A woman who lives on Melton Road near Justin told Denton County sheriff’s deputies that she applied for a “secret shopper” job in a newspaper advertisement and received two bogus money orders in the mail.

The woman said she was supposed to deposit the money orders in her account and then wire money through a local wire service. She was supposed to document her experience with the wire service and send the information to the “secret shopper” company, according to the packet she got in the mail.

Over a period of time, she received two money orders for $2,850 each.

She used the first money order before being notified by her bank that it was counterfeit and her account was being debited. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were notified, since the money orders came from Canada.

Other reports

2500 block of Yellowstone Street — A man who claimed he was sending the first month’s rent and a deposit for a rental house sent a woman a bogus cashier’s check for $4,000, she told Denton police.

The woman said the man told her he lived in the United Kingdom and was coming to study for two years in the United States.

The woman took the cashier’s check to the police instead of depositing it and a detective confirmed her suspicion that it was counterfeit.

3700 block of South Interstate 35E — A woman reported that another woman broke out her car window and stole her purse while she was pumping gasoline Monday morning. The woman said she did not notice the other car but turned to discover the window was broken and the handbag was gone.

Witnesses said a car pulled up next to the victim’s car and a woman got out of the passenger side. She used something metal to break the window and reached inside. She grabbed the purse, jumped back into the car and it sped away.

The witnesses gave police a description of the woman, the car and its license plate number.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday:

* Denton police responded to 302 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including two frauds, one reported cruelty to an animal, four thefts, one assault, two vehicle burglaries, two burglaries of residences, one case of possession of drug paraphernalia, two cases of criminal mischief and one credit card abuse.

* Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 254 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. Thirty-nine people were booked into the county jail. Deputies took reports of two cases of criminal mischief, one forgery, two thefts, one case of child abuse, one grassfire and one building burglary.

* Denton firefighters responded to 19 medical calls, two requests for public service, one traffic accident and one illegal burn.

Aubrey firefighters responded to seven medical calls.

Argyle firefighters responded to one grassfire, one alarm and one medical call.

Sanger firefighters responded to two medical calls and one grassfire.

Krum firefighters investigated one alarm.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to one request for mutual aid, one request to assist a resident and one medical call.

Corinth firefighters responded to one traffic accident, two medical calls and one childbirth.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com .

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477).