{"id":164802,"date":"2026-04-13T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/164802\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:01:49","slug":"off-duty-officer-stops-elderly-woman-from-falling-victim-to-crypto-scam-bethelehm-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/164802\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty officer stops elderly woman from falling victim to crypto scam | Bethelehm Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Officer Stom<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Bethlehem Police Department<\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – While off duty, a Bethlehem police officer rescued an elderly woman from falling victim to a scam.<\/p>\n

According to a social media post from the police department, Officer Stom was off duty at a local Bethlehem gas station. Stom noticed an elderly woman on the phone at a bitcoin machine who appeared visibly distressed.<\/p>\n

Trusting his instincts, he recognized the warning signs of a potential Crypto scam and approached her to check on her well-being.<\/p>\n

Thanks to his quick thinking and proactive intervention, Officer Stom was able to stop the victim from sending the full amount of money to the scammers, preventing further financial loss. Police say he then ensured that an on-duty officer responded to properly document the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficer Stom\u2019s actions are a powerful reminder to our community: scams are evolving, but so is our commitment to protecting you, on duty or off,\u201d the Facebook post reads.<\/p>\n

Officer Stom demonstrated that being a police officer is more than just a job, it\u2019s a commitment that extends beyond the badge and the uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officer Stom Courtesy of Bethlehem Police Department BETHLEHEM, Pa. – While off duty, a Bethlehem police officer rescued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1488,74243,74245,74241,74242,74244,74240,31897],"class_list":["post-164802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-police","tag-bitcoin-machine","tag-community-protection","tag-crypto-scam","tag-elderly-woman","tag-financial-loss-prevention","tag-off-duty-officer","tag-scammer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}