MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a California man accused of participating in a multi-state fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims, including a 78-year-old Princeton resident.

The investigation began after the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan notified Mercer County authorities on December 10, 2025, about an ongoing scam involving suspects who directed elderly victims to withdraw large sums of cash, package it, and hand it over to couriers.

Michigan investigators had recently arrested several individuals connected to the scheme and learned that a Mercer County resident was also being targeted.

Deputies located the potential victim and warned her about the suspected fraud. Later the same day, authorities received word that a s

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