Yay! :great: I just checked my email to find this! Detective Yuri Melich so deserves this, In ALL of our honest opinions
AMW All-Star Update
You have chosen a detective from the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Florida, whose investigative skills solve cases quickly as this week's finalist in the 2011 America's Most Wanted All-Star Contest, sponsored by Sprint.
In 2001, Detective Corporal Yuri Melich's desire to learn as much as he could by working a wider variety of criminal cases inspired him to transfer from a small Florida police department to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a department made up of more than 1500 deputies.
While working in homicide, Corporal Melich was lead detective on more than 21 criminal investigations. In 2007, Yuri was assigned three separate homicide cases within a 12-hour time span, and he was awarded Sheriff's Certificate for successfully closing all three within two weeks. One case centered on an execution shooting with no witnesses which Corporal Melich was able to tie to two earlier killings; solving both serial shooting cases through in-depth investigation and monitoring phone calls and jail correspondences. Yuri says he's most proud of the work he did as a homicide detective, because taking a killer off the street is one of the "greatest feelings in the world."
Yuri volunteers to work with the Motors Unit every month, where he provides relief to motorcycle patrol officers. Just last February, Corporeal Melich was awarded a Certificate of Commendation for his actions when helped to pull the victim out of a car whose vehicle had flipped upside down in a water-filled ditch.
Detective Melich is the last of eight weekly finalist chosen by you in this year's AMW All-Star Contest. You have nominated thousands of brave first responders and have chosen eight amazing finalists. Now it's time for you to choose the 2011 AMW All-Star! Voting for the grand prize winner starts at midnight on April 21 and continues until midnight May 8th. Just visit our website at
www.amw.com/allstar, where you can cast your vote for your favorite All-Star finalist. You can vote once a day, every day, either at AMW's website,
www.amw.com, or by text message using your Sprint phone. Details on how to vote by phone are on the AMW website.
Then on May 14th AMW Host John Walsh will present the Grand Prize winner with a check for $10,000 provided by Sprint at a ceremony in Washington, DC. The Grand Prize winner will also enjoy an All-Star weekend at the NASCAR SPRINT Cup Series All-Star Challenge in Charlotte, NC. (Please see official rules for details.)
Log on to
www.amw.com/allstar to check out all eight finalist -- voting begins on April 21.
Remember, America's Most Wanted returns to FOX on April 23, 2011. Be sure to tune in! Sign up for the "AMW Insider" -- our weekly newsletter -- for up-to-date information about AMW.
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