News Briefs: Phony Utility Workers Arrested After Attempted Robbery

Two individuals in Phoenix, Arizona, recently were arrested for posing as utility workers and attempting to rob an elderly couple in their home. The suspects are a man and a woman in their mid 20s, and the two victims told officers they saw one of the suspects wearing a safety vest. The suspects knocked on the couple’s door and told the victims they were water department employees and needed to check the water inside the residence. Authorities say the couple watched as the suspects turned on a kitchen faucet and filled a cup with water. “He actually spit in