Crime Report
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Charges mounting in pizza-box ad scam

KEY WEST -- Charges continue to mount against a man and woman from Okeechobee, Fla. in custody and accused of fraudulently selling advertising to Keys businesses.

Timothy Lee Smith, 47, and Melinda Joiner, 48, allegedly sold advertising on pizza boxes through a company they called Melinda Joiner Publications, according to arrest records. They would ask businesses to buy the...

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