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Crime & Safety

Grieving Son Reports Possible Scam

Here's an item from the La Grange police blotter.

A La Grange man told police he was at his mother's wake the night of Sept. 16 when a man approached and asked where his mother lived. The son responded "La Grange" but did not give an exact address. The man was described as being in his older 60s, tall, thin, gray hair and a thin mustache. He was wearing a tan suit. Worried that the empty house might be burglarized, he asked police to keep a watch on it for the next three hours during the wake.

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