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Hollywood Park police report juvenile weapons arrests, identity-fraud scheme and a vehicle chop shop
Summary
Police Chief Pritchard told the City Council on Aug. 19 that officers investigated an identity-fraud scheme that led to about $11,000 in fraudulent purchases, recovered stolen property through pawn-shop searches, arrested juveniles in vehicle break-ins and passed evidence to the ATF after finding modified firearms.
At its Aug. 19 meeting, the Hollywood Park City Council heard a report from Police Chief Pritchard on recent criminal activity, including identity-theft fraud, juvenile arrests tied to vehicle break-ins and discovery of a chop shop where a stolen vehicle had been disassembled. The police chief told the council that detectives traced a fraud scheme in which a resident’s email and personal information were compromised and used to open new accounts and place about $11,000 in charges. “They clone the credit card. They get the credit card information. They clone it,” Pritchard said, describing how perpetrators produced…
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