ON THE BEAT: Scammer's computer bargain too good to be true
Geeks bearing gifts  An off-duty Covington firefighter was
approached in a service station parking lot about a bargain too
good to be true, and, of course, it was. A man offered to sell
him two notebook computers for $400.  The firefighter contacted
the Covington Police Department and a sting was set up to scam
the scammer. The firefighter told the man he was interested in
purchasing the computers. The man went away and showed back up
with one box presumably containing one computer, and told the
firefighter to open his trunk so he could toss it in. The
firefighter refused to open his trunk and asked about the second
computer. The man withdrew to consider his conundrum, as
obviously he had only prepared one box.  He got into a car with
some other folks and a traffic stop was made. When questioned,
the man continued to maintain to the officer that he had the
computers to sell and asserted repeatedly that the merchandise
was not stolen. The officer ob