eBay Scam Reported: Johnston Police Blotter

Editor's note: All information below is provided by the Johnston Police Department in incident reports through Nov. 6. Dates below are when the incident was reported or occurred, not when an arrest or charges were filed. Charges do not always result in convictions. All individuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty.

Nov. 5
Officers responded to a call of a suspicious person and vehicle near Bisbee Wood and Wire, 6125 Merle Hay Road. Officers found damage to a door and the business owners were notified. They reported an iPad and card reader missing but later found it, nothing further was reported missing. 

Nov. 6
McCafferty Brandt, 29, was arrested for operating while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

A 41-year-old man reported purchasing an item from eBay that he never received. The item described was a white LCD Epson Powerlite Home Cinema that the victim paid $893.33 for. The seller provided a package number for tracking and when the package arrived inside was only a Christmas card with no message.

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