Bartow Co. probation raid nets hundreds of bank cards, IDs and tax forms
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Cartersville Patch
Calhoun Times
Apr 26, 2012 | 1548 views | 0

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Some of the documents recovered in a raid included bank cards, tax forms and identification. (Cartersville Police Department photo)
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Probation officers keeping check on an offender serving time outside prison walls uncovered yesterday a cache of financial transaction cards and documents in a local motel room. The find may indicate police have numerous cases of ID theft on their hands.
Cartersville Police Department Chief Tommy Culpepper said this morning in a press release his department's Criminal Investigations Division also took part in the probation search of the Parkway North apartment, which resulted in the arrests of two people.
Thomas Bruce Henley, 54, and Mary Theresa Merritt, 34—both apparently residents of the extended-stay motel—were initially charged with theft by receiving stolen property, but additional accusations may result as the investigation progresses.
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