Finishing out the 2014 agenda, the Plainsboro Planning Board on November 17 approved plans for senior living facility and a residential subdivision at the corner of Schalks Crossing and Perrine Road.
Maplewood Senior Living, owned by Hunter Gregory Realty and based in Westport, Connecticut, applied for a 105-bed facility split between assisted living and memory care. According to Les Varga, the township’s planning and zoning director, the facility will be located across from the University Medical Center, and construction typically takes at least a year following site plan approval.
A subdivision for the property on 1 Perrine Road, owned by Princeton Glen LLC, creates four residential lots. According to Varga, the site was previously intended to host a daycare facility. The area is zoned for one single family residence per lot.
#b#Cash Card Scam.#/b# The Plainsboro Police Department announced a Plainsboro resident fell victim to a scam. The victim was contacted by someone purporting to represent the Department of Homeland Security, threatening deportation if he did not pay to update his government documents.
Between Friday, December 12, and Saturday, December 13, the victim purchased $17,333 in Green Dot MoneyPak cards and gave the serial numbers to the suspect.
“If you owe money from the government, you’re going to get a certified letter. If you get a phone call tell them to back it up. Ask for writing. People fundraising, ask them, send me a letter. Even if it’s a credit card company, call them back,” Lieutenant John Bresnen says.
Bresnen estimates the overwhelming majority of scams are by phone, and residents should seek verification in writing when confronted by a caller who claims money is owed.
“We’ve tried to educate people. We have stuff on the website, we send out the township newsletter. Most of the stores we’ve never really touched base with them. We went really hard on mass media,” says lieutenant John Bresnen, who indicated that the victim had possibly purchased the MoneyPak from the 7-Eleven in Princeton Junction.
But Preet Gill, the owner of the 7-Eleven in Princeton Junction, says there are warning systems in place that prevent large purchases of prepaid cash cards such as Green Dot MoneyPak.
The card maximum is $500.00, and loading money onto the card can only be done in person at the store through the point of sale system. “It couldn’t have been done at our store. We have register reports that show the money wasn’t put on,” Gill says.
Multiple calls to the Plainsboro Police Department were not returned.
