Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Suspicious Activity on Dakine Circle

Our neighbor on Dakine Circle alerted NW about the following suspicious activity and/or Individuals within Greenwood and surrounding areas. Please be aware and be sure to use the emergency numbers found in the column to the right if you see anything that seems suspicious.

Hint - when reporting an incident to the please - if you tell the police it appears to be 'gang related' they will give it a higher priority. Also, the more calls that come in, the more likely police will respond in a timely manner.

Our neighbor's dog woke her up at 4:12am on Thursday May 8th and when walking her dog near the path to Springfield Forest Park she noticed 2 white plastic bags that appeared full. The dog started barking as if someone was near. The dog continued barking once inside the house. At 6am both bags were gone and an Asian man was running from the gravel path, while a second Asian man came running from the other end of Dakine Circle. The neighbor called the police and they took a report.

After speaking to others about the incident she was informed someone else was awakened by his dog at 4 am to a noise in his back yard, he threw his second spot light on and found an Asian woman trying to get in his back door, the woman was on a cell phone. When confronted, the woman pretended she was drunk, apologized and said she was at the wrong house, giving another house number. The neighbor let her go, until he saw her again walking in front of his house straight as a board at 6 am. He also called the police and then he saw the same 2 Asian men running around and the woman was lugging a large suitcase.

From what the neighbor was told, these people were stopped by the police on Seatrend as they were trying to get out of Greenwood. Police took their identification. Apparently the three were working together and were using cell phones to communicate as they were looking for homes to break into during the early morning hours.

Thankfully these vigilant neighbors called the police, reported the situation and criminals were caught in the act.

Please do your part to prevent your family from becoming victims. Criminals look for opportunity - keep your doors locked - even when you are in the house. Do not leave anything valuable in your car. Leave outside lights on, especially overnight in both the front and back of the house. And again - report Anything that appears suspicious.