9/10/13 - Some young adults believed to be crooks are reportedly making the rounds in the Tyrone Township area. The Livingston County Sheriff's Department says multiple reports surfaced this past weekend about two young adults, one male and one female, who were soliciting donations from residents around Lake Shannon to supposedly to pay for a senior class trip. The stories were all similar and the male suspect claimed to be the son of someone "on the lake" and an honor student. They collected money from some but when questioned by others for details such as identification, theyâre said to have made a hasty retreat. The male suspect reportedly got angry and reprimanded some for not reading an e-mail he claimed his father sent out about the trip, but that is believed to be bogus as no one ever received such an e-mail. The anger tactic is said to be a common technique to make people, particularly the elderly, feel guilty. Others around the lake have reported a being solicited by a young girl who claimed to be in the University of Michigan Drama Club and raising funds for a trip to perform at a Shakespeare festival in London. She also had magazines to sell. The male suspect was caught on camera but the female has yet to be identified. (JM)
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