Solon Police: Man Tricked by Con Artist

A 20-year-old Solon man was sitting in his car in the Giant Eagle Parking lot last Saturday when he fell victim to a scam.

He told police that a man approached his car crying. The man said his name was Stephen Campbell and that he's a minister with a daughter suffering from a medical condition and he needed a ride to Walmart on Rockside Road to get a money order for $83.25 so he could buy her medicine.

The Solon man fell for it, and took the man to the Walmart. The man emerged from the Walmart, crying again, saying he couldn't get the money.

So the Solon man gave him $100 and took him to a convenient mart in Euclid so he could buy his daughter iron pills.

The two men exchanged contact information and the man promised to pay the 20-year-old back.

He hasn't been heard from since.

The victim described the guy as a black man in his mid-40s, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 245 pounds. He wore blue jeans and a red shirt.