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Solicitor claims gas leak during bill inquiry in Madison, Madison OH

Fraud

Reported: 11/1/2025 01:18 PM

Near Sands Blvd, Madison, OH 44057

A female resident near Sands Boulevard reported a possible gas leak after a person claiming to be from the gas company said she might have a leak at her meter. Responders suspect this was an aggressive sales tactic by a solicitor, not an actual emergency.

Audio|Source: Lake County Police & Fire

02:9

Transcript:

00:00

Attention, Madison, fire, is there possible gas leak in a meter, near Sands Boulevard?

00:04

Madison, possible gas leak, near Sands.

00:08

There's more to the story here.

00:10

I'll tell you about it when he's signing around, clear, (number withheld).

00:17

Two copies.

00:18

One base.

00:24

12 central?

00:28

Can you attach King George Zebra 0,

00:31

I'm sorry, King George Zebra 7076,

00:34

and Paul Nora Mary, (number withheld),

00:38

very little damage.

00:39

They decided to handle privately for insurance.

00:44

I copy.

00:48

One base, I'll be done, seven.

00:55

21.13 Central.

01:02

Go ahead.

01:04

We're teens in route.

01:06

Okay, I think this is probably going to be nothing.

01:09

However,

01:10

resident of near Sands says that a sales, well, a person from the gas company came to the door,

01:16

was asking about her bill and such like that,

01:19

that at some point he mentioned that she probably had a gas leak at her meter. So now there's a question as to how he came to that realization or what.

01:29

I think this is an aggressive salesperson and nothing more.

01:35

That's dead, aggressive salesperson.

01:47

Can you respond to near Sands with FD for suspicious circumstance? Female called in a possible gas leak, but they believe this is coming from a solicitor that was asking about bills and telling us about a possible leak because her bill was high at her door.

02:06

Okay.

02:08

Next, that's right.

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Near Sands Blvd, Madison, OH 44057

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