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Hunterdon County Prosecutor Warns Of ’Distraction Burglary’ Scheme Targeting Elderly Residents Hunterdon County Prosecutor Warns Of ’Distraction Burglary’ Scheme Targeting Elderly Residents
Hunterdon County Prosecutor Warns Of ’Distraction Burglary’ Scheme Targeting Elderly Residents A man posing as a power company employee had help from an accomplice to break a Hunterdon County woman’s dresser drawer and steal her jewelry Tuesday in what authorities are calling a “distraction/imposter burglary.” A white man in his 30s came to the woman’s home in West Amwell Township and told her that there was an issue with a nearby transformer that could cause her to lose power unless he checked the breaker box, according to a Wednesday morning release from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office. The woman took the man to the basement, where he flipped a few circuit breakers and lef…

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by Valerie Musson