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Detectives Turn Tables On Scammers Who Thought They'd Conned NJ Grandma Detectives Turn Tables On Scammers Who Thought They'd Conned NJ Grandma
Detectives Turn Tables On Scammers Who Thought They'd Conned NJ Grandma GOTCHA! Two gutless 20-year-olds from the Bronx thought they'd conned a Woodcliff Lake woman out of $6,000 with the "grandson in trouble" scam -- only they ended up being the ones who got punked. A caller claiming to be her grandson told the intended victim that he'd been arrested and needed bail money, WCL Police Lt. Chad Malloy said. The caller gave the grandmother the name and number of someone who he said was an attorney. That person would come to her house and collect the $6,000 from her, then bring it to court to secure his release, he told her. Grandma knew better, though. She went …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Men Wanted In NJ Grandparent Scam After Pretending To Be Jailed Grandkids: Prosecutor Men Wanted In NJ Grandparent Scam After Pretending To Be Jailed Grandkids: Prosecutor
Men Wanted In NJ Grandparent Scam After Pretending To Be Jailed Grandkids: Prosecutor A pair of New York men are wanted by authorities for pretending to be New Jersey residents' jailed grandchildren asking for bail money, scamming them out of thousands of dollars, authorities said. Jorge Peguero-Mendez, 34, and Richard Quinones-Perez, 24, both of the Bronx, New York, are wanted on charges of theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft by deception, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. An elderly victim from Barnegat was contacted in December 2021 by an individual claiming to be her grandson, authorities said. The individual informed her that he had b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police
South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police A pair of South Jersey teenagers accused of stealing a vehicle was caught by police after crashing it on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. On Jan. 01, at 4:07 p.m., Ocean Township Patrolman Kyle Pimm and Corporal Steve Mandarine were dispatched to the CVS Pharmacy on Route 9 and Bryant Road about a stolen vehicle. The victim told police that an unknown person climbed into his vehicle that was parked in the parking lot and fled the scene traveling westbound on Wells Mills Road. The vehicle, a 2020 blue Toyota, was left unlocked and running in the parking lot while th…

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by Jon Craig