and had already targeted residents in eastern states including Massachusetts and Wisconsin, asks recipients of the letter to donate $20 to an organization misleadingly calling itself the “Police Officers Support Association, PAC” according to Grass Valley Police Sgt. Clint Bates.
Grass Valley police have received only one confirmed report of the scam so far from a Penn Valley resident, but police are concerned that there may be more cases of the mailing scheme, as victims frequently do not inform law enforcement when they are scammed, Bates said.
This particular scam is troubling to police because it appears to be well designed to take advantage of elderly people in the community, Bates said. Senior citizens are more likely than most to read their physical mail, which leaves them vulnerable to a return mail scheme such as this, and they are less likely than younger adults to use the internet to fact-check the legitimacy of scam organizations, the sergeant added.
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A Grass Valley man accused of soliciting a woman for prostitution remained jailed Friday on two misdemeanors and a felony probation violation, authorities said.
Paul Pinkerton, 53, was arrested Thursday near the 1200 block of Sutton Way. He faces the soliciting accusation and an unrelated warrant for false imprisonment, reports state.
According to Grass Valley Police Sgt. Brian Blakemore, officers received a call after 3 p.m. from an unnamed woman. The woman said she was approached by a man making explicit comments to her in reference to sexual acts that he would pay for.
“She declined and he persisted,” Blakemore said.
Blakemore said the woman ended up contacting police, who identified the man as Pinkerton.