The 79-year-old husband and 85-year-old wife had $50,00 in a safe
Tommy Marion A 39-year-old New Jersey man talked his way into the home of two Long Island residents and stole their life savings from a safe, authorities said.
Tommy Marion was one of two men who posed as tree trimmers earlier this year when they knocked on the door of a home in Glen Cove in February, according to police.
While one of the suspects went into the backyard with the 79-year-old husband and his 85-year-old wife, the other went back into the house and swiped $50,000 from a bedroom safe, police allege.
Marion, also known as Nicky Anderson, was arrested in Cliffside Park last month and extradited back to Nassau County on Monday, according to a news release from Glen Cove police.
He is charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree grand larceny. In 2010, Marion was convicted of criminal trespass in Essex County and given a year of probation.
An anonymous donor helped the couple recoup their savings, Glen Cove police said.
A February report from CBS-2 said the scammers claimed to be neighbors.
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