Police in Eau Claire, Wis., solved two cases at once when they found a person missing out of Anoka County and arrested a suspect who allegedly scammed that person out of $32,000.
It all unfolded Thursday when Eau Claire police went to a hotel in the city about 90 miles east of the Twin Cities and found the person who was the subject of a missing persons case and learned that person had given money to a man posing as an FBI agent.
The missing person called Eau Claire police after realizing the money transfer was a scam. Officers went to the hotel after getting a description of the suspect from the victim. While on-site talking with hotel staff, the suspect walked into the lobby and police made an arrest, according to Shannon Hoyt with Eau Claire police.