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| From the San Jose Tattletale Police Beat:
Austin, Tx (UTI)
Homeland Security officials have joined the Austin, Texas airport security team in the Jeffery Smith burglary case. Evidence of Smith's criminal history was uncovered over the weekend, which led to a request by the manager of the Waterloo Restaurant and Tropical Fruit Bistro for federal intervention. It appears that Smith has been nailed several times in recent years for violations of various federal and local laws. Smith's record, Tattletale sources discovered, includes numerous citations for failing to signal lane change on I-35, excessive noise by honking horn on Oltorff Street and riding on portion of vehicle not intended for passenger use, when he made his brother in law sit on top of a mattress to keep it from blowing out of the pickup last May.
The Tattletale has also learned that Smith was under investigation for removing the federal do-not-remove-tag from that very mattress. Smith told officials that he found the Sealy Posturepedic queen size next to a dumpster, and in his statement to investigators, Jeffery related that he believed his brother in law, whie balancing himself in the back of the pickup, probably kicked the tag loose when they took the railroad tracks too quickly. That case is pending, but Smith has other troubles haunting him and his newly-filed banana burglary incident.
Brookshire Brothers filed a complaint recently against Smith when he was found to be in the express checkout lane with more than 10 items. The store video, obtained by the Tattletale in a Freedom of Information Act request, clearly reveals Smith and his shopping cart. This reporter counted no less than 12 items in the cart as Smith placed them on the checkout conveyor. When challenged by the cashier and an elderly woman in line behind Smith about the excessive number of items, Smith is heard saying that three cans of tuna are actually one item, because they were two-for-one that day, and the third can is simply an extension of the single Starkist can of tuna fish. The Food and Drug Administration is seeking an opinion from the Attorney General's office on wether to proceed with that case or defer to Brookshire Brothers Corporate Security for disposition.
And, to further heighten suspicion about Jeffery Smith's shady personal life, the Tattletale just learned that there is another incriminating video from a Midland, Texas Chevron Station, allegedly revealing Smith topping-off his gas tank, instead of stopping the fill-up with the first cutoff.
As it stands at press time, the Smith case, as it involves a breach of security at an airport and the alleged theft and consumption of an item imported from a country with Favored-Nation status, will be turned over to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS will re-assign agents currently working follow-up on the Martha Stewart case to the Smith caper. |
