Thursday, May 26, 2005

Collection Agency Worker Accused Of Impersonating Officer

Collection Agency Worker Accused Of Impersonating Officer

POSTED: 11:24 am EDT May 25, 2005
UPDATED: 11:36 am EDT May 25, 2005

SELMA, N.C. -- Police are investigating a New York collection agency, where an employee is accused of posing as a law enforcement officer to obtain payment on a debt.

An employee of Alden Associates called a 63-year-old Selma woman and claimed to be a Johnston County Sheriff's deputy, police said. The person ordered the woman to pay a $300 credit card balance from 2003 and said she would be thrown in jail in an hour if she didn’t, police said.

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