Man reports juvenile selling Christmas ornaments in fraud scheme

From Staff Reports

   A resident of Roan Mountain reported to Elizabethton Police Department Ptl. Jerry Bradley that a juvenile male entered his business on Siam Road and told him that he was selling Christmas ornaments for his church fund-raiser.
   The man reported the subject told him the ornaments were made by ladies at the church but that the decorations looked "store bought" to him, according to the report. He became suspicious and contacted the church the subject said he was from, East Side Christian Church. He said someone from the church told him that they were having no such fund-raiser and did not know the individual attempting to sell the ornaments.
   According to police reports, the juvenile is described as being a white male, 10-12 years of age and possibly traveling in a small brown two-door vehicle with other individuals.