Nassau County recognizes detectives for their efforts

The Nassau County Legislature honored three detectives from the Third Squad of the Nassau County Police Department as Top Detectives at the June meeting of the full legislature.

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Thomas Daly, Michael Echavarria, and James Higgins were selected for this honor because of their outstanding work identifying and arresting two Canadian men who were in America to commit elder scams.

These scammers would call up elderly citizens and claim that their grandchildren had been arrested for an auto collision and needed money. When an 86 yearold-woman realized she was being scammed, she contacted the police, and these three detectives sprang into action. The detectives were able to detain the ceny, conspiracy, and scheme to defraud.

“Sadly, numerous scammers prey on senior citizens and con them out of their money,” Legislator Rose Marie Walker said. “They get calls saying their grandchildren need bail, or they have been in an accident, or anything that will get the intended scam victim to open their bank account to them. Thankfully, in this case, these scammers were apprehended, but we all need to be on alert for these scams. Thank you to these outstanding detectives for their dedication and precision in set