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NY Woman Nearly Scammed 80-Year-Old Hamilton Man Out Of $15K, Police Say NY Woman Nearly Scammed 80-Year-Old Hamilton Man Out Of $15K, Police Say
NY Woman Nearly Scammed 80-Year-Old Hamilton Man Out Of $15K, Police Say A New York woman was charged after police say she tried — and almost succeeded — in scamming an 80-year-old Hamilton man out of $15,000. Mildreth Santamaria-Tirado, 40, of Corona, is accused of trying to fraudulently collect $15,000 from a Hamilton man on Friday, April 15, the Hamilton Police Division said. The victim received a call from a man claiming to be from the FBI stating that his daughter had been arrested for possessing 100 pounds of marijuana earlier that day, police said. The man allegedly told the victim that he would have to pay 10 percent of a $200,000 bail to secure his dau…

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by Valerie Musson
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ID Thieves From NY Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' North Jersey Prosecutor Says ID Thieves From NY Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' North Jersey Prosecutor Says
ID Thieves From NY Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' North Jersey Prosecutor Says Fourteen credit cards stolen from different victims were found in a secret compartment of a vehicle owned by a Queens man who was arrested with an accomplice from Long Island during a stop in Leonia, authorities said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotic Task Force also found cocaine in the “sophisticated electronically operated” stash compartment after stopping Jose Pichardo, 36, of Corona and Robert Diaz, 37, of Copiague on Thursday, March 31. The investigators charged both men with credit card theft, ID theft and minor drug possession and sent them to …

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by Jerry DeMarco