A (501) C Non-Profit Organization
Tri-County
Crime Stoppers
of Minnesota, Inc.
Serving Central Minnesota
P.O. Box 545 St. Cloud, MN 56302-0545
St. Cloud Area: 255-1301
Outside St. Cloud: 1-800-255-1301
About Crime Stoppers
Online tip reporting
Tri-County Crime Stoppers has added online tip
reporting to it’s arsenal of tools for use by citizens to anonymously
submit tips on unsolved crimes in the tri-counties of Benton, Stearns and
Sherburne.
Go to the "How To Report / Collect" page for complete instructions.
Crime Stoppers Open Cases for Week of February 25, 2008
St. Cloud Police: Scam Alert
On 2/21/08 officers were dispatched to the 900 block of 34th Avenue North
for a fraud complaint. Homeowners received a letter via the mail stating
that they had been selected as a secret shopper. The letter included a
$3,900.00 check that they were supposed to deposit into their bank and
then withdraw $3,500.00 cash keeping me $400.00 for their participation.
Once this was done they were to forward it via money gram to an address
they would provide once the cash had been withdrawn.
The contact person emphasized that they were not to tell anyone at their
bank about this and that this was confidential.
Upon further investigation, officers have determined that other residents
of St. Cloud have also experienced a similar type of scam and we are
urging the public to be aware that this scam is occurring. In other cases
citizens have been contacted through the internet as opposed to the mail
system. The public is urged to verify through their banking institution
before withdrawing any cash that the check is not fraudulent.
Benton County Sheriff: Theft from County Park
Theft of two sections of the handicap accessible dock from the Mayhew Lake
Park/Landing were stolen between 2/11 and 2/15 2008. Each section is 5X8
feet aluminum and one section has 2 sets of black plastic wheels and the
other has 4 sets of black plastic wheels. They are called Flob Dock. Value
of the two sections is $2500.00. They were donated by the Rice Sportsman's
Club.
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