DECATUR, Ailing. (WCIA) — The Decatur Police Division is warning individuals in the neighborhood a few rip-off it has develop into conscious of that awaits drivers at avenue intersections.

Officers stated that in current weeks, they acquired reviews of individuals “aggressively looking for” donations from drivers. From these reviews and additional analysis, officers seen a number of patterns: they’re energetic at busy intersections, usually put on orange vests and carry indicators saying the donations are for a kid in want of medical care. The indicators aren’t an identical, however are comparable in nature.

Decatur Police stated this can be a rip-off and urged group members to not give cash to those individuals. They added that this group is energetic throughout the Midwest and comparable scams are taking place throughout the nation.

Individuals who see people matching the given description are inspired to contact regulation enforcement to allow them to examine the matter. Officers stated that whereas they don’t seem to be allowed to ban individuals from asking for cash, the topics will be arrested for theft if regulation enforcement can show it’s a rip-off by way of investigation.