PALMDALE – A husband and wife were convicted Monday of selling counterfeit sports clothing in their Palmdale retail store.
Palmdale residents, Terrance Stovall, 47, and his wife Shawna, 40, pleaded to one count each of Selling Counterfeit Trademarked Merchandise at their sports apparel store, “The Jersey Store,” located at the 41000 block of 12th Street West #D, Palmdale.
Each received 3 years probation and was required to pay restitution.
In June 2011, detectives from the Sheriff’s Commercial Crimes Bureau received information that The Jersey Store was selling counterfeit sports merchandise.
Following a one month investigation, search warrants were served at the business as well as the couple’s Palmdale home.
A total of 232 counterfeit jerseys and caps were recovered at an estimated value of $29,000. The counterfeit items represented professional sports teams from baseball, football, hockey and basketball.
The Jersey Store closed its doors shortly after the search warrant.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was assisted in the investigation by Brand Security Corporation and C.A.P.S. (Coalition to Advance the Protection of Sports Logos) who represents the victims of the MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA and the Collegiate Licensing Company.
(Information and photos via press report from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station)
Miffed American says
Accept if you follow the teachings of the Koran where it says it’s okay to deceive the Infidel where ever you find them.
Abdul Majeed Askia says
I was taught as a young man to always talk about what I know and not what I don’t know ! That is, don’t turn my don’t know,assumptions,
speculations,guesses and conjecture into it can’t be,it could be,it
might be or this is it ! One of the reasons why I know there are
beautiful people that are Jews,christians,muslims and others of different faiths is because I have interacted with them for many years
in worship service,social events and joint projectes. Being a public
speaker I am required to know what I am talking about before I open my
mouth ! Thus, I have studied most if not all religions> I feel
blessed and fortunate to know of the beautiful teachings of the bible,
the Qur’an,Buddhism, confucius and others. The bottom line is I am
not going to tell someone else what they believe and/or take something
out of context that I know nothing about.In any case if we open any
script or focus on any person of a particular faith ‘If you look for
the negative that is what you will find’as no one is perfect! Even Jesus
said ” Why callest thou me good, no one is good but my father which
is in heaven ‘Mark chapter 10;verse18. The Qur’an does not give
permission to deceive unbelievers! If you are talking about ‘war ‘
every general on the battle field uses deception ! It is high treason
in any country for any solidier to say the troops are hiding in the corner or to reveal the battle strategy! That is why our government
prosecutes for treason and spying ! Right here in Lancaster there is
a spy plane to spy on the citizens! The Holy Qur’an says ” do not
spy on one another !We have in-fra red camera’s designed to see in
darkness,sophisticated listening devices on eye glasses,pins of needless
and control rooms that look in us from every avenue!Undercover cops,
plan clothes and even though who pretend to be drug dealers,swinderlers,
and crooks of every type to catch the next guy!No one is permitted
to lie about God,humanity,individual and social justice! Spy’s exist
from other countries and/or from all countries including our’s.
I have no need to devalue Judaism,Christianity or Islam> As the actor
Clint East wood puts it ‘The good bad and ugly ‘ exist in all faiths!
The Imam/minister W.D.Muhammad encouraged all faiths to look for the
good in all faiths. Why ? Because you can open the middle of any
scripture and find a passage on ‘war’!If you go into it looking for
a reason to be ‘topsy turvy’ you will find it! If you go in looking
for peace,harmony,mercy,forgiveness,and love’ you will find it. If you
have a sound mind and you are balanced,stable and you are a practicle
individual you will be guided!However, one’ can come out on the deep
end if he,she or they are not rightly guided. But again, to actually
accuse millions or billions of people as being of one mind set are
to say that everyone has the same perception or understanding would
be in-correct.
I happen to believe God is bigger than scripture! That is sometimes
people can mis-understand and/or each teacher can only teach occording
to the level of his/her understanding. That is, a person can’t teach
what they don’t know!
There are many religious figures of all faiths who manipulate scripture
to serve their own means. I grew up watching scripture being used for
get rich schemes and deceving flock in the name of God. Tha is not a
new phenomenon. There are many charlatans that expliot people,suck
all the life blood (resources,properties and even their minds)from
the flowers. Jim Jones was a prime example. If the teacher has a grudge,
filled with hate and has an axe to grind then he or she is going to
pass that on to the followers! However, if the motivation is truly
to serve God and humanity the case in point looks for the good and
for solutions to conflict,ignorance and spiritual darkness!
I am a public speaker. I have been invited at every level of society
from among all faiths within and out of government.War mongers are in
every religion, in every country, among every group. All faiths
have people who will go to the exteme.It is important to be objective
and straight forward in order to bring peace,harmony and good will
to humanity as opposed to having our heads stuck in the sand pitting
one group against the other. I am an American. I am a person of faith
and good will.I am apart of a community,a state and a nation and I
am a part of this world! I want to be a positive equation in all the
above.I have taught in youth facilities,schools,prisons,colleges,
seminars and non profit groups among people of all creeds,classes
and colors. I see people first ! Not spots,not labels,titles,dress
style and economic status,people first !Email is:Abdulaskia@yahoo.com
and notedon you tube as a national speaker.I have lived in palmdale
for twmenty three years and profiled in the Antelop Valley Press via
publications for the entire twentythree years. I am pleased to be
a new addition to http://www.Theavctimes.com..Abdul Majeed Askia/Palmdale
Miffed American says
Desperation! this was a crime and if ya can’t do time don’t do the crime. People paid money for things that were not real. They opened up business knowing they were selling a bill of not so good goods. Good Grief!
Abdul Majeed Askia says
Adam and Eve was in a perfect situation,heaven on earth,the garden of
eden, paradise ! And what did they do ? They ate from the forbidden
fruit.They, couldn’t blame it on television,bad parents,negative enviornment, poverty,racism,oppression,drugs,or alcohol. Lucifer was
also in heaven,one of the angels, and what did he do ? He decided
he wanted to be equal with god, so the story goes. As we know he was
kicked out of heaven ! And where did he land ? Right here on earth ! In
the story we are told that he is the prince of this world,the prince
of darkness,the prince of the air. In fact lucifer later becomes satan
and we are told that he would end up hiding in the house of god and
be manifested as an angel of light !Imagine that !Now here we are surrounded by everything the bible or scripture says is forbidden
drugs,gambling,alcohol,prostitution,fornication,sexual advertisement,
and any and all forms of negativity that is deemed right or legal and
yet none of this is suppose to have any influence on people ?!In fact
the opportunity to do all these don’t’s is made available by the very
society that condemns the users for consuming or biting from the forbidden fruit ! I took a bite from the forbidden fruit that is made
available at ninety nine percent of stores ! Millions have lived or
they are living life styles that can lead them to incarceration at
any point ! We have a strange double standard,on one end you are condemned for drinking alcohol,gambling and having loose sex,but at
the same time it is dangled in your face,attempts to lure you in daily!
And of course those who amass billions from these legal sales are
seen as honorable people.True there is always a choice;nevertheless,
we must realize these influences are a natural or unnatural part of
our enviornment !Thus we have prisons and addictions. However,it is
very strange that many pretend they don’t know or understand the
contradictions in our society ! A rich persons drug addiction was simply
an experience, a poor person is condemned !There must be a way out
of negativity or the ex-con dilemma once you’ve eaten the forbidden
fruit ! So the story goes !I pray and plead and try my best to encourage
people to not do things that will cause them to be incarcerated. Of
course its wrong to deceive anyone,no question.
Abdul Majeed Askia says
Some people are not receptive to religion or God. Therefore, I do my
best to address issues from every angel,-science,logic,reason and plan
old common sense ! Oftentimes we tell our children to be like so and so,
or you aught to be a lawyer,doctor,school teacher,minister under the
assumption people of such status don’t commit wrongs ! Of course we all
know people on all levels fall short on some level or another. Therefore,the best approach is to encourage anyone to be the best person
you can be because its the right thing to do !We all belong to the human
race. We would do good if we thought like that and strive to make
life better for us all. Even our best may not be all that good but it
is the right thing to do! Public speaker,Abdulaskia@yahoo.com
Abdul Majeed Askia says
Friends, I hate seeing people caught-up because jails (at least to me)are
horrible ! I try my best to explain to people to not allow desperation to
get the best of them. I try from every angle to convince them to go another
away,not to get caught up in the net of criminal actions. Theres the eye
spy plane,in-fra-red cameras that make pitch dark look like day light,mic-cro camer’s on just about every type of device you can think of,listening
devices that stretch for miles and the fact that the agency doesn’t even have to leave the headquarters,they can watch you from the control room !
The bottom line is the odds are against you getting away no matter how you
look at it ! Why would I come to the aid of someone doing wrong! The idea
is to convince them not to do it !!! The only one win when it comes to
crime is the california correctional department at thirtyfive thousand
dollars ahead for medical and housing and then the extended parole or
probation that will follow !It is not a good life. I was incarcerated as
a teenager and for me it was a venture into another world, a mad world !
I can’t see anything worth being behind walls short of defending yourself,your family and your property. Something noble if there is such
a cause for going to prison! Prison is hell on earth,the bottom of the
pit,the fiery furnance,the lions den and the house of Frankenstein !!!
The mad mad scientist.Beware, it is not a fun place to be. It is halloween
twentyfour seven> It is alow down dirty shame to have to spend your youth
in these places.Its a trap!Branded for life. I am putting all my ennergy
into encouraging people to take charge of your life,learn self mastery,
self discipline and choose your destiny! Abdul Majeed Askia,public speaker.
Email:Abdulaskia@yahoo.com