Car scammer fooled people from jail and while on bail

Read storyAfter conning 13 people out of $52,000 in a car sales scam, Shane Mackey was sentenced to five years in jail.

In explaining his actions Mackey, 28, said he has had a cocaine problem since he was 19.

He said he would repay the people he stole from and apologized for his actions.

Mackey spent six months in jail in 2007 for a similar offense and was able to continue his scamming from the prison. He was on bail for cheating seven people when he conned six more in January and February this year.

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