cellrdwellr
Elite Member
To whom it may concern:
Theres literally 2 houses on my road, I live in a very small town. Our biggest store is Cumberland farms about 10 AM Saturday morning we left to go to East Yarmouth for a night, and when we get to the end of the road, there's a vehicle parked at the top of the road, almost blocking the road off. I waited 20 seconds or so to see if they would leave, but they didn't, so I went around them. My wife got a good look at the driver, and says he looks like Elton John Fast forward to yesterday morning, my wife leaves to go shopping, and that same vehicle is parked near my neighbor's garage, and they are NOT home. My wife waited and watched just in case. Next thing you know they guy comes out of my neighbor's garage! He was taking pictures during this time as well. But was empty handed, other than his camera phone. My wife called the neighbors just to verify that someone should be going in their garage while they arent home, and she said noone should be in that garage, noone is home, and it was really weird and creepy. A little side note, they have a really nice old antique car stored in that garage, and who knows what else. My wife saw this on a local police stations Facebook page this morning:
Update on car breaks and stolen motor vehicles.
"In cooperation with state and other agencies, we are working hard on catching those who have been plaguing our area.
We have found their Modus Operandi to be to travel from the Hartford, CT area in groups and swarm a neighborhood, searching for unlocked vehicles and stealing anything of value, including key fobs and/or the vehicle itself. There have been some reports suspect have entered unsecured garages and residences looking for vehicle keys/fobs.
The suspects then flee back to Connecticut, often making fraudulent purchases at gas stations convenience stores and fast food chains with stolen credit/debit cards.
An informed public is our best defense to this type of crime. Please remove valuables from your motor vehicles (especially keys and fobs). Lock your car doors. Report any suspicious activity in your neighborhood. As most people in Oakham have off-street parking, be particular aware of vehicles parked on the side of the road at you don't recognize (especially with CT license plates).
Finally, please call us if you observe something suspicious as it is happening. Calling us at 9:00 a.m. to tell us you saw/heard something at 4:00 a.m. does us no good."
Now, I dont live in Oakham, but I do live close to it and being in such a small town, we have never had to worry about this really, but it worries me. My family's safety is priority #1. Seems to be happening alot in Worcester county, MA. I'll be locking everything up tight, and setting up surveillance. Hopefully we can put an end to this sooner rather than later. Be safe out there everyone, between riots, viruses, etc, it's a scary world out there right now!
Theres literally 2 houses on my road, I live in a very small town. Our biggest store is Cumberland farms about 10 AM Saturday morning we left to go to East Yarmouth for a night, and when we get to the end of the road, there's a vehicle parked at the top of the road, almost blocking the road off. I waited 20 seconds or so to see if they would leave, but they didn't, so I went around them. My wife got a good look at the driver, and says he looks like Elton John Fast forward to yesterday morning, my wife leaves to go shopping, and that same vehicle is parked near my neighbor's garage, and they are NOT home. My wife waited and watched just in case. Next thing you know they guy comes out of my neighbor's garage! He was taking pictures during this time as well. But was empty handed, other than his camera phone. My wife called the neighbors just to verify that someone should be going in their garage while they arent home, and she said noone should be in that garage, noone is home, and it was really weird and creepy. A little side note, they have a really nice old antique car stored in that garage, and who knows what else. My wife saw this on a local police stations Facebook page this morning:
Update on car breaks and stolen motor vehicles.
"In cooperation with state and other agencies, we are working hard on catching those who have been plaguing our area.
We have found their Modus Operandi to be to travel from the Hartford, CT area in groups and swarm a neighborhood, searching for unlocked vehicles and stealing anything of value, including key fobs and/or the vehicle itself. There have been some reports suspect have entered unsecured garages and residences looking for vehicle keys/fobs.
The suspects then flee back to Connecticut, often making fraudulent purchases at gas stations convenience stores and fast food chains with stolen credit/debit cards.
An informed public is our best defense to this type of crime. Please remove valuables from your motor vehicles (especially keys and fobs). Lock your car doors. Report any suspicious activity in your neighborhood. As most people in Oakham have off-street parking, be particular aware of vehicles parked on the side of the road at you don't recognize (especially with CT license plates).
Finally, please call us if you observe something suspicious as it is happening. Calling us at 9:00 a.m. to tell us you saw/heard something at 4:00 a.m. does us no good."
Now, I dont live in Oakham, but I do live close to it and being in such a small town, we have never had to worry about this really, but it worries me. My family's safety is priority #1. Seems to be happening alot in Worcester county, MA. I'll be locking everything up tight, and setting up surveillance. Hopefully we can put an end to this sooner rather than later. Be safe out there everyone, between riots, viruses, etc, it's a scary world out there right now!