Crime & Safety
Phone Scam Doesn't Work on Avon Man
The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
An Avon man was not the latest victim of a phone scam, but he reported it to Avon police.
The man told on April 2 that he got a call from a Mr. Gates of something called Winners International. This Mr. Gates said the man was a winner of $2.5 million and a 2012 Mercedes-Benz. All the man had to do to claim his prize, he was told by Mr. Gates, was send $499 to Western Union in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Instead of calling Western Union, he called the cops.
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That explains the smell, Mom
Some children were caught by an Avon police officer while climbing into a dumpster on Aspen Lane just after 7 p.m. on April 5.
The officer warned them about it and sent them on their way.
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Sleeping it off
A man was cited for drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle after being spotted sleeping in his car in the parking lot of Ray’s Auto & Truck around 10:16 p.m. on April 3.
The car was left in the lot overnight while the man was taken home from the police station by his wife.
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