Two men wanted in home invasions
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Posted: 2:55 PM Dec 2, 2008
Last Updated: 11:34 AM Dec 3, 2008
Reporter: Shalah Sasse
Email Address: shalah.sasse@wrdw.com

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News 12 @ 11, December 2, 2008

AUGUSTA, Ga.-- Myrtle Maness may have opened her door, but she wasn't about to let anyone in.

"Well it's frightening. It's really frightening. Because for the grace of God it could have been me," Myrtle Maness said.

Myrtle says a man knocked on her door Monday afternoon and said he was from Comcast but she said they had the wrong house. Then the men went to another house on Ware Road in Augusta. Investigators say an 82-year-old lady let a man into her house who acted like he had paperwork for her to sign. Then another man knocked on the door saying he needed some water to take a pill or he was going to die. While she got the water, the other man took off with her purse. The victim's son says his mother remembers seeing one of the men a year ago when he told them he was with Georgia Power. So the scam has changed a bit, but the targets are the same, the elderly.

"That's the easiest people to steal from because they can't protect themselves," Maness said.

Investigators say do not allow anyone in your house that you haven't made an appointment with.

"Do not open the door. If you do not know who it is, do not open the door. And that's my policy, but that's one time I didn't stick to my policy," Maness said.

A policy we can all learn from.

Investigators say the two suspects are two white males. One of the men is 30 years-old, 5-7 to 5-8, 145-155 pounds, brown hair, and was wearing a yellow, red, and black sweater and blue jeans.

The second suspect is between 60 and 65-years-old, 5-9 to 5-10, 160-170 pounds, wearing a blue/gray sweater with a design on the front.

The men were driving a middle 90's model white Chevy truck with a regular cab with two doors. The truck has a white tag with black writing. Witnesses say there was some kind of engine on the back of the truck.

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Posted by: Anna Location: Martinez on Dec 3, 2008 at 04:20 PM
The truck, and the fact they weren't that tall, their age and being in different generations but traveling together, and the fact that they were white...and tried to TALK their way in...and the fact that the lady thinks they were there one time before, but with a different kind of "scam talk" (casing her home maybe or tried to make her think she knew them so she wouldn't be so suspicious or they just figured she was trusting enough that they'd try again???)...and that they are targeting the elderly in single occupancy homes, who probably live alone...and the fact that they are stealing purses and money in a sneaky not straightforward way? (No "violent behavior", no guns, no breaking down the doors or anything), I know not all the Traveler's are crooked, but I still think the cops need to seriously consider a couple of crooks from out in Edgefield!!! This sounds like a classic Traveler caper!!!!

Posted by: Frank Location: Southside on Dec 3, 2008 at 03:43 PM
With the exemption of Goshen the Southside does suck.

Posted by: Theresa Location: Aiken on Dec 2, 2008 at 04:23 PM
I hate Richmond County. The south side is so thug infested. Drug infested. Crooked Cops. Violence. Gangs. You just about need to wear a bullet proof vest just to go to the mall anymore.

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