The most suspicious thing was when her stories didn’t add up and when I was asking specific questions and she started getting jumbled and nervous.

(She) told me that her car had broken down three and a half blocks down. She really needed help. Could she please use my phone?

I felt very bad for the people that had gotten robbed and taken advantage of.

I used to be a reporter, so that kicked in, too — my reporting thing. It’s like, when things don’t add up, you check it out.