Police: Woman arrested for posing as New Jersey child protective services worker

MAPLE SHADE, N.J. – A New Jersey lady was arrested after investigators stated she posed as a state employee and knocked on a household’s door to inquire about their toddler daughter.

Love Hodge, 29, was charged with Impersonating a Public Servant, Housebreaking and extra offenses. 

Officers from the Maple Shade Police Division have been referred to as to a house on Sunflower Path on July 23 for reviews of a suspicious particular person. The caller advised police {that a} lady got here to her door claiming to be an worker with the New Jersey Division of Youngster Safety and Permanency. 

Police say the phony worker didn’t present identification or a enterprise card, and inquired concerning the lady’s 5-month-old daughter. There have been different kids in the home, however police stated she was solely involved with the lady’s toddler daughter.

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The sufferer later contacted police after she was proven a social media publish that depicted the identical lady posing as a Division of Youngster Safety and Permanency in one other city, in response to authorities. 

Investigators later found that Hodge imitated a Division of Youngster Safety and Permanency employee within the earlier three days. Police say she dedicated the identical act in Mount Holly and Maple Shade on July 21, and in Camden on July 22. 

All of the properties that Hodge visited had toddler feminine kids, in response to police.

Hodge was arrested on Thursday and dedicated to the Burlington County Jail, police stated.