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Armed Robber Lures Online Seller Before Stealing Jewelry, Car Keys In Slingerlands, Police Say Armed Robber Lures Online Seller Before Stealing Jewelry, Car Keys In Slingerlands, Police Say
Armed Robber Lures Online Seller Before Stealing Jewelry, Car Keys In Slingerlands, Police Say A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in the region that began with a Facebook Marketplace post. The Albany County incident happened at around 11:30 p.m. Dec. 27, 2023, in Bethlehem, in the hamlet of Slingerlands. Bethlehem Police said a woman called 911 reporting an armed robbery in progress in the parking lot of the Plug Power facility, located on Vista Boulevard. The male victim told investigators that he had arranged to meet a stranger there after posting jewelry for sale on Facebook Marketplace.  When he arrived, he was attacked by two men, one …

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Please Call The Police': NY Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help 'Please Call The Police': NY Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help
'Please Call The Police': NY Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help A New York woman being held hostage and sexually assaulted was finally rescued after using a food delivery app to call for help. Westchester County restaurant The Chipper Truck Cafe, located in Yonkers, said it received the desperate plea for help Sunday, June 19, via a customer order on Grubhub. Written in the app’s “additional instructions” box was the message: “please call the police his going to call me when u delivered come with the cones please don’t make it obvious.” In a Facebook post, the restaurant’s owner said staff immediately called 911 and reported the message to police. …

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by Michael Mashburn