Posts Tagged ‘Con man’

Kindly Blenheim pastor gives burglar a lift home with the loot

Monday, May 6th, 2019

A burglar who stole dozens of tablets from a Marlborough primary school used a kind-hearted pastor as his getaway driver. Jesse Aaron Harper, 34, had been at a church service before wandering through the adjoining Richmond View School grounds on the evening of March 10. Read more

Suspected con man Kim Barwell allegedly ripped off church

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Kim Barwell, 50, also known as Kym, was charged with 60 counts of obtaining by deception last month after he “borrowed” $92,760 from 82-year-old Christchurch primary school caretaker Frederick Adams. Police had received two new complaints about him after publicity about Adams’ case appeared on Stuff last month. Barwell allegedly approached a parishioner at St Gregory’s Read more