Posted on 11/30/2023 4:50:00 AM PST by LouAvul
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A group of panhandlers caught by police allegedly committed fraudulent activity in Tulsa.
According to the Tulsa Police Department, five individuals were cited for soliciting without a vest after holding up fake funeral signs of an 8-year-old boy and collecting hundreds of dollars from Tulsans.
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“They're holding signs up. The signs are saying they basically need money to raise for a funeral for a child that had died in their family. I guess in a car wreck. They're unable to prove that that’s even a fact," said Danny Bean, TPD public information officer.
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“We’ve found that they had collected, I don’t know how long they were doing it for before we were up there talking to them, but they collected around 250-300 dollars already,” said Officer Bean.
The Tulsa police department also says that they were able to prove that these panhandlers are travelers as well. From Romania to Connecticut, and now Tulsa.
They also said they have seen this tactic more often as the holidays continue.
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Gypsies. Why did it have to be gypsies? No matter. First the left coast liberal trash invaded. Then came the beggars. Now, gypsies.
OK liberals wanted Tulsa to be like other big cities. I guess they got their wish.
I suspect that virtually all of the ‘homeless’ are fakes where I live too. I specifically remember the “Will work for food” scam that literally popped over OVERNIGHT throughout the country decades ago, as I traveled a lot, and within a month I saw the same sign in 6 different cities.
But keep ‘giving’ people, they need your type.
I can see why they threw them out of Romania.
Let's just say that they wear out their welcome and goodwill real quick.
Does anyone know what “soliciting without a vest” means? Apparently, you need to be wearing a vest to solicit money in Tulsa?
I really don’t see the wasting of our time over these doing doings. Fretting over somebody stupid.
The angst be better spent going after the fraud wrought government prescribed gifting deserved program’s takings and stealings from of our tax monies that we don’t so freely give.
“I really don’t see the wasting of our time over these doing doings.”
Allowing this is the first step to lawless cities with people sleeping and pooping on the streets like in San Francisco .
Some area allow organizations to collect donations at intersections for charity, like volunteer firefighters. They have to wear safety vests.
I moved to rural Arkansas last year about this time. I noticed so many men were wearing orange safety vests and hats. I thought there must be a large construction project near by. Nope. It was DEER season!
No kidding. The article implied that euro trash got into trouble because they lied about the cause? There was no funeral?
I'm in Tulsa. RINO city. Black chief of police. No way they're checking the validity of every panhandler's sign.
Yeah, that caught me off guard too. But yes, they have to have an orange vest to beg for cash.
The one I saw do the best was a guy who was holding up a sign that said...
“I’m not going to lie, I need a beer!”
There was a four car line to hand him money out their window.
I treat all panhandlers like there’s a scam like that going on. I.e, they never get money from me.
Simply put, I never gave someone money unless I personally know their story.
I was on a fly fishing trip in Santa Fe, NM, and a bum asked for money for food. I walked him over to Subway and bought him a sandwich. But, as a rule, I don’t enable those dope addicts/alcoholics.
I’ve seen some homeless young women holding up a sign saying they’re pregnant and need money. I recall one girl holding such a sign up, off and on for over two years. I never believed her or gave her money. Her “baby bump” seemed to move all over her torso. I certainly was not going to roll my window down and ask her about it.
Sitting outside a walmart that has help wanted sign in the window even.
The gypsies have invaded my little town. The same scams that I saw when I lived in Europe. Dirty kids running around distracting people while the older kids pickpockets. The parents begging on street corners with the usual, “feed my hungry kids” signs day after day after day. The winter must have sent them down to Tulsa.
Recently saw another guy at an intersection who appeared to be middle eastern.
Andy, Opie, Barney, chicken, apple pies, and Mr. Game-leg.
Better hope they do not decide to fight it because, according to the SCOTUS, panhandling is speech and putting restrictions on it is legally very delicate.
They are likely part of a very organized group of beggars who set up shop at intersections and entrances/exits to places like Walmart.
Usually one pitifully dressed man with a sign and within sight distance, the wife and kids sitting on a blanket or something. What you don’t see is the nice van they have parked away from there. They pick a ‘circuit’ of places to go beg at and they make a pretty good living from it.
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