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Possible online fraud reported near Penrose Rd

Heard on: Whiteside County Fire/PD ISP Troop 1/2
00:24
00:00
Unit 21 is going to be at (number withheld) Penrose Road, Sterling.
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Penrose Rd, Sterling, IL 61081

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Fraud reported near Penrose Rd, Sterling, IL 61081 on Feb 9, 2026, 7:32 AM. As discussed during the dispatch call, a unit responded to a location near Penrose Road in Sterling after reports that an elderly man may have been targeted in an online scam by a woman pretending to be a race car driver. AI-generated summary from public dispatch audio. Not an official report.

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