Victoria’s Secret asks for a panty raid

Columbus police detectives recently executed a search warrant after Victoria’s Secret security team members noticed something wasn’t right with nearly three dozen orders that had been redirected to a Hilltop residence.

Security employees told police they thought the Columbus-based lingerie giant was being scammed.

Messages were sent to the customer care center claiming to be from legitimate customers who had placed orders. In each case, they claimed that their orders were never received and requested that the order be sent to a new address, in the 300 block of Midland Avenue on the city’s West Side, according to a search warrant filed in Franklin County Municipal Court.

The next time there was a fraudulent order placed, police watched as FedEx delivered the order totaling more than $180 from Victoria’s Secret to the address. While police were watching, a man entered the residence shortly after the delivery and carried the package back out.

When police did a search last week, they found panties, bras, sweat pants and cosmetics inside.

Cordray sees democracy

Naturalization ceremonies are an uplifting experience, often because of the heartfelt, nonpolitical address by a guest speaker, said Dispatch Federal Courts Reporter Earl Rinehart.

At Friday’s ceremony, Richard Cordray, a Democrat and director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wondered about the effort made by the 56 petitioners to upend their lives to come to a new land. But then, he said, all Americans descend from immigrants.

“You’re just the latest to do it,” he said, ticking off some hallmarks of democracy.

Judges hear disputes and make the final decision, “which we all abide by.”

The U.S. Constitution can be enforced against the “highest and most powerful public officials in this country, whether that’s the president or a member of Congress or a judge.”

“When we think the government is on the wrong path, we have the opportunity to speak our mind and see what we can do together with others to put it on the right path,” he said.

President Donald Trump said he welcomes those who came here “the right way” to become citizens. But he’s had his problems with the courts, including a “so-called judge” who temporarily halted his travel ban. And he’s quick to tweet negative remarks about those who question his authority.

Cordray, who many Republicans say has too much power, said his remarks were not directed at any person or group.

“I’m not sending any message,” he said after the ceremony.