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Monday, August 29, 2011

Staten Island Couple Tried To Evacuate Homes In Order To Rob Them

When you evacuate your home in advance of a hurricane, it's bad enough you have to worry about coming home to find a new indoor swimming pool in your basement. You certainly shouldn't have to be concerned that your stuff has floated away in the back of some thief's truck — or that this thief is also the same person who knocked on your door to order you to evacuate.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How much lower can one get than to try to scam people when they're at their most vulnerable? It's similar to all the scams pulled by people in the wake of "9/11."

Anonymous said...

The 42-year-old man is a former officer for the city's Dept. of Corrections.

Thanks, another example of c.o.'s being as bad or worse than the criminals they babysit.

(yes, I know he is a former c.o.)