Police: Man Used Phone Scam to Steal Money From Woodbury Man

The man who tricked a Woodbury resident into believing that his granddaughter was in jail and needed bail money was arrested Thursday, police said.

According to authorities, Emanuel Jean Gilles, 31, of Brooklyn, called the 74-year-old resident and told him his granddaughter was arrested and she needed an undisclosed amount of bail money on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m.

The man then found out his granddaughter had not been arrested after he transferred over the money.

Gilles was arrested at Brooklyn Supreme Court, where he was being arraigned on a separate charge, and was charged with third degree grand larceny.

He will be arraigned Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Crimes Against Property detectives advise residents to notify police if they have received this type of telephone call.