Crime Blotter: Woman Receives About 80 Sexual Texts from Craigslist Ad, Firey Cloth Thrown into Car and Pit bull Attack

Information in this blotter was obtained from Chesterfield Township police.

Crime Blotter: Woman Gets Sexual Texts from Phony Craigslist Ad, Firey Cloth Thrown in Car and Pit Bull Attack

Information in this blotter was provided by Chesterfield Township police.

Unauthorized Craigslist post prompts unwelcome texts A Chesterfield Township woman reported to police she received more than 80 sexually explicit text messages in one hour after someone posted a Craigslist ad in her name. The messages, including graphic pictures, took place the night of June 14. One of the men who responded to the ad told her someone posted an ad in her name, asking men to send illicit photos to her phone, police said. The victim flagged the ad and police contacted the suspect to have the individual remove it. Pit bull charges, attacks Lab A Chesterfield Township woman was walking her Labrador on Meadow Lane around 11 a.m. June 7 when a pit bull ran out of a backyard and attacked her dog, police said this month. “The pit …

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Craigslist Scam From Afar Targets Local Residents

New Baltimore police report multiple cases of the scam affects local Craigslist users.

For online shoppers and sellers, the drill seems easy enough: List an item in need of unloading for a price you and the buyer deem fair. But for multiple Craiglist users in the area, the exchanges have been downright illegal, according to police. In New Baltimore alone, four people reported scams on the popular site in the past month while Chesterfield Township has seen variations of the scheme for months. The scam generally goes like this: A criminal posing as a regular shopper buys an item listed on Craigslist, sending the seller a fraudulent check for well above the agreed-upon price. Before the victim discovers the check is fake, the criminal asks them to wire back the difference. "What they're trying to do is get you to wire back the …

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