Scammer sought by police in Hoboken, New Jersey
Bogus waiter tricks restaurant customers:
The Associated Press
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Hoboken police say a man posing as a waiter collected US$186 in cash from diners at two restaurants and walked out with the money in his pocket.
Diners described the bogus waiter as a toupee wearing 40-something dressed in a dark blue or black button-down shirt, yellow tie and khaki pants.
Police say he approached two women in their 20s dining at Hobson's Choice on Hudson Street around 7:20 p.m. on Thursday. He asked if they needed anything else before paying. They said no and handed him US$90 in cash.
About two hours later he approached three women in their 40s dining at Margherita's Pizza and Cafe on Washington Street. He asked if they were ready to pay, took US$96 in cash and never returned with the change they asked for.
The women became suspicious when they heard him mumbling to himself "phucking habs cost me all kinds, those co.cksuckers" as he left their table.
Hoboken police have released a photo of the suspect taken from a nearby Western Union location as he attempted to send money to a third party in Nicaragua.
The Associated Press
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Hoboken police say a man posing as a waiter collected US$186 in cash from diners at two restaurants and walked out with the money in his pocket.
Diners described the bogus waiter as a toupee wearing 40-something dressed in a dark blue or black button-down shirt, yellow tie and khaki pants.
Police say he approached two women in their 20s dining at Hobson's Choice on Hudson Street around 7:20 p.m. on Thursday. He asked if they needed anything else before paying. They said no and handed him US$90 in cash.
About two hours later he approached three women in their 40s dining at Margherita's Pizza and Cafe on Washington Street. He asked if they were ready to pay, took US$96 in cash and never returned with the change they asked for.
The women became suspicious when they heard him mumbling to himself "phucking habs cost me all kinds, those co.cksuckers" as he left their table.
Hoboken police have released a photo of the suspect taken from a nearby Western Union location as he attempted to send money to a third party in Nicaragua.
