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74-year-old woman who allegedly robbed Ohio credit union may have been scam victim, family says
A 74-year-old woman who allegedly attempted to rob an Ohio credit union may have been the victim of an online scam, according to her family.
Ann Mayers entered AurGroup Credit Union on April 19 and “demanded money while displaying a handgun,” the Fairfield Township Police Department said in a news release. Images released by police show Mayers in the bank wearing a dark gray sweater and light gray sweatpants, a patterned face mask and glasses.
Police were called to the scene at 1:29 p.m. local time. They shared photos of the robbery online to help find suspects. It’s not clear how they identified Mayers as a suspect.
Police found Mayers at her home in Hamilton, Ohio, and arrested her at 3 p.m., according to online records.
Mayers admitted to the crime, the police department said. While she had no known criminal history, Fairfield Township police Sgt. Brandon McCroskey told CBS News affiliate WKRC that she had recently been scammed out of thousands of dollars in an online scam and owed money to family and friends. McCroskey did not disclose the nature of the scam. McCrosky later told CBS News that Mayers’ sister “suspects” that Mayers was being scammed online, but said police have “not confirmed that.”
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“I think she told me she stole a candy bar once, but other than that she’s never stolen anything. Said she doesn’t know why she did it, just out of desperation,” McCroskey told WKRC.
McCroskey told WKRC that the 74-year-old took just $500 from the credit union. She had recently talked to her sister about robbing a bank, he said.
“I don’t think her sister really thought she was serious,” McCroskey said.
At the house was Mayers’ 2014 silver Hyundai Elantra, which she had been driving during the robbery. McCroskey said that Mayers had taken the license plate off her car, and had tried to remove a bumper sticker from the vehicle. Police recovered evidence from the home, including a handgun that was in the car. McCroskey told WKRC the weapon was loaded.
Mayers has been charged with aggravated robbery with a firearm and tampering with evidence. The first charge is a first-degree felony, according to the police department. She was booked into the Butler County Jail shortly after 7 p.m. local time on April 19, according to online records.
She remains held on $100,000 bail, according to online records.
NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked in New York City on Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, stepping into the post after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made history at the time as the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.
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A 17-year-old boy was critically injured and a person is in custody after a gunman opened fire on a SEPTA bus in North Philadelphia Friday evening, police said.
At around 6:15 p.m., Philadelphia police were notified about a shooting on a SEPTA bus traveling on Allegheny Avenue near 3rd and 4th streets in North Philadelphia, Inspector D F Pace told CBS News Philadelphia.
There were an estimated 30 people on the bus at the time of the shooting, Pace said, but only the 17-year-old boy was believed to have been shot. Investigators said they believe it was a targeted attack on the teenager and that he was shot in the back of the bus at close range.
According to Pace, the SEPTA bus driver alerted a control center about the shooting, which then relayed the message to Philadelphia police, who responded to the scene shortly.
Officers arrived at the scene and found at least one spent shell casing and blood on the bus, but no shooting victim, Pace said. Investigators later discovered the 17-year-old had been taken to Temple University Hospital where he is said to be in critical condition, according to police.
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Through their preliminary investigation, police learned those involved in the SEPTA shooting may have fled in a silver-colored Kia.
Authorities then found a car matching the description of the Kia speeding in the area and a pursuit began, Pace said. Police got help from a PPD helicopter as they followed the Kia, which ended up crashing at 5th and Greenwood streets in East Mount Airy. Pace said the Kia crashed into a parked car.
The driver of the crashed car ran away but police were still able to take them into custody, Pace said.
Investigators believe there was a second person involved in the shooting who ran from the car before it crashed. Police said they believe this person escaped near Allegheny Avenue and 4th Street, leaving a coat behind.
According to Pace, police also found a gun and a group of spent shell casings believed to be involved in the shooting in the same area.
“It’s very possible that there may have been a shooting inside the bus and also shots fired from outside of the bus toward the bus,” Pace said, “We’re still trying to piece all that together at this time.”
This is an active investigation and police are reviewing surveillance footage from the SEPTA bus.