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Heard on: Whiteside County Fire/PD ISP Troop 1/2 · 21 hours ago
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(number withheld) Freeport Road, (number withheld) Freeport Road.
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Sterling, 17 time with (name withheld).
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Possible scam involving briefcase of cash near Freeport Rd

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible fraud incident near Freeport Road in Sterling. A caller reported that a man may have received a briefcase containing a large sum of money from a suspected scammer who claimed something was moving inside the briefcase. Details remain unconfirmed.

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Freeport Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
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