CANTON — Van Zandt County Crime Stoppers authorized a total of $9,275 in rewards for specific anonymous tips in 2011 \u2013 twice the value of the rewards offered in 2010, the organization has announced in its annual report to the public. In addition, the group authorized five separate rewards of up to $1,000 each over the course of the year to encourage tips for some still-unsolved crimes. Those additional rewards are still open and waiting for a caller to phone in the right information.<\/p>\n
Tips received by Crime Stoppers in 2011 resulted in the arrests of 15 individuals who were wanted by police agencies and sheriff\u2019s deputies for various violent, drug-related, or property crimes, or on active court warrants. Crime Stoppers pays out cash rewards to people who call the tip line, 903-567-STOP (567-7867), and give information anonymously that leads to an arrest. <\/p>\n
Among the rewards that are still open and waiting for tips are three older arson fires, the destruction of a modular home along I-20 at Van in August 2010, the November 2010 home and truck arson in connection with a wave of burglaries near Canton, and the Rockin\u2019 H Family Place Caf\u00e9 fire in Edgewood in June 2010. There is also an open reward for information about the assault on a Canton police officer behind a shopping center on State Highway 243 in December 2010, as well as vandalism at the city park in Edom in early 2011.<\/p>\n
For 2012, Andy Flowers, president of the Van Zandt County Crime Stoppers board, said the board continues to seek additional members, and is also looking for donations that will enable Crime Stoppers to make the public more aware of its activities and the importance of anonymous tips in helping solve crimes. In 2011, Crime Stoppers participated in various festivals and a range of other activities to raise public awareness of the tip line. More information about Crime Stoppers is available online at http:\/\/www.vanzandtcrimestoppers.org<\/a> or on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CANTON — Van Zandt County Crime Stoppers authorized a total of $9,275 in rewards for specific anonymous tips in 2011 \u2013 twice the value of the rewards offered in 2010, the organization has announced in its annual report to the public. In addition, the group authorized five separate rewards of up to $1,000 each over … Continue reading Van Zandt County Crime Stoppers Hands Out $9,275 in Rewards for 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 15:14:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157246"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157456,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157246\/revisions\/157456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}