SCAM Individuals posing as Water Company Workers are in the area approaching residences requesting access to the house to check a problem.
On January 25, 2018 at approximately 4:20pm, the JHPD took a distraction burglary report at a residence located only several hundred feet off of SR51. It is reported that a Hispanic male utilizing a white SUV with unknown registration was able to gain access to the elderly couple’s home using a water company blue dye test ruse. While that suspect spoke with the couple in the basement, a second suspect entered the house upstairs and took cash from a purse.
Residents are reminded that utility company employees will rarely have reason to ask for entry. Legitimate utility employees will have proper identification and be willing to display it upon request. If anyone claiming to be a utility employee comes to your residence without an appointment and requests entry, please contact the police. DO NOT WAIT TO CALL US.
Address/Location
Jefferson Hills Police Department
925 Old Clairton Rd
Jefferson Hills, PA 15025
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 412-655-2222