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4B Sun-Sentinel, Thursday, August 29, 1991 PB PUBLICS BAL-liVV MOST WANTED i Have you seen this man? Call Crime Stoppers. Do not give your name. Cash reward up to $1,000. Veteran deputy wins cooperation with patience He likes to deal with most people as if life is a busy two-way street flCRIME STOPPERSg i 1 I i NAME: Alfredo Flores. AGE: 18.

BORN: Feb. 25, 1973. HEIGHT: 5 feet, 6 inches. WEIGHT: 135 pounds. HAIR: Black.

1-800-458-TIPS EYES: Brown. IDENTIFYING MARKS: He has a tat I I i. Fstst: i too on his right hand and a scar on his left cheek. LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 1214 S. Lake Worth.

OCCUPATION: Laborer. WANTED FOR: Armed burglary, two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief, violation of probation on a leaving the scene of an accident charge, two violation of probations on a driving while license suspended charges, and a failure to appear in court on a driving-while-license-suspended charge. "I think half of the problem is when you first approach the individual. The attitude that you have is the key. If you show them that you care, you're not going to have any problems." Frank Correa MISSING j.

i i I i I' Staff photOROBERT AZMITIA Sheriffs Deputy Frank Correa explains his decision to Merl Irving who was involved in a traffic'accident. Call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 to report the child's whereabouts. NAME: Dubenion Joseph Moss. MISSING FROM: Winter Park. DATE MISSING: Dec.

2, 1990. AGE AT DISAPPEARANCE: 5. AGE NOW: 6. BORN: July 2, 1985. HEIGHT: 3 feet, 8 inches.

WEIGHT: 45 pounds. HAIR: Brown. FRANK CORREA One of an occasional series of stories introducing you to your local law-enforcement officers. By CHELE CAUGHRON Staff Writer Frank Correa doesn't like writhing tickets, he hesitates to refer to anyone as a criminal, and he tries his best to spread a little kindness, Correa, a Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy, blows the stereo- type many people have of a veter-t an police officer. Many of the situations law enforcers walk into are hostile husbands and wives not seeing eye to eye, fighting neighbors and an-gry strangers whose cars went bump.

But Correa, 42, brings a 'calmness. "1 think half of the problem is jwhen you first approach the individual," Correa said. "The attitude that you have is the key. If you Ishow them that you care, you're not going to have any problems." I Correa derived his way of thinking from his education as a philosophy major, his religious beliefs as I a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Boca Raton, and from years of working many different kinds of jobs. "1 try to treat people like I want to be treated when I'm out here, "because it's a two-way street," Correa said.

Last Friday, Correa patrolled 'the sheriff's South Sub Office's Four zone, which is bound--ed by West Atlantic Avenue on the '-south, Ocean Boulevard on the Teast, Boynton Beach Boulevard on north and Florida's Turnpike on the west. It is a large zone, and deputies often put more than 100 "miles on their cars during each patrol shift. Correa likes the diversity of the Charlie Four zone with its elderly presidents, business owners and EYES: Brown. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Dubenion has freckles. He also uses the names Duby and Joey.

TYPE OF ABDUCTION: He was abducted by his non-custodial father, Gerard Casale Moss. A felony warrant for interference with custody was issued on Dec. 7, 1990. REMARKS: Dubenion was taken In a black GMC Sierra pickup truck with New York license plate VK1-763. AGE: 42; HOMETOWN: Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

DATE OF HIRE: Dec. 16, 1988. 1 1 i PERSONAL: Married to Lois. Father to Danielle, 1 1 14, and Kristen, 7. EDUCATION: Bachelor of science degree re- ceived in 1970 from Rutgers University in New 1 Brunswick, N.J.

QUOTE: "I don't think it's a luxury job. We got a TIP OF THE WEEK laborers. While on patrol, Correa came across a man parked along Hagen Ranch Road. "Sir, would you step out of your vehicle and approach me, please?" Correa asked the man over a speaker. The man turned and looked over his shoulder.

Correa repeated his request in Spanish. The man got out of his car and explained, in Spanish, that he was simply waiting for some friends to bring gasoline and then would be on his way. Correa wished him well. Correa's day started by helping a disoriented woman with Alzheimer's disease make contact with her daughter. Then, after business owners complained, he was off to take care of a man who was sleeping on a sidewalk.

Dealing with a stolen car was next. Then came a challenge a fender-bender in the mart parking lot west of Delray Beach. "The one thing I don't need is for you folks to argue, because it takes two for an accident to occur most of the time," Correa told the men involved, trying to settle them it off." The Small Business Administration estimates that more than two-thirds of the money lost through robbery comes from small businesses. Some ways to discourage the crime: Lock unused doors. Avoid working alone.

Vary the schedule and route for your bank deposits. Make several deposits each day. Make sure your cash register and customer or robber is clearly visible to passers-by. If your business runs an exceptionally high risk of robbery, you may want to invest in a bulletproof cashier screen. Keep "bait" money in a spare compartment of cash registers.

Keep a list of the serial and series year numbers to give to police. Develop a mutual-aid system among stores on your block. down. "As long as no one was injured, the cars can be repaired." Correa determined who was at fault but cited no one. "He's got only about $300 worth of damage.

He doesn't have any. There's no sense in giving him points on his driver's license for a moving violation in a parking lot," Correa said. The man Correa found to be at fault still was angry, arguing that he did not cause the collision. "I tried to be diplomatic about it, but he didn't like my decision," Correa said, grinning. "I have a lot of tolerance, patience," Correa said.

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