Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy Con Artist Spent Weeks Fooling Shelter Officials

Victims of Hurricane Sandy weren't the only ones taken in by David Scott Ruddy. A shelter survivor was the one who turned Ruddy in after officials ignored her pleas.

When David Scott Ruddy was arrested in Woodbridge for allegedly flimflamming Hurricane Sandy victims out of $50,000 in FEMA funds, there was one person who not only knew who he was, but had been calling and warning officials about him for months. That was Kathleen Marchitto, who met Ruddy first at a shelter put up at an Old Bridge school, and then later when she and other hurricane victims were moved to the Red Cross shelter set up at Livingston College of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Marchitto, whose South River apartment was flooded during the October hurricane, was at the Livingston College shelter for three weeks, and for the entire time she was there, Ruddy was there. "I knew there was something about him I didn't like. He was …

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Paul Heyman

2:47 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013

mr pubic lice as usual your lack of understanding of the constitution is laughable.   more ›

Police Nab Impersonator Who Allegedly Scammed Hurricane Sandy Victims

At least 11 homeowners fell prey to a scam artist with East Brunswick ties who Woodbridge police say allegedly took $50,000 of the victims' money and gave them nothing in return.

For some homeowners whose houses were wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, that wasn't the only devastation they encountered because of the storm. A man Woodbridge Police say took advantage of residents who were trying to get their lives back together after the destructive October hurricane was arrested over three weeks ago.  Police arrested David Scott Ruddy, 32, of Metuchen on January 26 and charged him with 11 counts of theft by deception and 3 counts of wrongful impersonation. He has ties to East Brunswick, South River, Old Bridge and Metuchen, police said. Ruddy, police charge, allegedly preyed on people displaced by the hurricane. They said Ruddy visited shelters after the hurricane and pretended to be a representative of different agencies …

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