Caller tries to get money using ‘grandparent scam’

The ‘grandparent scam’ hit Bucyrus on Monday.

By December 23, 2015 12:03 am

The ‘grandparent scam’ hit Bucyrus on Monday.

According to the Bucyrus police report, a resident on Heritage Circle reported someone attempting to scam him out of $1,450. The caller advised the resident that someone called him claiming that the resident’s grandson was in a New York jail and needed to be bailed out. The resident did not give the caller any credit card information.

Scams against senior citizens are not unusual. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has received roughly 40 complaints involving the ‘grandparent scam’ this year with an average reported loss of over $4,000.

Anyone who believes that have been a victim of a scam should contact their local police department or the Ohio Attorney General.

In other police news, four people were arrested over the weekend.

Bucyrus police officers responded to two calls late Friday night. Officers arrived to deal with a dispute in the 600 block of East Rensselaer Street and issued 54-year-old Clifton Rice summonses for resisting arrest and menacing. Both charges occurred from a prior incident. Thirty-three-year-old Joshua Malone was arrested after police responded to a domestic violence complaint in the 1300 block of High Street just after 11 p.m. Friday. Malone was charged with domestic violence and transported to the Crawford County Justice Center to be held for court.

Police arrested 27-year-old Leah Kocher in the 400 block of Wallace Avenue on a Crawford County warrant Saturday night. She was issued a date to appear in court and was released.

An assault complaint early Sunday evening in the 400 block of East Rensselaer Street led police to locate and arrest 18-year-old Dominique Benedict in the area of Mansfield Street. Benedict was charged with criminal mischief and possessing drug paraphernalia. He was being held in the county jail.

A traffic stop just a few hours later on East Southern Avenue led to the arrest of Brittany Pratt-Witten and Adam F. Chapman. Pratt-Witten was arrested on a warrant out of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office while Chapman was cited for driving under suspension and arrested for possessing drug paraphernalia.

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