Scammers Hit Homes in Dormont, Swissvale
Reports of people burglarizing homes after telling the owners they are with various companies have been made in Dormont and Swissvale.
It’s becoming a familiar story—people going door-to-door, participating in a scam situation in which they say they’re with an organization to gain access to your property. Dormont police are investigating one of these situations, which occurred Thursday morning and resulted in the burglary of a home in the 1300 block of Illinois Avenue. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, an elderly couple called Dormont police to report their home had been burglarized. The couple told police a man they described as being Mexican-American came to their home and said he was a property assessment officer from Allegheny County. The man told police the suspect took him to the back of the home to talk about his car, and left after a discussion that lasted about …
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Ed M
1:01 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012
I think what John meant was if you let 'em in, your get the consequences. more ›