By Jennifer Squires
08/26/2010
SANTA CRUZ
A bank teller may have prevented a theft Tuesday when she questioned a large withdrawal being made by an elderly Santa Cruz woman, police reported.
Police suspect the incident was a case of elder abuse, police spokesman Zach Fried.
The 90-year-old woman said a man came to her house Tuesday, showed her some sort of badge and said she needed to pay a bond associated with an accident she had a few weeks prior.
She thought the badge meant he was a police officer, so they drove together to a River Street bank to get money for the bond, Friend said.
But the teller was suspicious about the amount being withdrawn and, after the elderly woman said what the money was for, the teller called police, Friend said.
The man with the badge was no longer in the woman's vehicle when officers arrived. He has not been located, but no money was lost in the incident, police reported.
SOURCE: The Mercury News
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