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  • No joke: Oven door passed off as flat-screen TV in scam

    04/02/2006 7:37:38 AM PDT · by DJ Taylor · 67 replies · 2,454+ views
    The South Bend Tribune ^ | April 1, 2006 | ALICIA GALLEGOS
    SOUTH BEND -- It isn't a crime police have seen many times before. An unsuspecting woman purchased a "flat-screen television set" at a bargain price, the package even bubble-wrapped and complete with cord and controller. But when the street consumer returned home that February day with her "steal" of a product, she was likely steamed. "It was actually an oven door inside the package," explained South Bend Detective Sgt. Jim Walsh. Police on Thursday arrested a suspect they believe sold the appliance piece to the woman. Walsh says recent thefts of oven doors from vacant properties may be linked to...