Fake Panhandler Found With iPhone X And $500 Purse
If you want to be a convincing panhandler, you’ve got to be willing to live the part. Police caught up with one woman begging for cash in New Jersey, complete…
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 14: A young homeless woman panhandles on the streets of Manhattan on December 14, 2017 in New York City. According to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development New York City’s homeless population expanded by about 4 percent in 2017 as the number of homeless people nationwide grew to about 553,000. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)If you want to be a convincing panhandler, you’ve got to be willing to live the part. Police caught up with one woman begging for cash in New Jersey, complete with a picture of a baby.
When questioned, she claimed to be “from Romania, living in Queens, and desperate.” Then they noticed the “thousands of dollars” in goods she had on her, including an iPhone X and a purse that cost no less than $500.
She finally admitted that she, and others, where “dropped off” to panhandle throughout New Jersey. She was ticketed for impeding traffic and “soliciting without a permit.”
