Hoosierhio News for 3-30-2010

STEUBEN COUNTY OFFICIALS ALERTING THE PUBLIC TO ANOTHER POSSIBLE PHONE SCAM INVOLVING CALLS MADE BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE GRANDCHILDREN OF ELDERLY WOULD-BE VICTIMS. TWO SUCH CALLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MONTH. IN EACH OF THE CASES, CALLERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS A GRANDCHILD OF THE PERSON THEY ARE CALLING AND THEN ASK THAT MONEY BE SENT TO THEM. THEY OFTEN SAY THEY ARE IN TROUBLE AND NEED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN A CALL FROM A SCAMMER SHOULD NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SCAMS ARE NOT LIMITED TO STEUBEN COUNTY AND COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE ••• AUBURN POLICE LOCATED AN ITEM THAT COULD BE EVIDENCE FROM AN EGGING SPREE EARLY MONDAY. AN EMPTY EGG CARTON WAS FOUND INSIDE A CAR OCCUPIED BY FOUR PEOPLE. THE CAR IS THE SUSPECTED GETAWAY VEHICLE USED BY VANDALS WHO THREW EGGS AT OVER FIFTY VEHICLES IN THE CITY. SEVERAL EGG CARTONS, SOME FULL AND SOME EMPTY, WERE FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED IN THE CASE. AUBURN POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO FEELS THEY ARE A VICTIM OF THIS CRIME TO CALL THE AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 260-920-3200 ••• DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS NOW CONFIRMING THAT IT WASNT THE FIRST TIME DAWN KING HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAYNE. FOLLOWING THE HOSTAGE SITUATION AND STANDOFF IN WATERLOO ON FRIDAY, SOURCES SAY, DAWN KING HAD FILED 11 COMPLAINTS AGAINST WAYNE KING SINCE DECEMBER 2007. WATERLOO POLICE OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO DAWN KING'S RESIDENCE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO DEAL WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUE. THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD FROM THE HOSPITAL ON DAWNS CONDITION AFTER SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT IN BOTH OF HER LEGS BY WAYNE KING.

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