Resident Lost $500 In Scam, Preacher Causes Confusion: GPD Logs

GREENDALE, WI — A Greendale woman was scammed out of $500 in Apple gift cards last week, Greendale Police Department said.

The woman purchased the gift cards and then handed them over to an unknown person. The scam happened a week before the Greendale Police Department had to deal with phone scammers of their own in the dispatch center.

A person called the department pretending to be a federal agent. When the dispatcher asked some questions, the caller promptly hung up. The occasion led Greendale Police Department to post some tips on avoiding phone scams.

"Be like Kim (the dispatcher)—Ask questions and refuse to give out bank information or send gift cards," the department wrote.

This is your weekly roundup of police activity in Greendale. Read last week's edition here: Woman Spits At, Threatens Police During Arrest: GPD Logs

Here's what else the department was up to during Sept. 8-14

• A mobile preacher came through the Village, causing some residents to call police and report that the vehicle's loudspeaker was using threats and obscenities. Police found that was not true. The preacher left the area.
• Police helped locate a man who went missing from Lifecare Homes. Logs show he was found acting aggravated about a car on Root River Drive and was taken into custody for his safety.
• A man was pulled over on 76th Street for failure to signal. Police said the man had open containers of alcohol and his blood-alcohol level was .169, more than double the legal limit.
• A man was arrested on Downing Street for disorderly conduct. The caller reported the man had been drinking and had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend.
• Police said a man in a wheelchair stole jewelry from Macy's

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