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TULARE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral who claimed helium was "just a mule" was arrested aft attempting to defraud a 79-year-old pistillate from Tulare retired of tens of thousands of dollars, constabulary say.
Officers accidental the pistillate received a telephone telephone from a "bail bondsman" connected Wednesday stating her grandson had been arrested. The caller said she would request to supply $9,600 to facilitate his merchandise and made arrangements for a "courier" to prime up the wealth from her residence.
The pistillate suspected this was a scam and called household members. She past contacted the Tulare Police Department.
The pursuing time officers accidental she received different telephone from the suspect, this clip requesting an further $22,000. After negotiation, the fishy agreed to instrumentality $5,000 and again told her a “courier” would beryllium by to prime up the money. A abbreviated clip later, a antheral arrived and picked up the wealth - but this time, constabulary were prepared with surveillance astatine the residence.
The fishy past near successful an Uber, which detectives followed retired of the metropolis to a edifice successful Castaic.
There, constabulary accidental they apprehended 24-year-old Manuel Rivera Cueto of Los Angeles, who admitted to doing this astir 10 times before. He was besides recovered to person a warrant retired of Las Vegas for 14 counts of theft by mendacious pretenses.
Police accidental Cueto besides claimed helium was "just a mule" and the main suspects were successful the Dominican Republic.
