Archive for June, 2009

Jury Duty Scam

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Be aware of a Jury Duty scam. The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in several states. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Further information is available through these links:

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

 

 

 

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Watertown High School Incident

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

On Tuesday June 2, 2009, at 1108 hours, police responded to 990 Belmont St. on a report of a possible attempted abduction. The caller was a third party caller. The initial call was that a male in the area of the Watertown High School attempted to coerce a female student into his vehicle.
Because of the nature of the original report the police and school department conducted a complete and thorough investigation into this incident. The Watertown Police Department has concluded its investigation and found that the initial report of an attempted abduction was reported incorrectly. It was found that at no time was any student at risk of danger and no criminal activity had occurred.

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