BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Emergency officials in Burke County are warning residents about a pine straw scam.
They said two people are going door-to-door offering to put out pine straw under the names of “Advanced Lawn Care Ti’ler Richardson and Julia Lutchkus.”
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After spreading the straw, authorities said the two demanded more money than the original quote.
One person even lost $1,700 because of it.
Officials said the two were pulling a trailer with a Georgia license plate that read TH88N62.
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