{"id":6440,"date":"2013-03-20T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6440"},"modified":"2013-03-19T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T21:51:11","slug":"irs-review-letter-an-alert-to-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6440","title":{"rendered":"IRS review letter an alert to identity theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victim learns that someone used her Social Security number to file for refund<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Police are investigating a couple of thefts and a case of identify theft.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Internal Revenue Service surprised a resident of the 100 block of West Mulberry Street with a letter stating that the agency was reviewing her 2012 tax return before issuing a refund, Kennett Square\u00a0police said.<\/p>\n

The scrutiny was apparently fortuitous since the woman told police she has not filed her 2012 return yet. Police said when the woman contacted the IRS, she learned that a tax return was submitted using her Social Security number.\u00a0 Police said an investigation is continuing.<\/p>\n

Borough police are also investigating a report of a burglary sometime between March 1 and 5; police said change and prescription medication were reportedly taken from an unlocked residence in the 500 block of Kenview Avenue.<\/p>\n

Another ongoing investigation involves the theft of two tank top shirts from a business in the 100 block of East State Street on March 9 at 2:45 p.m., police said.\u00a0 The suspects, both of whom had ice cream, were described as a white female with long, dark brown hair, thin build, wearing a green\/olive tank top and black leggings, carrying a hemp bag; and a Hispanic or Indian female with long, dark curly hair, medium build, wearing a black shirt and black shorts, police said. They were last seen heading south on South Union Street on foot, police said.<\/p>\n

Jose Martin-Delgado, 53, of Kennett Square, was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct and released to a relative on March 3 at 3:03 a.m. at Sun. Las Rosas Drive and Center Street, police said.<\/p>\n

Thomas Koffenberger, 55, Kennett Square, was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop in the 700 block of West Cypress Street on March 4 at 5:41 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n

Kennett Square police arrested Rebecca Schroder-Cunane, 36, of West Chester, for DUI following a traffic stop in the 400 block of East State Street on March 4 a 6:56 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n

Jose Verde-Plasencia, 33, of Kennett Square, was charged with simple assault, harassment, and possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident that occurred on March 5 at 9:25 p.m. in the 200 block of South Walnut Street, police said.\u00a0 Verde-Plasencia, who was unable to post $5,000 cash bail, was taken to Chester County Prison, police said.<\/p>\n

Rogelio Reyes-Castillo, 23, of New Castle, De., was arrested for driving under the influence a traffic stop on March 7 at 10:54 p.m. at East Cypress and Cope Roads, police said.<\/p>\n

State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating the reported theft of cash from a residence in the unit block of Whitetail Road in Kennett Township on Saturday at 9:57 a.m.<\/p>\n

Also under investigation is vandalism to a mailbox in the 100 block of Gypsy Lane on Feb. 23 from shortly after midnight to 2:30 a.m. Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call state police at 610-268-2022.<\/p>\n

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Victim learns that someone used her Social Security number to file for refund The Internal Revenue Service surprised a resident of the 100 block of West Mulberry Street with a letter stating that the agency was reviewing her 2012 tax return before issuing a refund, Kennett Square\u00a0police said. The scrutiny was apparently fortuitous since the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[883,1521,2087,2090,1215,2089,2088],"class_list":["post-6440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county-prison","tag-irs","tag-jose-martin-delgado","tag-jose-verde-plasencia","tag-kennett-square-police","tag-rebecca-schroder-cunane","tag-thomas-koffenberger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}