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Queens, NY - NJ Man Accused of Conning $11,200 from Forest Hills Elderly Motorist |
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February 7, 2010 12:00 PM
News Source: AP
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Archived photo elderly driverQueens, NY - A New Jersey man is accused of conning an 86-year-old motorist into paying him $11,200 after he flagged down her car and told her it needed immediate repair.
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Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Friday that Billy Thompson, of Newark, N.J., was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
Brown said the defendant stopped the motorist as she was driving through Forest Hills, Queens, last September. The DA said he told her the 1976 Dodge was in danger and he began working on it on the spot.
Afterward, Brown said Thompson drove the victim to the bank and she wrote him a check for $11,200.
Thompson’s defense attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.
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Feb 07, 2010 at 11:30 AM Good idea !!! Says:
He's right for doing it. Don't drive me here a 1976 jelopy in 2010 u are the 1ns who make the heaviest traffic and make me get to work late. Keep it up. Doin a good job buddy
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Feb 07, 2010 at 11:33 AM Anonymous Says:
It happens too often with even those not so old. When i have car problems i send my husband because if i go for some reason or other the guy finds too many things wrong. We did change mechanics and the new one is more honest.
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Feb 07, 2010 at 11:37 AM sam Says:
WOW! thats all i can say
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Feb 07, 2010 at 12:30 PM yosse nathan Says:
if this is true then this gentelmans family should make sure that he stops driving sooner then later since he is having such a hard time making basic decisions.
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Feb 07, 2010 at 01:19 PM Anonymous Says:
why was she stupid enough to give anyone a dollar. if someone claims there is a problem drive to the nearest garage. brains!!!!
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Feb 08, 2010 at 10:55 AM Anonymous Says:
“ He's right for doing it. Don't drive me here a 1976 jelopy in 2010 u are the 1ns who make the heaviest traffic and make me get to work late. Keep it up. Doin a good job buddy ”
Would you make your idiotic comment if it was YOUR mother?????