Crime & Safety
Patch Reviews the Year in Deerfield: Dog Fetches Trash, Scam Chilled
For the rest of the year read Patch's 10 most popular stories determined by reader views. Today features No. 5 and 6.
A lot has happened in 2011 in Deerfield and Patch will be reviewing the highlights this week with a series of articles counting down the 10 most popular stories each day through Saturday.
On Tuesday No. 9 and 10 were revealed while No. 7 and 8 were published on Wednesday.
No. 5. which conned one Deerfield septuagenarian out of $2,200 May 20 with the arrest of Tom Miller.
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Miller was part of a group offering home repair for $22 and charging much more. When the latest victim was charged $2,200, police were called. Since Miller gave the victim his name police were able to make the arrest.
No. 6. .
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Rather than have his Labrador Retriever Max fetch a ball, Sanderson substituted a bottle. Once Max became proficient, the two spent their daily walks picking up trash.
Friday Patch will highlight its third and fourth most popular stories of the year.
