April 20, 2002

Scam artists use fire department as their cover

      White River Township’s fire chief has a message for residents:  Beware of anyone collecting money on behalf of the fire department.  “We do not go door-to-door,” Chief Mike Tibbetts said.  But someone has been. A resident called the department Friday to report that two young women had come to his front door around 8 a.m., claiming they were collecting money for the firefighters.  The solicitors said they had spoken previously with the resident’s wife.  Suspicious, the man reached for a phone to check with his wife.  When he turned back around, the women were driving away from the house near Stones Crossing Road and State Road 135, Tibbetts said. Whatever they wanted the money for, it has nothing to do with the fire department, the chief said. He asked that residents report any similar incidents to the fire department or sheriff’s department.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal.
 
 

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