Elderly Man Uses Child to Beg for Money

An elderly man using a young child to beg could prove to be a new low.

On Aug. 24, at about 5:30 p.m., a Center Ridge Road saloonkeeper reported an elderly male was in the premises with a young child soliciting money so that the child could go to visit his grandmother out of town.

The grandmother supposedly had a recent heart attack. 

A patron recognized the beggars as being the same pair he had seen at Westgate Mall the previous week trying to raise money for another reason. The adult male pretended he was deaf in that instance. Before Westlake Police were called, the pair left in a newer white pickup truck that was driven by a female. 

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