Crime & Safety

Multi-Town Police Effort Brings Down Scammers Targeting Milford

The scammers targeted several towns prompting multiple police departments to investigate.

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A duo of men from Framingham are accused of scamming multiple businesses across Central Massachusetts. Police departments from Milford, Hopedale, Medway, Ashland and Framingham investigated the case and made the arrests this week.
A duo of men from Framingham are accused of scamming multiple businesses across Central Massachusetts. Police departments from Milford, Hopedale, Medway, Ashland and Framingham investigated the case and made the arrests this week. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)

MILFORD, MA - Last week the Milford Police Department (MPD) was alerted to a series of larcenies and attempted fraud transactions in Milford, Hopedale, Medway, Ashland and Framingham, according to a news release from the MPD.

The police departments from those towns worked together to identify Lucas Peli, 21, and Guilherme Branco, 22, both of Framingham. On Feb. 24 the police departments arrested the duo at their homes and found many of the suspected stolen items.

Peli and Braco are awaiting arraignment, and they were charged with the following: credit card fraud under $1,200, larceny under $1,200, identity fraud, breaking and entering into a vehicle/boat, and conspiracy.

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Read the full news release at the Milford Police Department's Facbeook page linked here.

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