Neighborhood bulletins
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:39 am
I live in a large neighborhood (non-HOA) with a voluntary organization that publishes a weekly newsletter that is sent via e-mail. Today's newsletter had this story (names and addresses omitted).
"Dear Neighbors: I thought I would drop a note regarding something that happened on June 5th. I had a call from an unlisted number saying they were from the City sign service that was painting all the curbs on my street and that everyone had agreed on the same color and type of sign. I told them I would check and let them know and to call back in two days. I left and went to the store and was gone twenty minutes. When I returned, two (etnhic details omitted) men were coming out of my back yard. They said I owed them twenty dollars for painting my curb sign and that they had gone into my back yard looking for me. I told them that I had previously told them on the phone that I would let them know about the signs, and an argument ensued. I asked where they got my number and one of them pulled out a printed sheet with numbers and ----------------- Ave. addresses on it, saying that he said he had printed it at the library. I told them to get off my property. They became threatening, and I retrieved a baseball bat I keep next to the garage door. I told them I was calling 911 and they'd better leave. They were clearly high on something, and as I dialed they ran away. They got into a small brown car with dents all over it. They said they would be back, and I told them for their own sake I hoped not. My neighbor saw this and said she asked them not to go into my back yard earlier. They had told her that I owed them twenty dollars and that I had asked them to come by and collect it. They also had painted the house address on the curb across the street and those people didn't even know any thing about it. So, be careful of any such calls, and be on the lookout for two men in a small brown car. I know they were casing the neighborhood, as they had to climb over my gate to get into my back yard, and my neighbor said they were looking in the back windows. - ***Name*** **address**Ave"
A baseball bat against two crackheads? And people wonder why we want handguns.
"Dear Neighbors: I thought I would drop a note regarding something that happened on June 5th. I had a call from an unlisted number saying they were from the City sign service that was painting all the curbs on my street and that everyone had agreed on the same color and type of sign. I told them I would check and let them know and to call back in two days. I left and went to the store and was gone twenty minutes. When I returned, two (etnhic details omitted) men were coming out of my back yard. They said I owed them twenty dollars for painting my curb sign and that they had gone into my back yard looking for me. I told them that I had previously told them on the phone that I would let them know about the signs, and an argument ensued. I asked where they got my number and one of them pulled out a printed sheet with numbers and ----------------- Ave. addresses on it, saying that he said he had printed it at the library. I told them to get off my property. They became threatening, and I retrieved a baseball bat I keep next to the garage door. I told them I was calling 911 and they'd better leave. They were clearly high on something, and as I dialed they ran away. They got into a small brown car with dents all over it. They said they would be back, and I told them for their own sake I hoped not. My neighbor saw this and said she asked them not to go into my back yard earlier. They had told her that I owed them twenty dollars and that I had asked them to come by and collect it. They also had painted the house address on the curb across the street and those people didn't even know any thing about it. So, be careful of any such calls, and be on the lookout for two men in a small brown car. I know they were casing the neighborhood, as they had to climb over my gate to get into my back yard, and my neighbor said they were looking in the back windows. - ***Name*** **address**Ave"
A baseball bat against two crackheads? And people wonder why we want handguns.
