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Shenaaya Hackett ws charged with theft by deception on Thursday, Dec. 14 after an investigation into a $10,000 bail scam involving a jailed "grandson," Wall Township police said.
At approximately 2:15 p.m. Wall Township Police Department responded to the Manasquan Park section of the township after a resident reported they received a phone call advising that their grandson had been arrested and that he needed to pay $10,000 to be released from custody. The caller advised that they would send someone to pick up the money.
Patrol officers and detectives then set up a meeting location for the caller to pick up the requested bail money, at which time officers encountered Hackett.
Hackett was taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Facility.
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