A Seaford grandmother flipped the script on a suspected scam artist, luring him into a trap set by Nassau police in a dramatic arrest captured on doorbell camera.
The Hollywood-style takedown began Thursday when Jean, a retired Nassau police 911 dispatcher, received a phone call from a man who, according to police, purported to be her grandson.
The crying caller told Jean, who asked that her last name not be used, that he’d been in a car accident, was being charged with driving under the influence and needed cash to get out of jail, she said.
Only one problem: Jean’s grandchildren are still in elementary or middle school.
“I knew it was a scam,” Jean, 73, said in an interview, explaining that she decided to play along, not expecting it to escalate.
But it would unfold in rapid fashion, with Jean playing the role of the easily duped victim, in an account corroborated by police.
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