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Shred alert: Police reports used as confetti in parade

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    Confidential info rains down on NYC

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It turns out balloons were the only things have blew up at this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

The confetti that spread to the streets contain Social Security numbers and details about Mitt Romney's Long Island motorcade from a month ago.

Details from police papers there were apparently shredded or not that much joining us right now is the -- go.

We discover the -- confidential confetti on a shoulder eighteen year old college student even Finkelstein even.

Where were you when you look at your coat.

And notice there was some paper on you with words on it.

Well firstly thank you for having me every year I got to the premiere on 60 camp in Central Park last we're generally in that area.

And I'm actually one -- ago that I was -- She first noticed I was trying to piece of paper honor code that said Social Security it's -- assets and and then it looked like there -- a Social Security number.

And we thought that was really bizarre so we started looking.

I'm at all of I'm confetti around us.

And we noticed even more information.

And really concerned us it did it would cut information did you finding your jacket in -- you find on the ground around you.

-- the information included Social Security numbers there be a piece of paper that said detective and then they'd be -- A name and that's Social Security number on that.

License plate numbers police records there was one try to piece of paper that talked about.

-- about 4:30 AM out pipe bomb was then some area of Long Island.

And also as I mentioned it said Romney motorcade and it looked like they -- do -- A name of about police officer or something assigned the highest in the desert any cops came to your house last night you weren't there you're schooled in how would they set.

Not so they stuck to my father is also.

With me at the prayed.

And they just you know -- some some questions about it details of where everywhere and and what we found they'd they'd -- back on the confetti that we had collected in that was.

That we showed them to -- to at fox five in New York.

Met and they also want to know you know who are went and they seem to really be doing up there on that.

It is so they're not -- -- -- they were concerned like you're concerned -- possibly even more concerned here's what they said officially quote.

The NASA -- police department is very concerned about the situation.

We'll be conducting an investigation into this matter as well as reviewing our processes for disposing of sensitive materials.

I would say that's an understatement.

And by the way -- how -- handled his newfound fame.

Well I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm happy that -- the at Nassau county police department is.

Is -- an investigation into this matter Matt Burris you know I just I didn't know what to do with this information and I contacted.

A local.

News agency in New York pix eleven is.

And I thought -- -- kind of stopped there after the investigation as logs and down.

I was.

Surprised and overwhelmed to get.

You know more media attention from it but damn I'm glad that the Nassau county police.

Apartment and -- well I'm glad you reached out and just didn't brush off the stuff and just got about your day went back to school we can -- -- does student over at tufts college thanks so much.

Thank you very much all right three -- established.

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