The most suspicious thing was when her stories didn't add up and when I was asking specific questions and she started getting jumbled and nervous.

I used to be a reporter, so that kicked in, too -- my reporting thing. It's like, when things don't add up, you check it out.

I felt very bad for the people that had gotten robbed and taken advantage of.

(She) told me that her car had broken down three and a half blocks down. She really needed help. Could she please use my phone?

If I've had any modicum of success, it's because I've had good relationships, and people trusted me.

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.