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Down payment taken for tree work, no work done

Heard on: Cowley County Public Safety
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(number withheld) RP in the lobby is advising that this morning a gentleman approached him asking about trimming trees and on his property.
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E 9th Ave, Winfield, KS 67156
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A person at the police lobby reported that a man offered to trim trees on his property and asked for a down payment. The person paid the money, but the man never returned to do the work, suggesting possible fraud or theft by deception.

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