their faith.
"l love seeing them come
closer to the Lord and having
their lives enriched," Ault said.
Moore and Glenn added their
comments.
"I think one of the things
people really like about George
25 years at Church's pulpit
[Ault] is his ability to live with
the people ad become part of
their lives," Glenn said.
Moore said whenAult baptizes
a child he does not just hand the
child back to the parents.
"He brings them around and
introduces him or her to the
other parishioners," Moore said.
The next celebration at the
church is a vocal and instru-
mental recital of Mozart's "A
Little Night Music," Thursday,
March 11, at 7 p.m.
For more information, call
282-7963.
Lu Still can be reached at
282-7795, ext. 122, or e-mail
lu @ larsonnewspapers.com
O'Halleran speaks on Verde watershed
Water is a major concern in
Arizona. After all, it is a desert
state where much of the water
has to be transported hundreds
of miles to support the state's
growing communities.
In the high desert, commu-
nities are part of
the Verde River -
Watershed, and
it is threatened.
Former State Sen.
Tom O'Halleran, is
continuing the battle
to help the people
of Arizona preserve
their water resources,
starting with the Verde Tom O'Halleran
River, according to a
press release.
On Wednesday, March 31,
from 8 to l0 a.m., the League
of Women Voters Sedona-
Verde Valley will present
O'Halleran as the featured
speaker at a kick-off Water
Awareness Month breakfast, at
The Old Sedona Bar & Grill,
1405 West SR 89A in Sedona.
He will talk about the Verde
River Basin Partnership and
the promised federal funding
from Sen. John McCain
JR-Ariz.].
"The Verde River is
one of the most impor-
tant water supplies in
Arizona," O'Halleran
stated. "This river
basin supplies water
to almost 3 million
people. We need to
know how sustainable
this supply is. Without
that information, we
could run our watershed dry
before we know it."
At the breakfast, attendees
will be able to take action on
this issue. The Verde River
Basin Partnership has informa-
tion and letters people can send
to McCain urging support for
the work of the partnership.
"This is an excellent
example of why we have Water
Awareness Month," Jawn
McKinley, chairwoman of the
Sedona WaterWise Alliance,
stated in a press release. "Tom
[O'Halleran] is providing
people with important infor-
mation about their community.
Then he's.giving them the
tools they need as citizens to
help their government make
the right choices for our future.
It's a presentation we're not
going to miss."
In addition to O'Halleran, the
breakfast will honor Dorothy
Hares who for many years led
the campaign for water conser-
vation in Northern Arizona.
The cost for the breakfast is
$10, payable at the door. Call
Fran Levengood at 554-4509
by Monday, March 22.
County supervisor hosts Village presentation
On Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m.,
Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor
Chip Davis will host the Village of
Oak Creek Community meeting at the
Village of Oakcreek Association, 690
Bell Rock Blvd, in the Village of Oak
Creek.
Davis has set up presentations resi-
dents will not want to miss.
Environmental Health Specialist
Suzanne Ehrlich will do a presentation
on septic tanks, Master Gardener Bob
Burke will give a presentation "Year-
round Gardening," and Yavapai County
Sheriff's Office Lt. Jay Parkison will
give an update on YCSO.
As always, Davis and Area Roads
Superintendent Verl Cook will give
general updates.
Join for an evening of information
sharing. For more information, call
DeShaunan Young at 639-8110.
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Connect to God
in the outdoors
Many people wonder why
most religious and spiritual
events now take place indoors,
instead of outside in the magnifi-
cent natural environment.
That's a natural inclination,
since several of the world's
major religious revelations came
outdoors, according to a press
release.
For example, the Jewish faith
arose in a desert environment.
The Ten Commandments were
received, and Elijah heard a
"still, small voice," out in the
wilderness. The words of the
earliest prayers and psalms were
inspired by nature, and only later
written in a book.
Members of the public who
may connect better with God
among in the Sedona environ-
ment than they do indoors are
invited to join a group of people
interested in Jewish ideas and
being outdoors who will walk
and talk as theymeander through
the red rocks.
They will hold their second
meeting Sunday, March 14, at
2 p.m., gathering at the Jewish
Community of Sedona and the
Verde Valley, 100 Meadowlark
Drive. Then they will carpool to
a nearby trailhead.
Rabbi Alicia Magal and
Paul Friedman will facilitate
the conversation. Everyone
is welcome. Participants are
advised to wear walking shoes
and to bring water.
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MARCH 11: "THE SMILING COYOTE BREAKFAST CLUB"
Celebrate health and spirituality with guest speakers, tea and
muffins, and much more. Today's speaker: Ja3nae Brown speaking
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MARCH 12: "MYSTICAL NUMEROLOGY CLASS"
Master Mystical Numerologist, Briee (Gnobo), works with sacred
geometry and nature's principles as a higher guidance. Discussion of
the pivotal year 2010, extensive discussion of individual birthdates
and much more. Inlo: 7 - 9 p.m.; $15
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MARCH 16: "SEDONA BUSINESS WISDOM, THE SACRED
PATH OF ENTERPRISE" This 2-hour seminar with David Jenks,
author of 5 national best selling books, shares the best ideas,
strategies and tactics of n6w age entrepreneurs. Into: Tins gmpboll,
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MARCH 1 7: "CLAIRVOYANCE: OPENING THE 3RD EYE"
This workshop with Craig Junjulas, offers practical techniques
for developing an enhanced ability to see psychically, validated
by intuitive sensing, the inner voice and body sensations. IIl:
928-282-8981; www, higherselfdiscovery.com; 7:30 - 9.'30 p.m.; $10
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