The Administrator of Shelby County Government’s Crime Victim Services was honored last week for her exemplary leadership.

Anna Whalley was recipient of the Leadership Award from the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence.

Whalley has been with Shelby County Government since 1995.  During that time, she helped establish new community coalitions to assist crime victims and developed more effective ways for Shelby County law enforcement agencies to partner with crime victims.  Whalley also helped create the Memphis and Shelby County “Family Safety Center,” which will open in a few months.  The center will house several agencies that assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Ms. Whalley received her award from the coalition during a ceremony last week at the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville.

Information and image provided by Shelby County Crime Victim Services.

(WMC-TV) - A homeowner was charged with raping a teenager inside his home over several years after a home invasion Wednesday.

Police swarmed the neighborhood on Bartlett Boulevard Wednesday after a 17-year-old called 911 from a bedroom inside the house, claiming two men were breaking in.

"I was very surprised it would happen on a busy street like this," said neighbor Lisa Bishop.  "Very quiet neighborhood."

Bartlett police later learned the teen knew the suspects, Kristopher Pulliam and Marcus Bradford, who were arrested within minutes of the 911 call.

"It does help knowing that it wasn't just random," said Bishop.

Once the teen was thoroughly questioned, investigators said she and homeowner "Hector" Tejeda Palacios, 46, had a sexual relationship since the time the teen was 14.

Identity theft is still considered the most prevalent white-collar crime in America. It also reigns as the leading scam in the Mid-South.

As baby-boomers get older, identity theft will only flex its muscles even more on the elderly. It leads my list of the most common scams targeting seniors in the Mid-South:

* ID THEFT.  These are the methods thieves are most commonly using to either steal seniors' financial identities or get into their accounts: