Kirby Vacuum Company
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COMPANY LOSES IN RAPE SUIT
Author: Herald wire reports
The state Supreme Court upheld a $150,000 jury award
Wednesday to a woman who was raped by a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman in her
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jury award shows need
for background checks, lawyer says
Author: Associated Press
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Dateline: Neillsville
A con man serving
jail time for bilking an elderly woman out of $30,000 pleaded guilty Tuesday
to violating his work-release rules when he went to a
The other charges accuse Heath of:
Selling a Kirby vacuum cleaner to an elderly woman in
Selling as many as 11 vacuum cleaners and
seven carpet shampooers in
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Man sought in senior
scam arrested
A vacuum cleaner salesman who allegedly used his sales
techniques to scam elderly residents out of more than $100000 was arrested in
Raymund Michael Crawford 39 of Thousand Oaks was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of grand theft burglary and writing bad checks said Oxnard Police Department Detective Ken Kent.
Crawford acted as a Kirby Vacuum Cleaner salesman and after
selling to his victims he would recontact them to try
to persuade them to invest in business ventures
Detectives believe Crawford promised high interest rate return on investments but either failed to pay at all paid only small amounts or paid with bad checks.
Crawford allegedly bilked senior citizens from Oxnard
Camarillo and
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Teen charged with
stealing deluxe vacuum
A would-be vacuum cleaner salesman has been charged in Cascade County District Court with theft of the demonstration model he was issued at the end of his training.
Jeffrey John Lanners, 18,
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Firm liable for rape
by employee
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Persistent salesman
who frightened homeowner is indicted
The eager pursuit of a sale has landed a Kirby vacuum
cleaner salesman in court. When no one answered his knock on the front door of
a
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The
Convicted bank robber
charged in more robberies, plot
A vacuum cleaner salesman already convicted of robbing a
Gregory Earl Jones and fellow Kirby Vacuum Cleaner salesman Steven Wayne Mendenhall got the idea to rob a bank after watching the television show "Cops," according to court documents filed by FBI Special Agent Todd Sandstedt in 1998.
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Woman claims vacuum
salesman groped her
According to the lawsuit, Bush let White and another, unidentified Kirby salesman come into her house to show her how the Kirby vacuum cleaner works. After the salesmen completed the demonstration, the unnamed agent used Bush's bathroom and left the house.
Bush broke free, but White followed her around performing a sex act, according to the suit. After he finished, he told Bush "he would come back to her residence later that evening, to determine if she would be interested in purchasing the Kirby vacuum cleaner," according to the suit.
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Salesman accused of
scam
AP. Columbian.
Mickey Brown was ranked among the top 10 distributors three
times during his 17 years selling Kirby vacuums in
Johnny "Mickey" Brown and Lili Andersen Brown allegedly took money for vacuum cleaners from their customers and instead invested it in real estate, according to lawsuits and complaints seeking nearly $4 million filed with the state.
U.S. Bank has the largest claim, seeking $3.4 million in its
lawsuit that accuses the
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www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/kirby_salesman.html
Kirby Salesman Swept
Up in Crackdown
A Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman was arrested and charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person, theft by deception, harassment through electronic communications, and violation of the
Thomas Schierer, 37, of
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Door-to-door peddlers
arrested
WAPELLO, Iowa - Four Des Moines-area men were arrested Sunday evening by Wapello police after a local resident complained to authorities that they were going door-to-door selling Kirby vacuum cleaners.
According to a Wapello Police Department report, Aaron Alexander, Michael Feller and Johnathan Johnston were charged July 25 with peddling without a license.
A fourth man, Dallas Gamble, was arrested at a Wapello residence during a demonstration. Gamble was charged with peddling without a license as well as possession of a controlled substance, suspected methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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CLERMONT,
Girl Sexually Assaulted By Traveling Salesmen, Police Say
The two teenage men were going door to door in a Clermont-area neighborhood offering
carpet-cleaning services, WESH News Channel 2 reported.
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CUSTOMERS REACH
LAWSUIT DEAL WITH VACUUM SELLER ; TWO WOMEN SAY THEY
WERE AGGRESSIVELY PRESSURED TO
BUY KIRBY VACUUM
CLEANERS.
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Times Tribune
Door-to-door salesman
guilty of sex offenses
A
A seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated more than six hours
before finding Delmar Hooks, 27, of
Police alleged Mr. Hooks, a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, sexually assaulted a 15-year-old Clarks Summit girl who allowed him into her residence twice the evening of March 9.
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Former salesman ordered to pay $12 million for credit-card misuse;
The
Oregonian.
A former vacuum cleaner salesman accused of bilking more than 100 customers by misusing their credit cards, has come up on the short end of a $12 million civil judgment.
U.S. District Court Judge Ancer Haggerty's ruling, sought by U.S. Bank National Association, found that John Henry Brown, also known as Mickey Brown, did not refute evidence showing that he committed breach of contract, fraud and violations of the Racketeering Influence Corruption Act, or RICO.
www.wnbc.com/news/10249571/detail.html
Vacuum Salesman
Charged With Burglary, Grand Larceny
Police said 24-year-old Giovanny
Martinez took the car keys left near the front door of the home and drove off
Saturday about
Queens was arrested on charges of burglary and grand larceny.
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You Tube: Man Found Guilty Of Kidnapping And Torturing A Grandma!!!
December 14, 2009, KFMB-TV, San Diego California
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Grandmother's Attacker Found Guilty DMPG Research: Door-to-Door Magazine Sales Company: Court Documents reveal that Jeffrey Edward Nelson Worked for: Kirby Vacuum End DMPG Research December 14, 2009 Grandmother's Attacker Found Guilty Reported by: Elex Michaelson Email: elex.michaelson@sandiego6.com San Diego 6 the CW (XETV-TV) Last Update: 12/14/2009 11:53 pm  75-year-old Sandy Vinge underwent a 26 hour nigfhtmare when she was kidnapped, beaten and thrown in the trunk of her car. EL CAJON--20-year-old Jeffrey Edward Nelson looked unemotional and sat motionless as a jury convicted him of attempted murder and torture of 76-year-old Natalie "Sandy" Herbst Vinge. View streaming video (.AVI) of this story Please be patient. This video may take a couple of minutes to load. Streaming video load times vary with your internet speed connection. In December of last year, Vinge was kidnapped from her La Mesa home, beaten, and put in the trunk of a car. She was eventually saved by a Sheriff who pulled over her captors for a traffic violation. Vinge was able to make enough noise to get the Sheriff's attention, who helped free her. More than a year later, Vinge has mostly healed from her bruises and is grateful she does not have to worry about Nelson returning to her door. "I'm so pleased because if they had let him go, I wouldn't have been able to live here, I'd have to move." She thanked all her friends and family who helped her get through this difficult time. She also was grateful the jury did not take Nelson's side. "Some people may have thought he was nicer, because he was being very nice in court, but he's not nice" she said. Prosecutor Paul Greenwood said Vinge was one of the most "remarkable" people he's ever met. "In all the cases I've handled in the last 13 years of elder abuse cases, every victim is special but she demonstrated amazing qualities. I don't know how any of us could have gone through the ordeal that she went through." The jury only took 3 hours to reach this decision. "The worst part of a trial is waiting for the jury for a verdict...their quick verdict...I think sends a message." Nelson had already plead guilty to ten other counts including burglary and carjacking, but wanted to face a jury on the attempted murder and torture charges. His attorney, Bart Sheela, would not comment to media. He said he had "nothing good to say" and added he had flu-like symptoms and wanted to get home to take some cold medicine. Nelson faces a sentencing hearing on February at the Courthouse in El Cajon. His accomplice Luis Osborne has a status hearing for his only trial scheduled for December 21st. Vinge is looking forward to moving forward. "I am happy because this young man won't be able to do this to anybody else. And that's a strong concern of mine because there are ladies out there who are my age and who aren't as strong as I am." Email: elex.michaelson@sandiego6.com San Diego 6 the CW (XETV-TV) http://www.sandiego6.com San Diego, California Read This Story |
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