Crime & Safety

Quick-Change Artist Leaves Store $100 Richer: Police Blotter

The following information was provided by the Bath Township Police Department

 

A fast-talking con man swindled an employee at JoAnn Fabric on Medina Road out of nearly $100 April 21.

A report said the man went to a register to buy a pack of needles for $1.58.

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He then used a quick-change technique to confuse the cashier into giving him various denominations of bills for change.

He ended up leaving with $99.81.

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The only description of the suspect was a middle-aged African American man.

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