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SEE ANYTHING? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman SEE ANYTHING? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman
SEE Anything? Fake Water Company Workers Take $645 From Elderly Wayne Woman WAYNE, N.J. -- A pair of diversion burglars with phony ID lanyards around their necks conned an elderly Wayne woman into letting them into her home -- and then walked out with $645 stolen from her closet, authorities said. The thieves who came to the woman's door with the laminated "New Jersey" identification cards and wearing baseball caps around 3 p.m. Wednesday "told her they needed to test for iron in her water," Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. "The resident brought one male to the basement of the home, where he had her run her washer and dryer," Mar…

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by Jerry DeMarco