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Sunday, jun 2
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Distraction/imposter burglaries
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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…