ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23 (UPI) -- Police in Alaska have arrested a man they allege duped hundreds of people with the tale of a pregnant wife, a bum truck and the need for a quick loan.
Wayne Winters Jr., 38, was arrested Friday and charged with felony scheming to defraud, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
People all over Anchorage allegedly gave Winters thousands of dollars after he would approach them politely saying his wife was in the hospital, about to give birth, and his truck had broken down.
"I'm a nice guy," Curtis Graham, one of Winters' alleged victims said after learning there was no pregnant wife. "He obviously had a pretty fine-tuned story."
Winters has a history of theft and drug convictions dating back to the early 1990s, police said. He was arrested at a mall in Anchorage when a man recognized him from a television news report.
