Pratt area residents are warned to be on the alert for people selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door for Atlantic Circulation Inc. of York, Penn.
The Pratt Police Department has received numerous complaints about this company, said Pratt Police Chief Steve Holmes.
The complaints include failure to register with the city for permission to solicit sales within Pratt, suspicious and deceptive activity and potential fraud related to individuals taking money from customers with no intent of providing the product the customers paid for, Holmes said.
Anyone who has purchased magazines from Atlantic Circulation should contact the Pratt Police Department at 672-5551.
Individuals in the group were contacted and many were deceptive about their activities. They were detained for soliciting sales without a permit. Information was taken from 11 suspects and a large number of sales receipts, personal checks and cash were taken as evidence, Holmes said.
Several suspects had active warrants in other states that refused to extradite because of distance. One warrant was for the same type of solicitation in another state, one person was a convicted felon and several had suspended driver’s licenses.
The police department has requested contact from a company representative but no one has called.
The Pratt Police Department warns all residents to be alert for this type of activity.
“We would like all citizens to be wary of unsolicited door-to-door sales people,” Holmes said. “The best practice is to contact the Pratt Police Department to determine if the company has been approved for door-to-door sales.”
